Tried using a regular trowel for a dig versus a proper WHS 4-inch pointing trowel

I was helping a friend do some surface scraping at a site in Ohio last weekend, and my old garden trowel kept bending and scraping too wide. Switched to his Marshalltown pointing trowel and could actually define a feature edge without wrecking it. Is there any real use for a hardware store trowel on a dig, or should I just toss mine?

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haydenj901d ago

My old garden trowel is basically a modern art sculpture at this point.

keithbennett1d ago

Respect the patina. That trowel earned its shape.

christophers272d ago

Yeah, I trashed my cheap trowel after it bent on the first day.