Is there a difference between a shovel and a spade?

Is there a difference between a shovel and a spade?

Spade Blade. A shovel has a broader blade that is curved inwards from left to right and is rounded or pointed at the tip. A spade generally has a relatively flat blade with straight edges.

What is the difference between a spade and a trowel?

As nouns the difference between trowel and spade is that trowel is a mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them while spade is a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

What is a rabbiting spade?

The rabbiting spade is perfect for digging small, deep precise holes particularly in confined spaces, for example, the narrow trenches in a vegetable patch or fence post holes. Other uses include establishing sapling trees, perennials and shrubs without disturbing existing plants.

What is a rabbiting spade used for?

The Rabbiting Spade’s shape was historically used for retrieving small hunting dogs or ferrets from collapsed rabbit holes.

What does a garden trowel look like?

A garden trowel is a small handheld shovel or spade. Garden trowels usually have wooden, plastic or rubber coated metal handles. Garden trowels can also have flat, curved or even scoop-shaped blades. My beloved garden trowel is a pretty basic one with a stainless steel blade and wooden handle.

Is a shovel considered a hand tool?

A shovel is a tool for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, such as soil, coal, gravel, snow, sand, or ore. Most shovels are hand tools consisting of a broad blade fixed to a medium-length handle.

What is a grafter spade?

This shovel has been designed specifically for grafting – slang for hard work! This can be anything from digging into dense terrain to shifting heavy material. As it is wider than the cable-laying, draining and rabbiting shovels, it is also suitable for the removal of heavy materials.

What’s the difference between a border spade and a digging spade?

Border spades are smaller and lighter than a digging spade. The blade is the same shape on both, but a border spade’s blade is smaller and flatter to dig straight down into the soil. In comparison, a digging spade is wider than a border spade and designed to move and turn the earth and slice through soil and roots.