The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
The two you would grab if the shed were on fire.
Ask any gardener which tools they actually use and the list gets short fast. A hori hori and a good pair of snips. The Usual Suspects is those two, plus somewhere to keep them, and it is the kit most people end up at whether they start there or not.
The Nisaku Hori Hori Weeder 170mm is the Japanese cult classic, and the one tool that flatly refuses to specialise. Concave stainless blade, serrated down one side, so it digs, cuts, weeds, plants, and levers out the dandelion you have been quietly losing to since July.
The Niwaki Garden Snips do the other half. Slender, razor sharp, made in Sanjo, and they take herbs, flowers and soft green growth cleanly rather than crushing the stem on the way through. You will find yourself cutting things you did not intend to cut, purely because they are on you.
The 3 Pocket Tool Pouch keeps both on your hip, with fabric mesh at the base of the pockets so the dirt drops out instead of travelling round the garden with you. Hori hori in one, snips in the next, ties and labels in the third.
Nothing here is clever. All of it is the answer.
What's in the bundle
- Nisaku Hori Hori Weeder 170mm: concave stainless steel blade, serrated on one side. Digs, cuts, weeds and plants. Made in Japan.
- Niwaki Garden Snips: slender, razor sharp blades for herbs, flowers and soft green growth. Made in Sanjo, Japan.
- 3 Pocket Tool Pouch: heavy duty canvas, reinforced with rivets, fabric mesh at the base of the pockets, adjustable belt with an easy-release clasp. Worn on the hip.
- Full value $131.80, bundled at 10% off.
Materials & Care
- Hori hori: stainless steel. Wipe clean and dry after use.
- Snips: wipe clean, dry and oil after use. Never cut wire, metal, stone or plastic. Cut with the base of the blades for anything thicker than soft growth.
- Pouch: heavy duty canvas. Spot clean or hand wash cold. Air dry, do not tumble dry.
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30 Years of happy customers
M.B.
“I wish I had discovered this years ago. Made the perfect gift for the man who ‘has it all’. Beautifully crafted, I was pleasantly surprised how heavy and sharp it was. Would buy again.”
P.J.
“I love the easy access both sides, the height was sufficient to grown runner beans on a tall mesh frame and it’s very easy to put together but may need two people to lift the net over the framework. Just love it.”
F.D.
“I have one and it is a game changer. Enough pockets to totally fit all the tools I wanted to carry. It's great to have them all in one handy place when I'm working in the garden instead of floating around in the bottom of the wheelbarrow.”
G.R.
“Where has this tool been all my life? It is awesome, works brilliantly, even with older dried out flax. Literally like a hot knife through butter."
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