Spear & Jackson Traditional Stainless Steel Border Spade
Spear & Jackson Traditional Stainless Steel Border Spade with 712mm Wooden Handle
| Dimensions: | 96 x 14 x 8 cm; 153 Grams |
| Model: | 4454BS |
| Part: | 4454BS |
| Manufacture: | Neill Tools T/A Spear Jackson |
| Dimensions: | 96 x 14 x 8 cm; 153 Grams |
It’s too early to say how long it will last, but so far it looks well-constructed, both in terms of the varnished handle and the stainless blade. In use it’s a perfect weight for gardening in borders or the vegetable patch.
I struggled to find a lightweight spade after breaking the one I’d had for years. This is an ideal replacement albeit I thought a bit expensive. I went in B&Q a while after and picked up a suitable one for half the price which was just as good
Always tended to buy Spear and Jackson tools from when they were made is Sheffield. This is probably made in China but the quality seems good. Good sturdy handle. Feels comfortable to use. Should last a lifetime.
Great wee spade.. light weight garden spade for all your garden jobs. Strong and sturdy…if you break this spade….you should have been useing a crowbar!!! Easy to clean and feels good to use.
Arrived well packed and next day as usual .
10 year stainless steel spade,looks well made and does job well ,cley soil so stainless does stick soil together as much,make sure you clean after use to keep in good order.
Handle is good and offers comfort and leaverage as well.
Pays for what you get no completely a cheap spade but quality seems good.
I bought this as replacement for my old one, and was worried because it is so much cheaper than the same product in any local garden centres. Shouldn’t have worried, it is exactly the same, just better value. Homebase have it even cheaper at the moment btw.
Excellent ladies spade for planting work. I’m a garden designer and my old one deserved to be retired, it had taken years of tough punishment. And it looks so nice. Highly recommended.
The top of the blade has a fold which has a grip so it is easy to get a good press into the ground.
I used it to take up some turf and it could cut through nicely. Digging holes, it was small enough that a shovel-liad was not back-breakingly heavy.
So about as enthusiastic as I could be over a spade 😉
Ordered through Amazon. My husband is delighted with every aspect of this spade. Just the handy type he wanted to use in preference to his normal width spade. Great quality great price and great service from the company. All good thanks.
Received spade on time, packaged well, perfect size for border and flower bed gardening yet sturdy to feel and dig with, being a silver gardener with arthritis and peripheral vascular disease this is the right spade for me to use, enjoy being in the garden agai
I wasn’t sure of this product as the ratings on Amazon weren’t promising but took a risk and brought it.
The product is good and the hickory wood Handle complements its finish. Its got substance with style. We haven’t had any problems I could mention. Only time will tell how sturdy this item is for its price.
Hard to get excited about a spade. But this one is a beauty. It’s very light, very strong and can dig a good hole. It edges really well and can take a good pounding with little vibration on the hands. What a cracking spade.
If i have a concern it may be a bit narrow for some jobs. But sharp enough to get trough most dirt.
Spear and Jackson make unbelievable spades, I’ve just used one as a pick and a spade to move 35tonnes of earth from my garden, it still looks brand new! Unbreakable, very comfortable handle and handy ridge to press down on. Love it!
This spade is brilliant. It has a small head, turned over at the top to give your boot better purchase. – And it really will lever out even wet clay-filled soil.
It still leaves me breathless after a few minutes however, but that’s down to my fitness rather than the spade’s fitness for the job.
Recommended!
Great spade – 10 year guarantee. Sturdy and seems strong. However, the edges where your foot goes either side of the shaft are extremely sharp, the corners have not been rounded and have been left very very sharp! Beware!
Have received the BORDER SPADE—–unfortunately it is too big–not a LADIES SPADE, I will have to return the spade. A Ladies Spade has a shorter shaft . I am only small.. I will have to reorder a shorter spade.
j Latham
In the end I took the easy option and selected good old Spear and Jackson (The tools to trust).
Wow I am so glad I did. This is better than it looks and very sturdy, with an additional rivet placed through the metal to wood shaft attachment.
I believe for the money this has got to be the strongest, best looking and most practical small spade out there.
The D-handle format is pinned strongly to guarantee (10 year’s from S&J) a long life, and the dimensions of the spade’s metal section is job-specific. Overall, it’s not too large or too heavy; just right. Don’t forget that this is not a “digging or shovelling spade” but a precision tool.
In the last five years we have destroyed two other border spades (plastic handled and a “Hammerite finished” metal section) – snapping at the junction of the plastic/metal – both costing about 8.00 from a high street DIY chain, so we thought we’d spend a bit more (19.97) for a quality product that would last (and have that manufacture’s guarantee – which we hope they will oblige if things go wrong.).
SPEAR AND JACKSON recommend that buyers should treat the handle/shaft with linseed oil (used on Cricket Bats) to “feed” the wood to keep it in tip-top condition.
Happy gardening in 2012.