Knife seems to be well made. I haven't had a chance to use it yet. The sheath is kinda flimsy.

Great well made gardenibg tool!

Item as described,great price

Initially I was skeptical about the usefulness of a "gardening knife" -- it doesn't have a blade like a knife and ostensibly is just a very skinny shovel. How wrong I was, its actually amazing for digging, weeding, planting, cutting roots, dividing plants -- all sorts of tasks that you *could* technically do with a hand shovel but this knife is actually the right size for many tasks.The "blade" is skinny enough to make just the right size hole to slip single cuttings right in. The blade is also great for taking a propagated cutting that grew too large, or two seeds in a single rockwool cube, and splitting it into two or more pieces to then plant individually. It makes doing all sorts of tasks even easier and smoother than you can imagine!This knife also has markings in inches and mm like a ruler, so you can get really precise on how deep you are planting cuttings or digging holes. Super easy to clean/maintain -- just blast it real quick with a hose and pop it back into the sheath.Although the blade isn't as sharp as a normal knife, its still cuts roots and stems much better than a shovel.The blade is pretty solid, I can't imagine it breaking unless I deliberately start attempting to split boulders or something equally irresponsible with it.I can't believe I've been gardening for decades without ever using one of these knives. No matter what level you are at gardening, you owe it to yourself to add this to your tools. This particular hori hori is actually the most economical one I can find on amazon! You can spring a bit more for one that looks more traditional but this one is fine by me.

If you have ever tried to garden in an area near pine trees you know how widespread and tough pine roots can be. Trying to dig with a hand trowel is an exercise in futility, as the roots make it impossible to get a hole dug. The first time I learned about the hori hori garden knife, I knew that whoever invented it must have lived near pine trees!My old hori hori was worn out from many years of hard use, so I figured it was time to look for a new one. This hori hori is well made of quality materials. The handle is far more comfortable than the simple wooden handle that my old one had. This handle is comfortable in the hand and should allow for many hours of blister-free digging.I put this new hori hori to use right away to dig a few holes for planting sunchokes near the edge of a woodline behind my shop. The serrations made short work of cutting through some pretty large pine roots and before I knew it, I'd prepared a hole in my heavy clay soil. Mixing in some organic matter was easy since the hori hori blade is wide enough to be a pretty effective mixing paddle.If you garden in hard soil with roots running through it, you owe it to yourself to pick up a hori hori. It will definitely make your gardening tasks easier.