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Some years ago I shopped garden hoes. Eventually I bought a True Temper hoe. Now, I'm pretty much average height, maybe a tad more -- 5' 10". I have found that the average handle on those hoes is too short, I get back pain from having to stoop over so far if I use it for a while, even holding as far toward the end as I can manage. So, I scarfed the end of another handle onto the wooden handle of this hoe, using epoxy cement. The scarf has held up. I varnished the handle, it's great. However I found that the True Temper blade absolutely sucks. The metal's too thin to hold the proper shape and the steel is just crap. It's not even tempered steel WTF ("True Temper" my ass)! You can tell carbon steel by the spark stream you get when you grind it. The sparks are big and bright and plentiful, but what I get when I grind this blade is a meager very low spark stream typical of shitty steel. Yes, it doesn't hold an edge worth a damn.
So, I am wondering if I can get just a hoe blade, a high quality one (without paying an arm and a leg), and put my extended handle on it. Does anyone know a source for just a hoe blade? I've done a bit of online searching and not come up with anything. Haven't gone into the B&M stores. Or, do I have to buy a hoe, discard the handle and put on my own to get what I want?
So, I am wondering if I can get just a hoe blade, a high quality one (without paying an arm and a leg), and put my extended handle on it. Does anyone know a source for just a hoe blade? I've done a bit of online searching and not come up with anything. Haven't gone into the B&M stores. Or, do I have to buy a hoe, discard the handle and put on my own to get what I want?
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