Quote Originally Posted by mike l link=topic=13268.msg140645#msg140645 date=1368120060
I feel the Lesche tears the ground more.
I love my Lesche, but I have noticed that as well, it does really tear up the ground. The plugs it makes don't have a clean edge.

I used to dig with a butcher knife. It made really clean plugs with nice edges, but I quickly decided that it probably wasn't a good idea to be wielding a butcher knife in public parks.

I might have to give this Ames digger a try.

(My first summer job in 1981 was working for the Ames company at one of their facilities that makes wooden handles for their shovels and rakes.)