This is a fine and cleverly designed hoe which work well -- but one star less because on hillsides it not only cuts weeds, it also pulls dirt downhill which you certainly don't want to be doing on a hillside where you've planted to hold the earth in place. This would be a problem with all such hoes, I suppose, and not just this one. But it's my experience with the hoe. As for it's design and how it works, it's very good. The diamond shape is kind of clever since it allows you to wiggle it around to cut weeds below the surface and even cut very small roots, but it's also a lightweight head (the handle is solid wood so the entire hoe is not that light -- warning) that isn't difficult to move around. It's very good -- but I'm a bit bummed by the problem of pulling dirt downhill when I use it on my hillside, so I may go back to more hand weeding which is more gentle. If I can stay balanced on the hillside!

What a difference between this and any other hoe. I tried regular, stirrup, star wheel and round hoes. This hoe glides under the surface with minimal effort compared to the other hoes. slices off weeds(and peas and beans if u r not careful) like butter. I can carefully weed right up next to the pant stems on the pull stroke, slide under trellises and rabbit barriers. I touch up the edges once a year with a flat file. I came back here after 6 years wondering if I should get another and the price went up a bunch. No more leaving it out in the weather.

My sister has one of these diamond shaped hoes and she has had hers for at least 20 years. She brought it over to my home to help me do some gardening and I fell in love with it! I decided to buy one for my self and I could not find it at any of the major retail home centers such as Orchard Supply, Home Depot or Lowe's and even went to a couple of local garden suppliers and no one had them. Finally I looked on Amazon (where I should have looked first) and I found one and ordered one for myself.

Used this amazing hoe this past weekend and it worked like a charm. It got into some tight spaces where I couldn't use a conventional hoe and got right next to the plant stem without any harm coming to it. Used it to get rid of some weeds in more open areas and it did the trick. I love my new hoe! One thing you should be aware of is the diamond shaped head is very, very sharp and use it with caution. Also if you order your hoe from Amazon, they do an excellent job of packaging it. It came nicely packaged and arrived without a problem!

The only reason it got 4 stars is it should come with a cover of some sort for putting over the head during transport, I have to go from my house to an exteranl site garden and a cover would help a lot, I end up taping a plastic bag or cardboard over it as it's in the car with my grandkids, it's too long for the trunk, But it's a Great weeding tool Iwish I'd gotten two of these instead of the hula hoe that really just didn't work, I work my garden with someone else usually and we need two efficient weeders, get two!!, go this route if you need two, or just one. it does the job. and very easy to sharpen, I did not have to sand the handle it was fine, I did lightly sharpen the blade and clean and lightly oil it if necessary in between uses.It's a very nice, very sharp tool.

I thought that the picture showed it looking wider than it really is.