Tool Envy: Hand-Forged Artisanal Garden Tools

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In The Art of Fine Tools, author Sandor Nagyszalanczy writes, “A well-made tool is a thing of beauty that’s a pleasure to use. But to enjoy a fine tool, one doesn’t have to raise a shaving or kick up a cloud of sawdust. Sometimes, it’s enough just to sit back and gaze with admiration.”

In The Art of Fine Tools, author Sandor Nagyszalanczy writes, “A well-made tool is a thing of beauty that’s a pleasure to use. But to enjoy a fine tool, one doesn’t have to raise a shaving or kick up a cloud of sawdust. Sometimes, it’s enough just to sit back and gaze with admiration.”

And that could be a big danger to your garden if you purchase a couple of these handmade garden tools from Fisher Blacksmithing: You might want to just sit and admire them instead of getting down and dirty in the soil.

Tuli Fisher has been forging hand tools and studying traditional toolmaking since 1999, and works as a fulltime blacksmith in Bozeman, Montana. In 2003, he began repairing the tools of a local farmer, which grew into a desire to make better garden tools, and he’s now turning out beautiful handmade trowels and weeders and handrakes.

Tuli Fisher has been forging hand tools and studying traditional toolmaking since 1999, and works as a fulltime blacksmith in Bozeman, Montana. In 2003, he began repairing the tools of a local farmer, which grew into a desire to make better garden tools, and he’s now turning out beautiful handmade trowels and weeders and handrakes.

“Each tool is individually built using traditional blacksmithing techniques. Steel is heated to a red glow in the forge and then shaped over the anvil with a hammer. All joinery is done using solid steel rivets. And, while each tool is hot it is burned into the handle creating a long-lasting garden tool with no welds. Black Walnut is used for handles. The tight grain of this strong hardwood makes it very durable. Best of all, it just feels good in your hand.” – Fisher Blacksmithing
These are true heirloom quality garden tools, with both style and longevity built right into them. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that your kids will start fighting over them long before you’re dead.

These are true heirloom quality garden tools, with both style and longevity built right into them. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that your kids will start fighting over them long before you’re dead.

Head over to Fisher Blacksmithing for more information or to order your set of Iron & Wood Garden Tools.

Head over to Fisher Blacksmithing for more information or to order your set of Iron & Wood Garden Tools.

Head over to Fisher Blacksmithing for more information or to order your set of Iron & Wood Garden Tools.