"DLee wrote in message
I was reading his garden book, and in it, he says that his favorite spade
is
one made of stainless steel forged from a company called Bulldog. He paid
£
90 for it in late 80s, and it is perfectly balanced and feel right, so he
uses it all the time although he has 6 or 7 spades. He thinks that this £
90
spade was worth every penny.

Would you pay £ 90 for a spade? I paid £ 20 for a Wilkinson Sword spade
this
weekend at B&Q, and felt that was too expensive for spade. Is it the case
of
BBC paying him much, or like other things in life, you get what you pay
for?


Well a few years ago Sue and friends bought me the Bulldog stainless steel
spade and matching fork for Christmas, it cost them £100 for each I
understand, and they were a special order.
When I thought I had lost the fork a couple of years ago I enquired about a
replacement and found out that Bulldog no longer make these British made
tools as they were too expensive for the market even though they are,
simply, the best. Shame.

Oh, and no, I don't leave them down the allotments. :-)
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Bob

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