I need a new fork - Fiskars Power Fork?

The hande of my 60ish year old inherited fork bust under the strain of digging up my bumper potato harvest, so whilst my wife and daughter were shopping I had a look in B&Q. I started looking for something similar, but saw these Fiskars Power Digging Fork totally different from what I was looking for with a curved tubular steel handle and I wondered if it was time to try something more 'modern'.

Checked online and found my local garden centre sells them on Amazon and they also have them instore for £24.99, cheaper than B&Q and only 1p more than from here (Wilkinson branded - I understand newer ones are exactly the same but branded 'Fiskars').

From that last site:

I can't find any reviews other than one at DIY.com (B&Q) about a prong bending - has anybody used one of these and/or had any experience of any problems with their 'Lifetime Gurantees'?

 

Scrungee, have a look at the post from 26/06/11 regarding Yeoman Border Fork. The model you are looking at seems very similar in design and would present similar difficulties.

Have you considered looking for another vintage fork, try farm auctions / junk shops / car-boot or eBay. You may get something to last another 60 years for a few ££.

a-a

 

Didn't that fork on this thread http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/tools-equipment/34934-yeoman-border-fork.html have curved prongs and a straight handle? - rather like a hay or tarmac fork?



The Fiskars one above (as far as I can remember from looking at it in the store + online) has a cranked handle that should offset any curvature of the prongs.

The boots sales have finished now, all bar one which is just down the road from that garden centre where I can have another look at new forks, plus too many tools have defects painted over/filled these days.

I've 2 other forks to keep me going for a while, a really heavy Wilkos one bought reduced (50 or 75% off) and another very old one that's also on it's way out as it has a long split in the shaft just below the handle.

So I thought it was time to start investigating a new one

 

I've bought all my garden tools from the local tip .... some antique ones with no names .... have lasted a lifetime and will last a few more ... solid and heavy with oak handles

all cost a pound each .... so before spending on a new one, go to your local tip tommorow afternoon .... you may find a bargain ..

 

My local tip chucks them into landfill and doesn't sell anything to the public.

I always keep an eye open for good tools whilst at car boots, recycling centres, etc., but what I'm after is information about this specific fork, not what I already do.

 

find out who is in charge (they normally call hin the 'gov') .... have a chat and you will be able to buy for cheap

 

They have a contract for disposal of waste and any employee doing as you suggest would get sacked.


Getting back to topic, what I want to know about is the Fiskars fork, and not stuff taken to the dump.

 

Er, no. Sorry but just because they do that round your way doesn't mean they do it everywhere. I agree with Scrungee.

 

Hells Bells Scrungee cut the guy (Dim) some slack

Every post you make is about getting a bargain, and cost nothing, and he advised going to the recycle yard rather than spending £25 on a new fork a thing you profess not usually wanting to do
(someone may have died and the family have chucked out his brand new Fiskars power digging fork :-)

Dim does not like me,
I have no opinion on Dim though he has changed his post style a lot in the past six weeks

So lets not jump down someones throat for unwanted advise HE was only suggesting how to save money a thing close to your heart

Jack McH

 

totally wrong .... just because I do not always agree with everything that everyone posts, it does not mean that I dislike them ...

I always value everyone's opinion, and Jack, I always read your own posts with much interest

I always try to help everyone if I can, and I will always try and give an honest alternate opinion ....

but saying that, I also often enjoy a good windup