Burgon & Ball RHS Long-Handled Weed Remover

This Burgon & Ball long-handled weed knife is the essential tool for cleaning, weeding, and removing moss in all the inaccessible nooks and crannies, without having to bend over: joints between slabs or paving stones, corners of walls, small cracks in pathways or around the terrace... It is equipped with a long FSC-certified wooden handle that allows you to work standing up, and a sharp-edged steel blade that performs precise work. Its thin head forged at a sharp 90-degree (194°F) angle has a fine hook, so no matter the position of the weed, it can be reached! The weed knife is an ecological tool designed to eliminate unwanted weeds without the use of chemicals. The whole set weighs only 830 grams, making it a lightweight and easy-to-handle tool that offers great comfort during use. The handle is compostable, and the metal head is recyclable.

*FSC is an international eco-label guaranteeing that the wood comes from sustainably managed forests

Technical specifications:

• Total length of the tool: 150cm (59in)
• Width: 7cm (3in)
• Weight: 0.830kg
• FSC-certified hardwood handle
• Polished stainless steel blade

The English are recognized for being the reference in gardening (if not in cooking). Promesses de Fleurs has chosen the English company Burgon & Ball for the quality of its materials and its soon-to-be tricentennial steel manufacturing methods. The company has been working with steel in Sheffield since 1730, initially with a patent for solid steel sheep shears. The production of garden shears and equipment quickly surpassed that of sheep shears, but the stainless steel tools from Burgon & Ball are officially approved by the Royal Horticultural Society - probably the ultimate reward in the gardening industry.

The steel used for Burgon & Ball tools is alloyed with carbon to give it strength, and with chromium to prevent rust. It's a very precise balance that needs to be found between chromium and carbon, different for each part of the tool. For example, the socket, which needs to be strong enough to resist bending, is made of thicker steel with a medium balance between chromium and carbon, while the blade of this weed knife, which requires significant strength and hardness to withstand bending in the soil, is made with a higher carbon content than chromium.

The heat treatment allows the steel to have exactly the right hardness for each tool. Too hard and the metal can break or chip, not hard enough and it will bend or lose its sharpness. The thickness of the steel used is also dependent on the tool. This weed knife requires a thicker steel thickness than a knife, which can be made of much thinner steel. The thickness of the steel also affects the weight, so it's a balance that the company Burgon & Ball, with its soon-to-be 300 years of experience, has validated to ensure that its tools are both effective and enjoyable to use.