Japanese trowel, all-round weeder, bulb-planter extraordinaire, and general subterranean rummager. The carbon steel blade runs right into the handle, so it’s tough and strong. Brilliant for planting bulbs, weeding and all sorts of garden stuff. Although considerably stronger than a regular trowel, the mighty Hori Hori is not completely invincible. Don’t stick it in to heavy soil and yank back hard, it’s much more efficient used in an in-slice to the left-out action.