"Doug Kanter" expounded:

Forks are made to loosen the soil by being moved side to side or in a
circular motion. It's obvious just by looking at the tool that heavy
prying can cause problems.

Fiskars doesn't say to use a circular motion. They claim to have the
strength to get the job done. With the Ames Fork, I would be more
careful. Here are a number of good digging forks:

Fiskars Power-Booster Digging Fork
http://www.gardeners.com/D-Handle-Di...ult/35-724.prd

Structron Spading Fork
http://www.hooverfence.com/tools/str...-fork-sp30.htm

Rittenhouse Stainless Steel Garden Forks (Canadian) (note 22" fork is
40" long)
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/product.asp?PG=1662

Kodiak Forged Spading Fork
http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS...jsp?BV_Session
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gin.0&CNTTYPE=PROD_META&CNTKEY=misc/searchResults.jsp&MID=9876&N=2984+552
1&pos=n18

Truper Spading Fork
http://www.acehardware.com/product/i...881&cp=1254884
..1255108.1260256&parentPage=family&searchId=12602 56

Ames 30" Spading Fork
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...Id=90630-302-1
8-940&lpage=none

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