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RE: 3 Must-Have Hand Tools for the Garden & Homestead (DTube Daily Vlog)
The Hori hori is pretty much the only hand tool I use (other than pruners/shears). Best investment a person can make (and they aren't expensive). Just love the Hori hori! I'm going to look into the Japanese rice knife, I think we would get a lot of use out if it! I really appreciate all the details you provided on it. :)
RIght on! I've been guarding a new shiny one and haven't put it to soil yet because I love the thing so much. I suppose it's time to break the ice on the new one soon. The hori hori is a real game changer. Just the other day I cleanly separated baby leeks from mommy with no problem at all right before diggin almost a foot deep to plant a tomato. I love the versatility.
I'm excited to see the good use you put the rice knife to. Happy to share our experience and glad it's of use to you.
Very versatile, I agree It's stayed nice and sharp even though I've used it for plenty of tasks that It was not intended for. Its pretty much indispensable in my mind. Have you tried sharpening it at all? I've been wondering about using one of those sharpening files on the serrated blades when it finally gets dull. Just haven't really looked into the feasibility of it yet.
I lost my first one a few years ago and after many weeks of failed searching I replaced it. Two years of snow, rain and whatever else and we found the knife out in the field. Looks brand new! It's nice having a spare and I painted the handles red so hopefully I don't misplace them so easily in future.