The Grandpa’s Weeder has always been an effective weapon against invasive species like thistles, dandelions or crabgrass. Fiskar’s took that classic design, incorporated modern materials and produced theUpRoot – the Lee Majors of lawn care implements.
I earned my BSA Paul Bunyan certification when I was 16, hacking down and splitting a 24-inch pine. With my old-ass axe, it took me better part of two hours. Man, I wish I had the Fiskars X17 back then.
I love my knife; I carry it everywhere. It’s nothing fancy, just a sturdy little lockback – but for most household chores it’s more than sufficient. Well, it was more than sufficient, until I got my hands on the new Fiskars Cuts+More Scissors.
After reinventing the scissors, Fiskars has taken a look at the watering can, scoffed, and come up with the Easy-Pour can. The second handle is second-only to the garden hose in plant-watering efficiency. Just $US20. [Fiskars via Core77]
Here’s something that should’ve happened way sooner: a pair of scissors that doesn’t just pathetically snip snip snip at things but openS bottles, cuts through wire, shreds boxes, pierces holes and a bunch of other rad stuff. Diagram, please: