• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • Timothy Norton
  • Nancy Reading
  • r ranson
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
stewards:
  • paul wheaton
  • Tereza Okava
  • Andrés Bernal
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • M Ljin
  • Matt McSpadden

Hori Hori versus Lesche?

 
pollinator
Posts: 337
Location: Youngstown, Ohio
110
forest garden urban bike
  • Likes 3
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Who has both?  Or has tried both?  Which do you prefer and why?  I loved my Hori Hori but it is lost in the garden now.  😞  The Lesche is harder to lose and has a little ledge helpful for stepping in for digging.  I don't know why exactly but I always preferred the Hori Hori.  Here is a pic of the Lesche if you are unfamiliar.
Lesche-digging-tool.png
Lesche digging tool
Lesche digging tool
 
pollinator
Posts: 64
Location: Topeka, KS, Zone 6a
80
7
hugelkultur cat dog trees urban books cooking bee wood heat
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Just curious - How did you lose a knife in your garden? How big is your garden?
 
Posts: 5
Location: Seattle, WA
cat urban medical herbs
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I like my Hori Hori. I feel cool when I use it.
 
pollinator
Posts: 1125
Location: Pac Northwest, east of the Cascades
343
hugelkultur forest garden trees chicken wofati earthworks building solar rocket stoves woodworking homestead
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I use a hori hori, but promote the Lesche as an alternate. And even mention it in my thread "Cool Tools" https://permies.com/t/61693/Cool-Tools-lesser-tools-improve

Big difference is hori hori are made for garden use, while Lesche are made for metal detecting.

But that is why the have such striking differences. Different uses to begin with.
 
gardener
Posts: 1890
Location: N. California
901
2
hugelkultur kids cat dog fungi trees books chicken cooking medical herbs ungarbage
  • Likes 4
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I haven't tried either of these tools, but relate to loosing tools.  In the summer I often work until dark, or I can't take one more mosquito bite.  I think this is when things get misplaced.  I'm fairly certain my new hugel ate my hand shovel.  I found my favorite hand rake in the compost the other day, no clue how it ended up there, I wasn't using it there.  
I checked out this form because of the give a way, which is cool, but a catch 22 because now I want a Hori Hori,. I think I will put it on my wish list for Christmas.  It seems like a tool that I would use a lot.
 
Cris Fellows
pollinator
Posts: 337
Location: Youngstown, Ohio
110
forest garden urban bike
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

Eric Tolbert wrote:Just curious - How did you lose a knife in your garden? How big is your garden?


I can do it.  My garden is three city lots but it is heavily stacked and sometimes I lay down a tool and it gets covered over (I guess?).  Anyways, I can't find it, haha.
 
Cris Fellows
pollinator
Posts: 337
Location: Youngstown, Ohio
110
forest garden urban bike
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

Devin Lavign wrote:
Big difference is hori hori are made for garden use, while Lesche are made for metal detecting.



I did not know that!  I just use it in the garden!


 
Devin Lavign
pollinator
Posts: 1125
Location: Pac Northwest, east of the Cascades
343
hugelkultur forest garden trees chicken wofati earthworks building solar rocket stoves woodworking homestead
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

Cris Fellows wrote:

Devin Lavign wrote:
Big difference is hori hori are made for garden use, while Lesche are made for metal detecting.



I did not know that!  I just use it in the garden!




Nothing wrong with that. It is mainly about marketing, who gets what ads.

The reason I mention the Lesche in my thread is to give it exposure outside the metal detecting crowd it normally is used to.
 
Paper jam tastes about as you would expect. Try some on this tiny ad:
DIY Specialty Soaps eBook by The Nerdy Farm Wife
https://permies.com/wiki/234340/DIY-Specialty-Soaps-eBook-Nerdy
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic