Spear & Jackson 1684NB Neverbend voorvork met carbon rand

This border fork - a ladies' fork - is very sturdy, well made, and comfortable & easy to use. The handle in particular is at an angle that helps leverage using foot pressure and this is an excellent design feature, although it does make it difficult to hang up (have to hang it tines towards the wall). I used it in a rockery, where the combination of narrow width and sturdy design was ideal. Of course it has now been used in normal borders where the dry weather makes a trowel too much like hard work.We don't like stainless steel forks, they tend to break unpredictably, cost too much, and don't work any better than properly made steel forks like this one.

I have an earlier version of this fork which is amazing, however they have now made the tines much thicker, presumably because enthusiastic people must have still been bending them. However now the tines are so thick that they do not easily penetrate any but the softest soil. Fine for mixing loose soil, but not suitable for weeding or breaking up compacted soil. I bought the Spear and Jackson mirror finish stainless steel border fork and they are far superior. Tines are sharp and thin yet very strong. I'm a professional gardener and have a religious zeal about border forks. Give this one a pass and get the mirror finish one instead!

Prompt delivery. Sturdy, comfortable to use and all round good quality. What I would expect from Spear and Jackson

5 stelle per la robustezza, ma un po’ troppo pesante, l’impugnatura dovrebbe essere più larga per tenerla meglio con due mani, ma anche nei terreni duri resiste bene.

This is slightly smaller than the digging fork. I used ( still use ) my Spear and Jackson digging fork although last summer, after 17 years of use, I caught a tine on a buried Boulder and bent it back. I'm certain it had a couple thousand hours of use before the mishap and I'm pretty confident this will hold up as well.I also believe the smaller head width is more practical for digging to divide and move plants.