12″ Hori Hori Garden Knife (Right Serrated Blade) with Free Diamond Sharpening Rod, Ideal Gardening Digging Landscaping Weeding Tool, with Thick Sheath and a Fine Gift Box

This is a left-hander’s dream tool.Now, I’m a garden tool junkie and own just about every device out there. But I’ve held off owning a Hori Hori knife since I didn’t really see the need to stab dirt and all that.I was originally thrown off by the “right serrated blade” designation. What this means is the saw blades are correctly oriented for a left-handed person for max gardening action. The company should do a better job pointing this out since I nearly missed this fact.The reason the saw teeth orientation is important is how one uses the sawing action of the blade. When repotting plants (and I own over 100 various fruit trees in large planters) you need to prune/saw roots. Being a lefty, you want to saw in a downward motion with your left hand, the convex side of the blade facing outward. With the saw teeth on the correct side, the left-handed hori works great in shaving off a few inches of roots from the side and bottom. In many ways, this is much better than a branch saw since the blade itself is incredibly thick with no flex. You’re able to dig and stab and saw into the root ball without the flex a lesser saw would have.Construction is also surprisingly good. The handle looks like it’s stained bamboo and the stainless steel blade is seriously thick. Leather scabbard is also quality, but I don’t use it that much since it’s kinda ridiculous having a knife strapped to my belt — just leave the blade out and use it as needed, otherwise the neighbors might get spooked.Buy this if you’re a lefty or know a lefty gardener.