English. Mid 20C. ‘Dunlap’. Red painted ash handle and steel. 10 inches (25.3cms).

Brades & Co 19C. English.

English. Mid 20C. ‘Made in England’. 18 inches (46cms).

English. Early 20C. Steel and ash. 29 inches (74cms). This fulcrum was first seen in France in the 19C. Loudons Art of Gardening 1850 shows an illustration of this fulcrum in a Dock Weeder.

French 19C example of Art Populaire.

English. Mid 20C. Steel and ash. Traces of red paint. ‘Star’ patent. 21 inches (53.5cms).

Picture from Garden and its Work. C1900.

English. Early 20C. Ash T-handle and steel tip. 36 inches (92cms). Ref: Wm Wood catalogue 1938 and 1958. Ref: Skeet & Jeffes Garden Estate Guide 1954. ‘Dandy Weed Eradicator’.
Second sub-image is of 2012 tool ‘Tire-Racine Pivotante Acier’ sold in France by Botanique Editions..

Crane necked Hoe.

Hoe backing on 3 pronged reversible steel head with traces of red paint. Beech handle with steel hanging loop. 11.5 inches (29.5cms) x 2.75 inches (7cms).

Steel with traces of red paint and yellow painted handle. 10.75 inches (27.5cms) x 2.75 inches (6.7cms).

Ash and steel. 17.25 inches (44cms) x 4 inches (10.2cms).

English. 20C. Multihoe by PRC ‘Minor planting tool’. Steel painted brown with label. Ash handle. 15.75 inches (39.3cms) x 8.25 inches (21cms).

Hand wrought steel. Double ended with spud and 3 pronged configuration. 14.5 inches (36.8cms) x 2.75 inches (6.9cms).

20C. 8 tined circulating hoe and seed furrow tool.

Canterbury style 2 pronged Hoe by Brades & Co

English. Early 20C. 5 tines steel head and original ash shaft.

English. Early 20C. Steel with double riveted angled blade W 3.25 inches (8.2cms) x H 2.5 inches (6.3cms) on to swan neck and socket. Fine tapered beech handle with cuff above socket. 38 inches (97cms).

French. C 1800. Ornate wrought iron Hoe head with socket and rivet hole. W 8 inches (20.5cms) x 6.5 inches (16.5cms).
Rear view detail shows folding of metal socket.

English. 20C. Steel and beech. Traces red paint. 15 inches (38.2cms) x 3.75 inches (9.5cms).

English. 20C. Handle stamped ‘J Burton’. 9.25 inches (23.7cms).

English. Early 20C. Steel and ash. For lifting haulm for cutting. 34 inches (86cms) x 12 inches (31cms).

Hungarian. 20C. Wood. 22.5 inches (57.5cms) x 12.5 inches (31.5cms).

For lifting pea haulm for cutting. Pitch pine and forged steel. 29 inches (73.5cms) x 8.5 inches (21.5cms).

English. C1900. Ash D-handle stamped W.K. Steel strap and blade. 25.25 inches (64.2cms).

French. C1900. 25 inches (63.2cms).

34.75 inches (88.5cms).

English. 20C. Martindale Nettle Slasher. Steel and hardwood handle. ‘Crocodile symbol. Birmingham. Made in England’. 34 inches (86.5cms). Red and Cream paper label reads ‘Crocodile. Guaranteed Quality. Martindale & Co. England’.

Steel rod with bilaterally serrated blade bolted 2 bolts. Beech handle. 36.5 inches (93cms) x 9.5 inches (24cms).

English. Mid 20C. Steel and varnished wood. Handle traces of embossed name ‘Brades’. 44 inches (112cms).

Wrought Iron. Head only. 14.25 inches (36.3cms).

English. 19C Elm. 33.5 inches (85cms).

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English. Early 20C. ‘Skelton’ Sheffield. Made in England. 7.5 inches (18.7cms).

English. 20C. Made in England. 8 inches L (21cms). 5 inches W (12cms).

Nuts stamped ‘BAX B’. 34.5 inches (87.5cms).

Circa 1900. Wrought iron hook on ash shaft.

Early 20C. Weed Hook or Hooked Spud in steel on ash handle.

Bifid pick shaped steel blade with pointed and forked ends. beech handle. 13 inches (32.8cms).

Wrought iron 4 prong Weeder/Weed Lifter. 32.5 inches (82cms).

British. 1950′s. ‘The Goff Weeder’. Steel and ash. 47 inches (120cms) head 4 inches (10cms) x 4. Ref: Skeet & Jeffes Ltd Woking. Garden Estate Guide 1954. p4.

English. Early 20C. ‘The Wickeham Patent Weed Eradicator’. Brass. Detachable screw cover to spike. 33.75 inches (85.5cms). Ref Crowden & Garred suppliers 1914 catalogue.

English Early to mid 20C. As new with black powder coat on brass with screw cap. Weed killer is poured in at top and weed injected with hollow spike. 31 inches (79cms).

French. C1950. Weed killer like potassium chlorate from a backpack is injected into the roots of deep rooted weeds like dock and thistle.

