{"id":652,"date":"2017-06-18T12:20:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T16:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/?p=652"},"modified":"2018-04-02T15:17:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T19:17:15","slug":"hori-hori-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/gardening\/hori-hori-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"Bought a Cielcera “Hori Hori” knife on Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"

This winter, during my “wanna garden” frenzy, I bought a \u201chori hori\u201d style gardening knife. There\u2019s quite a selection of them on Amazon. I wanted one that had a very good customer rating. I didn\u2019t want it to break on me, as I\u2019ve read about some doing. After all they are expected to be a work horse. I think I made a good choice.
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\nThere were three that it came down to in the price range I wanted and I finally decided on the Cielcera<\/a>*. It feels nice and sturdy, is full-tang with a guard to keep my sweaty hand from sliding down into the blade (I thought that was called a hilt but I looked it up and now I\u2019m not sure what it\u2019s called\u2026just a hand guard I guess), came with a leather sheath \u2013 nothing fancy but good and seems durable \u2013 and it came in a nice gift box. I would gladly trade the gift box for an even better sheath, but it\u2019s nice I guess, especially if giving it as a gift.<\/p>\n

I wrote most of the above back in February. I’ve since had the chance to use the tool and it is amazing. My favorite gardening tool of the year.<\/p>\n

I used it first to break new ground and opened up a 2 x 12 garden bed and a small section out front. It helped me dig out grass, cut through roots*, dig out small – medium rocks, and of course, dig holes for planting. It has marks for measuring the soil depth as you can see in the photo.<\/p>\n

My son Jason used it to do some planting too, which I’ll be doing much more of soon.<\/p>\n

* I think the blade needs to be resharpened now. I also used the saw edge for some of the roots.
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