Sorry to chime in a little late but in regards to garden tools I rather like the look of Bulldog tools. They're forged in England and look to be pretty decent. I've been eyeing up one of their shovels for some time but have yet to pull the trigger on buying one.
Does anyone on here have any of their tools? If so how do you rate them?
I bought a cheap digging hoe recently. The silver line model rather than a chillington hoe. The handle is utter cr*p but the tool itself is rather good. I can see it getting a lot of use in the future on I fit a longer handle.
All the best
Andy
Got an old Bulldog shovel, had it donkeys years now.
Its of the slightly shortened, T handled forged concrete shovel type.
Back in the day every old time labourer had one for when they put concrete floors in. Slightly shorter that standard means you can move a lot more concrete with them without feeling quite so beat up afterwards. More work with less effort.
Wouldn't swap it for any other I've seen.
Here they are being made, although the ones being made are the D handle ones that I'm not keen on, get one of them caught in the paddles of the mixer and the D catches your hand as the drum spins. Not that people should be sticking the shovel to get the unmixed aggregate/cement off the sides and into the main mix in the mixer anyway. But pretty much everyone used to do it (including me) so I prefer the T handle ones.
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