HACHIEMONJapanese Weeding Tool Very Sharp Edge Nejiri Gama - Made in Japan

Love this tool. Very sharp, easy to use for heavy duty weeding in my garden. My favorite gardening tool!

I usually don't like just cutting weeds, but I've been incapacitated for a couple of years and my preferred method of pulling weeds (get the roots!!) now takes too long. This tool will definitely help you with getting the weeds under control. I even like using it, even though I wish I were not so incapacitated. I wish that it were available as a long-handled version. I have a hard time (I'm 80 with two recent back operations) getting up from kneeling.I'm now writing an addition to my original review. I've used this tool for my gardening last year and this year, especially this year. I really am handicapped for normal gardening with 4 titanium rods and 18 titanium screws in my back. I can't bend over to pick anything g up very easily. It's an effort. This tool makes the necessary weeding of any gardening possible. I never liked cutting weeds - I preferred pulling them out, roots and all - but I haven't got the stamina that I used to have (I'm 80) and this tool does a decent job of weeding, and it's versatile and quick. I wholeheartedly recommend this tool to any gardeners out there who, lioje me, need some help in what used to be actually a pleasure (pulling weeds) but this is now not possible. This tool is a good alternative to a necessity of gardening that I can no longer manage.Another addition - I really like this tool and I wondered if it came in a long-handled version so that I could weed sitting on a stool rather than kneeling. (Because of my back operations I have much trouble getting up from a kneeling position.). So I fell for an ad on amazon for a longer handled "weeding sickle." I got it a few days ago and I tried using it today. Rip-off!! This "tool" is nonsense. It can't be used in any way similar to this very useful tool that I just described. Its construction is totally wrong for any kind of weeding. The blade is in the same plane as the handle. There is no bite possible into the soil to cut the weeds. It;s only use is as a classical sickle. That is, you could harvest wheat or rice with it, but you'll leave some inches of stem above the soil. Weeding involves cutting at the soil level. This is impossible with the tool I bought (for nearly $50!!!). To use it as a weeder would necessitate that one dig 4-foot trenches all over ones garden to have a chance at getting the right angle for cutting weeds at soil level. I'm going to insist that amazon accepts a return and refunds me the purchaser price. The tool (???) being offered is useless for anything that after 50 years of gardening I understand as "weeding."

Wow, those Japanese inventors really know how to build a gardening tool that has changed my life!! I have so many weeds in my garden, especially crab grass, which is relentless. It’s almost beaten me into gardening retirement, but not anymore!! This little weeder has a powerful blade and an ease of use that has allowed me to make waste of so much crab grass with much less effort. Of course, it will be back again in the spring, but at least I have a chance to keep up with it, and even make progress. I do not use toxic weed killers, so love this alternative that is so fast and effective. It is sharp, keep away from children!!

This is RAZOR sharp so please keep away from CHILDREN. I think this is going to be the best hand tool for my garden and stubborn weeds. Glad I bought it and can’t wait to use it.

This is a great find! I love it for garden work--just be careful as it is truly quite sharp and not for the kiddos. Nicely crafted and will last for many years! LOVE IT!!!

I waited too long to use this tool and I regret that! I had some huge weeds in my yard and thought I would try this -boy was I surprised! It cut through them like butter! Wish it had a longer handle, but it is still a great product. Be prepared to stoop over, but it will work!

Absolutely love this tool. I can’t believe how sharp it is and cuts weeds so easy. Now my favorite tool.

Where have you been all my life? Spring time and time to clean weeds under the young trees. Works like a charm....wish I had this 20 years ago. Great product well made. Now pleas a long handle so I don't have to crawl on my hands and knees!