Best Root Assassin Garden Shovel

Roots always seem to get in the way of digging, whether you expect them or not. Once you switch to the Root Slayer you might not even notice them most of the time. The Root Slayer is really a multi-purpose shovel that can eliminate the need for other tools, such as hatchets, pry-bars, and saws, when simply digging around the home. If you’ve ever hit roots while trying to plant a perennial, or been stymied by roots when trying to dig up a shrub, you’ll know what we’re talking about. You can use the Root Slayer as your go-to shovel. You can also use it to replace your nursery spade. Think of it as a shovel, root hatchet, and root saw all in one tool. The Root Slayer is 44.5 inches from the tip of the blade to the top of the grip. The blade is 2.5mm thick (just thicker than 13 gauge) and just under 13 inches long, with 3.5 inch steps. It weighs 5.4 pounds.

Several of our award winning root Slayer family products have been adopted by metal detecting hobbyists: Root Slayer shovel, Root Slayer Nomad, & Root Slayer soil knife with holster. We’ve bundled these three essential metal detecting tools together in one economical set. Metal detecting aficionados have found that the root Slayer nomadic is a fantastic, lightweight but serious shovel that slices right through roots & sod exposing the treasures that lie below in all but the most challenging environments. For those, the root Slayer shovel is the heavy duty Champion Digger you need to get down to the best protected treasures. The root Slayer soil knife will ride on your hip in its durable holster for precision digging & delicate extractions of precious finds.

The round point shovel is the most popular type of shovel in North America. The Root Slayer Round Head Shovel is a heavy duty, root cutting version of that shovel with an inverted V cutting tip instead of a round point. As with all Root Slayer products, you should consider buying this shovel when you have dense clay soil, rocks and shale in your soil, roots and other dense organic material. This shovel, with its very ample surface area, will move a lot of dirt without getting hung up on minor obstructions. You’ll be amazed at how quickly and easily you can move and divide perennials and shrubs with this monster shovel. As with all Root Slayer XL’s, this shovel has an extra-long fiberglass shaft with a reinforced solid fiber core.

We had never even heard of a cap rock shovel when we released the original Root Slayer Shovel, but one of our customers thought the inverted V cutting tip and ripsaw teeth along the edges of our Root Slayer would be just as useful on a cap rock shovel. So, we purchased the top three competitive products we could find, tested them all for functionality and strength, then built the Root Slayer CapRock Shovel XL for extra performance and strength while cutting out nearly half of the weight of the other products. The most extreme application for the CapRock shovel is just what it sounds like: shoveling rocks. We couldn’t be more pleased with the way the twin points at the sides of the inverted V find the easiest path through the toughest obstructions. This is a heavy duty shovel you can use for life.

Designed specifically for tough jobs that involve getting to the root! With a serrated edge on both sides of the shovel and a unique ability to cut the root while digging in and pulling out, the Root Assassin is the only solution. The combination of weight, length, shape of head, strength and balance make the Root Assassin a garden tool like no other. Red poly D-grip with black softer middle for added grip with wet or sweaty hands. Teeth are not lined up perfectly, but rather, every other one is angled, like a saw blade. This helps keep the teeth clear of dirt. The serrated edges are good for penetrating roots.

We might have called the Root Slayer Soil Knife the Root Slayer Hori Hori, but we were afraid people might not know about one of the oldest and most essential garden tool designs of all time. Based on original Japanese designs, but updated with modern materials and style, the Root Slayer Soil Knife can perform the functions of almost any hand tool in the garden. Use it as a substitute for a trowel, transplanter, cultivator, or most importantly, a weeder. This handy digger will cut through root-filled, heavy clay soil with surprising ease. When in the lawn, garden, or potting shed we never like to be without this versatile garden tool. Delivered with an enamel powder coating, the Root Slayer Soil Knife features an array of a dozen saw-like cutting teeth on one side, a long sharp blade on the other side, the signature Root Slayer inverted V blade tip, and a combination twine cutter and bottle opener near the ergonomic grip. Feel free to sharpen any or all of the high-carbon steel cutting surfaces for a very long lasting edge.

Tested to the same exacting standards as the original, the Root Slayer Edger slices through sod and small-to-medium roots like they’re nothing. There’s never been a more serious edger on the market. The ergonomic Natural Radius O-Handle Grip provides four-times the grip surface of traditional D-Handles. Super-strong, 13-gauge mid-carbon steel blade will never bend. The Root Slayer Edger saves you time as it smoothly cuts crisp borders around your yard, garden, driveway, or sidewalk. One pass and you’re done. The “Inverted V” blade and root-cutting ripsaw teeth carve a clean edge, whether straight or curved, eliminating the need for additional saws, hatchets, or pry-bars.