Sneeboer Ladies Spade - This effective smaller spade is suitable for both sexes with a solid ash handle and the added advantage of boot protectors, it is ideal for digging over a vegetable border, digging a trench or slicing through turf.
• Hand forged in the finest stainless steel • Individually shaped, polished and sharpened by hand • Fitted with a fine quality ash handle • Sharpness, balance and comfort makes this an exceptional tool. • Anyone who has ever used a Sneeboer tool will never want to use anything else • Ladies Spade Overall length 106cm. • Blade width 15cm
The Sneeboer Pointed Spade is extremely effective at boring into difficult ground and also very useful as a precision instrument in crowded borders as with all the Sneeboer full size tools it is manufactured with a longer handle to help reduce back pain
• With Solid ash handle. • Overall length 110cm • Stainless Steel Blade width 18cm (at widest) "This Sneeboer pointed spade is great for lifting pockets of turf to naturalise spring-flowering bulbs. The sharp point makes light work of heavy clay soils, plus it's built to last with a solid ash handle. Available by mail order from Harrod Horticultural..." Editor's Choice, Gloucestershire Preview, Autumn 2008
"...It was thought this would be a good spade for edging or separating clumps - Tester's comments:
• "Tread held the soil. • "Very lightweight and good for small areas". • "A good point on the spade and very effective through turf and around plants." • "This is a specialised, dedicated tool which I would buy and recommend to others especially smaller, weaker gardeners." • "Most Popular Spades... Sneeboer's pointed spade was felt to be an ideal specialist spade rather than a general digging tool, being particularly good for creating holes, planting and edging".
'Dig Out the Best Tool'. What Tool? Kitchen Garden magazine, March 2008
"A versatile tool that's rapidly becoming a firm favourite in our garden" Garden Life, October 2006
The Sneeboer Large Spade brings pedigree and reputation to the garden in equal amounts - and whether you're turning over an allotment, vegetable patch or decorative border, this spade really delivers. Forged by hand to a design created to suit the Dutch market gardeners of West Friesland almost a hundred years ago, the spade comes with a solid ash handle and at the business end, a stainless steel blade complete with boot protectors for slicing through feisty soil.
• Hand forged in the finest stainless steel • Individually shaped, polished and sharpened by hand • Fitted with a fine quality ash handle • Provides sharpness, balance and comfort • Overall length 116cm • Blade length 28cm - width 17cm • Made with boot protectors to help generate greater downforce
As seen on BBC Gardeners World 2009.
"I can't do without my long-handled spade,” says Matthew Wilson - Curator and Head of Site RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Garden Answers May 2005. To read Matthew's comments - and those of Chris Beardshaw and various magazine reviews on the Sneeboer Large Spade see below: