A.M. Leonard Deluxe Soil Knife, Orange – Hori Hori w/ 6-Inch Stainless Steel Blade

Great tool for digging and planting perennial beds.

Im always looking for a good, cheap trowel for use in the flower beds and around the yard. When I saw the A.M. Leonard Deluxe Soil Knife in one of the local nurseries, I gave up on cheap and ordered it. I only wish I had ordered the holster too.

The handle is comfortable and the tool itself is useful for digging up weeds, digging places to put plants, etc. The serrated edge is handy for cutting things like vines, and there’s a cutting place on the blade near the handle used for cutting string, etc. This, and my pruning shears are what I use 90% of the time. And I’m in my garden a lot!

I’ve had this soil knife for years & find it very useful. This purchase is a gift.

For what this knife costs, and the fact that it is high quality Italian Steel, I would have expected more from the handle. The cheap orange plastic looks and feels cheap. I already have the knife at a professional woodshop getting a custom handle.

This cuts through deep roots, landscape fabric, and whatever else it encounters. I finally broke down and bought an excellent brand product and Im so thrilled that I did!

Love this knife - much easier to use when digging than a hand trowel. I use this to dig holes for small transplants and to dig weeds from slitty places like between patio stones or between two plants. The serrated side works great to cut off the bottom 1/4 of a root-bound pot before planting, and to cut in-ground roots when digging planting holes. I carry my hand tools in a small garden trug and I now reach for this first when planting, instead of the hand trowel. Orange handle makes it easy to spot when you leave it on the ground somewhere. My uncle loved it too, and ordered one after trying mine. Highly recommend this tool. Its also available with a leather sheath, if you wear a belt while gardening.

Good for digging out roots of invasive plants or for digging a hole for planting bulbs.

If you garden or plant trees to offset carbon emissions, this tool is a must have!

This is the original design for the Lawence soil knife. I love it because the shaft goes all the way through the handle, making it much stronger than the newer design. My go-to garden tool.