OK, give this a chance before you dog me out about this. I write about a lot of expensive tactical and outdoor kit, but I am always on the lookout for simple, inexpensive tools that will do the job.

"Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all," wrote Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle in 1833. He might have been influenced, in part, by watching the Victorian ...

Pruning shears (also called hand pruners) are designed to trim and prune thin plant branches or stems. The cutting capacity varies depending on the shears, but it’s usually around 5/8-to 1-inch. You ...

Do you have a favorite garden tool? Something that you keep within arm’s reach every time you go into the garden? What do you use to make digging, pruning, growing or harvesting better for the back or ...

Most people who purchase landscape digging tools simply take them home and start using them. If you will spend some time sharpening these tools before putting them in the ground, you will find that ...

There are few things as useful as a shovel. It digs and moves a variety of materials, dirt, gravel, sand, snow and ice, debris, asphalt, and concrete. It scrapes, levers, chisels its way through roots ...