Yeoman Border Fork

Yesterday I purchased a Yeoman border fork. I can only say that the design of the fork makes it extremely hard to use. There is far too much curve on the tines so you cannot get a direct thrust into the ground. To make matters worse the handle is off-set. The result of this bad design is that to get a direct thrust into the soil you have to have the handle about 2ft forward of the vertical.

I will avoid Yeoman tools in future.

 

Sorry to hear about the problem with the fork - but I am puzzled. Did you buy from a shop or online? If from a shop surely you would have noticed the curvature of the tines & forward set of the handle in the shop. - Anyway, what to do. - As the tool is pretty new would the supplier consider return and credit against buying a more suitable (and more expensive) fork? Or could you find a local engineer / blacksmith who could straighten the tines a bit - this would be OK if it's a carbon steel fork, but I wouldn't go down this route on a stainless model. If you bought online could you return the fork as not suitable?

 

I know the fork you are refering to .... I don't think it has been designed to turn hard soil .... it is good as a hay/compost fork or to turn soft bedding soil

sometimes it pays to visit your local recycle centre/tip ... I bought a fork, spade, 2 rakes a sledge hammer and a shovel for £8 last week
from our local tip

all sturdy and the fork and spade looks like it could be from the victorian era .... very sturdy, a bit rusty and very old .... was a bargain

Tesco is currently having a huge sale on all garden tools / garden supplies, so look there aswell