Krumpholz Small Planting Spade - 80cm Ash T-handle, Hand-forged - Specialized Tool for Hard Soil Digging & Planting

Krumpholz Small Planting Spade - 80cm Ash T-Handle - Hand-Forged Tool for Hard Soil & Dense Beds

Digging planting holes or working in dense, established garden beds with standard tools is often difficult, especially when you need precision and power. The Krumpholz Small Planting Spade is the expert solution. Hand-forged by a traditional European blacksmith since 1799, this tool features a hollow and light blade for easy maneuvering, combined with an extended 80cm T-handle and foot tread for maximum leverage. It's built to penetrate even the hardest soil easily, making it the perfect sturdy yet lightweight spade for detailed work.

Best For The committed home gardener who appreciates heirloom-quality, master-forged tools and requires a light, rigid, and narrow spade for comfortably digging precise holes and cultivating in dense or challenging soil.

Key Features

• Master Hand-Forged Quality: Crafted by Krumpholz, a family-run European blacksmithing company since 1799, this tool is forged from premium steel for maximum toughness, balance, and guaranteed lifelong durability.

• Efficient Hollow Blade Design: The unique lightweight, hollow spade blade makes the tool easy to lift and maneuver, significantly reducing fatigue during repetitive digging while maintaining high sturdiness.

• Integrated Foot Tread: Features a welded top edge that provides a secure foot tread, allowing you to use your body weight to easily drive the sharpened blade deep into compacted clay or hard soil.

• Superior Ergonomic Leverage: The 80cm Ash T-handle offers excellent reach and a secure two-handed grip, maximizing leverage for root cutting and digging without putting undue strain on your back.

• Ideal for Dense Beds: The narrow blade profile is perfectly suited for working in crowded garden beds, allowing you to dig planting holes or lift perennials without disturbing surrounding plants.

Sizes Available (Sold Individually)

This item is sold as a single, premium, hand-forged tool.

Specifications

• Brand: Krumpholz
  

• Material: Hand-Forged Steel (Hollow Blade); Ash Wood T-Handle

• Capacity: Digging planting holes, cultivating, and transplanting in hard soil

• Dimensions: 80cm Handle Length; Blade size (Small planting spade profile)

• Other specific data: Features foot tread (tread); T-Handle design. Made in Europe.

Ideal For (Uses)

• Digging precise planting holes for shrubs, roses, and ornamental standards in hard or compacted garden soil.

• Gently lifting and transplanting small-to-medium established plants with minimal root damage.

• Working the soil and planting in deep containers or raised garden beds where a full spade is too large.

• Cutting through small roots and breaking up tough clay using the integrated foot tread.

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Oversized, heavy, and structural goods ship via specialist freight. Freight is calculated at checkout from estimated packaged volumetric or physical weight. Carrier depot audits may adjust the rate — if the increase exceeds 10%, we will contact you before processing.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup — default method
✔ Direct delivery — requires an operational forklift on site unless Tailgate Delivery has been specifically requested and quoted (contact us — this cannot be selected at checkout)
✔ Tailgate hydraulic lift delivery — must be specifically requested; contact us for a quote (not available as a checkout option; extra fees apply; required if you do not have a forklift)
✔ Forklift loading at our warehouse (no extra charge if you arrange your own freight)
✔ Direct truck delivery (available in Victoria)

Important Notes:

• Shipping costs vary by location and method
• Any carton or consignment over 25–30kg (or over 200cm) must be palletised
• Without a specifically requested and paid Tailgate Delivery quote, palletised freight requires a forklift on site — otherwise the carrier will redirect to the nearest depot
• Bulky and oversized items cannot be delivered to a PO Box — provide a physical street address
• Failed deliveries, locked gates, unattended sites, or incorrect business/forklift declarations may incur carrier redelivery, demurrage, and restocking fees as set out in our Terms & Conditions

Business Delivery:

• Selecting a business/commercial delivery rate warrants that the address has an operational forklift and certified operator during business hours
• If the carrier cannot unload, the consignment may be redirected to a depot and secondary fees may apply
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

See our Terms & Conditions (Article 8) for full freight and delivery rules.

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse is a logistics hub, not a retail showroom. Listing a product online does not mean it is stored at our Thomastown warehouse — many lines ship from supplier hubs (split fulfilment may apply).

How lead times work:

• Product page ETA: The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) / lead-time badge shown on the product page at checkout is the agreed delivery timeframe for that order under Australian Consumer Law.
• Metro baselines: Advertised ETAs apply to standard metropolitan zones. Regional and remote addresses may take longer and may attract surcharges.
• Peak seasons: Orders in March–May, August–October, EOFY (June), Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November), and Christmas/New Year (December–January) may automatically add a 2–4 week buffer beyond the product page ETA.
• Supplier-dependent / backordered items: If stock is delayed, we will notify you with a revised ETA. You then have 7 days to accept the new timeframe or cancel for a full refund.
• Adloheat: Custom-made products from Adloheat (Pakenham, VIC) may take 4–12 weeks depending on the order.

Full fulfilment, cancellation, and freight rules are in our Terms & Conditions.

Biosecurity & Interstate Shipping Restrictions

Due to strict state biosecurity regulations, we are unable to ship some products to certain states and territories:

• Potting Mixes cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory (NT), or Tasmania (TAS).
• Seeds cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA).

Orders placed for these items to restricted states will be cancelled and refunded. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the items being ordered can lawfully be delivered to their state or territory.