English. Early 20C. ‘The Grange Killweeder’. Pat No. 22627. Carmichael & Co. Balham. Brass and steel. 36.5 inches (92.6cms). Contained a powder as weed killer discharged through a valve into a spiked plunger. Ref Wm Wood catalogue 1938.

2 twist tine socketed blade. Beech handle. 11.5 inches 29.5cms) x 1.5 inches (3.8cms).

2 prong bent pressed steel blade. Beech handle. Traces of green paint. 9.75 inches (24.8cms) x 1.25 inches (3.1cms).

3 tined pressed steel angled blade. Worn blade with traces of red paint. Ash handle. 11.25 inches (28.5cms) x 1.25 inch (3.2cms).

English. Mid 20C. 3 prong Weeder. Red painted upper steel blade and original label. A & K Parkes & Co Ltd.

English. 20C. Steel and ash with brass ferrule. 13 inches (32.8cms) x 5.5 inches (13.8cms).

English. C1880. Weeder with funnel and point for injection. This ingenious device is comprised of a slightly tapered ash shaft along which is a copper tube inset into a groove. The tube is held captive by some staples and at the pointed end a brass ferrulewhich also gives added strength. Halfway along the shaft is a protruding handle turned from beech and has a brass ferrule. This is fastened by a long steel pin which is riveted over through brass washers. At the supply end is a large tin funnel with a brass reinforcing lip. From the bottom of this is a brass tap. The funnel is carried by a bent wire bracket attached to shaft with staples. The tap is connected to the copper delivery tube by a length of replacement of rubber hose. The pointed end is steel and the weedkiller runs from the delivery tube and coats the point which injected into the weed. The brass makers label is incomplete and reads: ‘Mrs Graft– . Paten—. No.123–.’ The patent number indicated year 1883 to 1884. 51.5 inches (1310cms).

English. 1960. Rockery Weeder. Brades & Co. England. After design shown in Carters blue book 1935 ‘Rockery Weeder’ by Skelton. 2 pronged steel with beech handle. 11 inches (27.6cms) x 1.25 inches (3.1cms).

Early 20C. Double ended with weeding spud and 3 prong end. Decorative cane handle. 10 inches (25cms) x 1.5 inches (3.9cms).

Polished aluminium 2 pronged Weeder. 8.25 inches (21cms) x 1 inch (2.7cms).

English. Mid 20C. Hollow perforated steel construction with angled, part toothed blade. Traces of orange paint. 9.5 inches (24.2cms) x 1.25 inches (3.2cms).

A stainless steel 2 prong weeder or cultivator from the 1950′s. Made by ‘Stainless Steel Developments Ltd London England’. The company made a small range of upmarket garden tools but went into liquidation. 8.5 inches (21.5cms) x 1 inch (2.6cms).

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English. 20C. Sprung steel 2 prong. Traces red paint. 10 inches (25.3cms) x 1.5 inches (4cms).

English Mid 20C. 3 prong Weeder . Stamped ‘Ward & Payne. Sheffield’ and with logo. Steel and ash. Made in England. 9 inches (23cms).

Long reach 3 prong Weeder. 33 inches (83.5cms).

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3 pronged sprung steel with sliding width adjuster and ash handle. 13.5 inches (34.2cms) x 4 inches (10.2cms) max.

2 pronged steel blade. Ash handle. 13 inches (32.1cms).

English. Early 20C. ‘Thorns’. Gamages offered this Thorn’s Weedhook for 1 shilling early 20C Ref: Antiques from the Garden p 197. Steel with traces red paint and ash handle. 13 inches (32.8cms).

Double headed 2 pronged and pointed ends in steel with beech handle. 9.75 inches (25cms) x 8 inches (20.2cms).

English. Mid 20C. ‘Ardinco’.

English. Mid 1900′s. Stainless Steel Developments Ltd. England. 7.5 inches L (19cms). 2 inches W (5.4cms).

English 19C. W Gilpin. Wedges Mills. Warranted. Crossed axes logo.

English. Late 19C. A fine gentlemans Dibber made by Thomas Ibbotson & Co. The company founded in 1814 was taken over in 1905 by Marples. This item dates pre 1900.

English. Harrison. Warranted. 24.5 inches (62cms).

Mid 20C. Dual purpose Weeding Spud and Hand Rake. Original ash handle and steel tool heads. Screw fixed. 30 inches (77cms).

English. C 1900. Pine and wrought steel. L 37.75 inches (95.9cms) x W 3.5 inches (9cms).

Circa 1900. Wrought irin thistle shaped spud and ash handle with knop. 48 inches (122cms).

19C. Wrought iron oblong shaped blade and ash with large ash knop. 1 rivet. 55 inches (140cms).

English. Early 20C. Steel thistle shaped blade stamped ‘Brades’ and ash handle with T-grip. 42.5 inches (108.5cms).

English. Early 20C. Steel thistle shaped blade stamped ‘A Wells’ and ash handle stamped ‘TW’ with three decorative incised rings below knop. 54 inches (138cms).

English. Early 20C. Steel and ash handle with tapered knop and burned in initials ‘ECG’. 49 inches (125cms).