Copper Garden Hand Tools

The bronze is cold hardened to gain the necessary hardness of the material.

Copper garden hand tools.

The most popular color. Beautiful copper garden tools hand forged by the small austrian company pks. Copper gardening tools welcome to our new bronze age nowadays many gardeners want to grow their own food. There are 7335 copper garden tool for sale on etsy and they cost 26 95 on average.

Toolmaker travis blandford experimented with recycled lengths of copper plumbing to create prototypes for the grafa line of hand tools which includes a hand hoe scoop fork bulb planter trowel and tube trowel. Made with copper alloys bronze and brass these tools are extremely hardwearing and have a substantially longer life than iron or steel. The tool heads are made of solid bronze and the handles are from responsibly sourced european hardwoods ash beech and lime. They are hand made in the eu by artisan coppersmiths for pks bronze.

5 out of 5 stars 60 60 reviews. The most common copper garden tool material is metal. Pks bronze tools are hand crafted by austrian coppersmiths according to traditional methods using a high quality copper tin alloy with a copper content of more than 92. The health of the crops grown depends on the health of the soil.

Copper predates iron in tool making and some people believe it to be more beneficial for the soil. Photograph by marnie hawson via the garden edit. Copper tools help to improve soil quality. Cutting beating soldering welding sanding polishing and fitting of the handles.