Cool Tools, lesser known tools that can improve your life

I recently fell in love with a small curved garden knife / pruning knife. I bought it some years ago because it looked really nice but didn't manage to find a good use for it for some reason. Flash forward to this spring when I found myself using it for all sorts of vegetation cutting - from weeding to cuting down unwanted vegetation at a particular place to harvesting veggies to pruning fruits and bushes.
Other one is a small hand held scythe for various chop and drop, harvesting and "mowing" small patches when getting the mower out and about would be too much.

I'll add some pictures later when I'll be back home.

I second Douglas's comment about screwdrivers as kitchen tools! Indispensible for prying apart frozen stuff, but my main kitchen use for mine is opening coconuts and separating the coconut flesh from the shell. A knife is NOT a safe tool to do this, as I discovered after a nasty cut!

That aero art is cool, I'm going to have to look into that! When i think of this concept my first thought is the trompe from one of bill mollisons lectures. There are a lot of alternative technologies out there, that's why we are here isn't it?!?

Another is the chinese wheelbarrow. The idea is that it has one big wheel in the middle so the load is on the when instead of your back. I've wanted one of these for years but i don't think it's something you can buy and i would love for someone to show me how I'm wrong or how easy it is to actually make one!

I have a similar tool, but the blade is a bit longer and narrower. It is my new go-to for removing grass/weeds for new planting spots.

I came across these recently, while I don't have one yet I plan to get one before spring thaw.

An older video from Roots and Refuge Farm but still worth checking out for garden tools. Though I recommend the Barebones HoriHori with the hammer end on the handle.

The ClampTite tool is a really versatile tool that can save the homesteader time and money.

We should all be wizards with baling wire.  The ClampTite is the magic wand of baling wire wizardry. I keep one in the Jeep onboard tool box, and one in the tool shed. The tool gives one the ability to make a very tight clamp of almost any diameter on site, with little effort and little expense. It allows the user to take advantage  of the strength and versatility of wire.  

There's many videos that show how to use it. I believe the tool dates back to the 1940's.



Here's a link to the manufacturer, but it is available  at better prices from all the major evil conglomerate stores.

https://clamptitetools.com/

Tyler Ludens wrote:One of the most useful tools we have is this small cart made from a baby stroller found at the dump.  We use it for all sorts of carting around the place, but mostly for moving loads of firewood from the woodshed to the house.  The deck will hold two 5 gallon buckets for carting liquids or soil, etc.

I prefer your deck. Mine is higher so not as stable. Thanks