Sneeboer Planting Trowel - Old Dutch Style with Cherry handle

Sneeboer Planting Trowel - Old Dutch Style with Cherry handleThe first thing you notice about this Sneeboer Old Dutch Style planting trowel is its weight. At a little over 400grams its noticeably heavier than "normal" trowels. Its weight is a result of how these trowels are designed to be used. Think of a chopping axe action using the side of the trowel blade. The weight helps the trowel cut into the soil and then a forward and back action creates the planting hole. Hand forged by Sneeboer in the Netherlands,

The wading then wicks the oil into the dispenser head

interfacing and closures such as buttons and zips are all covered alongside advice on using and understanding patterns and performing basic alterations

He wanted to design a single axe that could be carried in a wilderness survival situation

With Opinel having introduced their own maintenance oil I thought it made sense to put together a kit of their maintenance products

It could hold the right mix of tools for a job - it was the Goldilocks size and even fit perfectly flat in a modern tool cabinet draw

It's attached with two snaps so can be removed

The Digging Fork weights 2 Kg

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The first and only water repellent wax that doesn’t utilise paraffin

Main seams finished with bias

so still not really that heavy when in use

which is a resin laminate