- Two useful hand tools in one
- Rust-resistant stainless steel
- FSC-certified cherry wood handle
The Sneeboer hand mattock is a neat two-in-one tool with multiple functions, ideal for preparing soil in beds and borders ready for planting.
The mattock blade is great for breaking up soil, levering out stones and digging holes and furrows, while the sharp two-tine fork helps with aerating and cultivating, marking out seed drills and weeding between plants.
The tool's head is hand forged from rust-resistant stainless steel and fitted to a smooth cherry wood handle for comfortable use.
Supplied with a 10-year guarantee on steel parts (1 year for the handle).
Measurements:
Head W8.5cm x L8.5cm
Total length 34cm
About Sneeboer tools
Founded in 1913, Dutch toolmaker Sneeboer is renowned for making premium hand-forged stainless steel tools using traditional techniques.
Their master craftsmen combine old-fashioned attention to detail with an appetite for innovation, which has produced some of the best-performing garden tools we've come across - strong, well-balanced and a pleasure to use.
All Sneeboer tools in our range are made from lightweight, corrosion-resistant stainless steel which has been shaped, polished and sharpened by hand and fitted with an FSC-certified solid wood handle.
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