Recommendation for good brand name garden tools (not electric)!

[Deleted User]

I've got a new garden. It's the size of an allotment and I'm going to be growing my winter food store on it. But I need garden tools - spade, fork, rake, shears, secateurs etc. I don't want electrical tools.

Can anyone recommend a particular brand that isn't going to break in the first three months! I'm going to be working in the garden full time (40 hours a week) so I am hoping someone can help me make a wise investment. Recommendations based on experience please!

Thank you in advance :-)

I_have_spoken

Burgon & Ball

Alter_ego

Spear & Jackson, Draper, Wolf.

unrecordings

Burgon & Ball here too

Or for a similar price in junk shops and antique emporiums (but rarely ebay) you might find some 'vintage' tools - some of the old brands like Skelton & Elwell will go on forever - i've got some forks and digging spades in everyday use that are something like 50-60 years old

[Deleted User]

Thank you for the suggestions. I looked at reviews for Spear & Jackson and it appears they are not as good as they once were which is why I posted on here. I've not heard of Burgon and Ball, so thanks for the link. I'm off to have a look. Really appreciate the suggestions. Thank you.

suisidevw

Fiskars maybe?

[Deleted User]

Fiskars are good - the secateurs have outlasted any others that I've used so I take that one on board, but have had a great time looking at the Burgon & Ball website and at £4.95 delivery I can't see where I can go wrong, except needing to get the pennies together :-)

suisidevw

I have felco secateurs. They are awesome

Horace

My garden tools are made by Joseph Bentley and are traditional looking with stainless steel blades and prongs. The tools are well balanced and have wooden handles. They come with a lifetime guarantee too. In this range I have, a garden fork, a garden spade, a pair of shears (for the hedge) as well as a long handled fork for reaching across flower beds as well as a half moon shaped spade for lawn edging. I also have some long handled shears made by Fiskars and my secateurs were only cheap ones from Aldi but I have had them for about 5 years now without any problems and I use them all the time.

http://josephbentley.co.uk/default.aspx

spaceboy

Moulton Mill tools seem good value.

spaceboy

Think I'm going to try these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moulton-Garden-Tools-Weeder-93006/dp/B004QLMPV6/ref=sr_1_3?s=outdoors&ie=UTF8&qid=1423857890&sr=1-3&keywords=lawn+weeder

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0006UF6FS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00STPLGBU/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2WS836FYNCX10&coliid=I3PQS6EP8OCO4F