The kew gardens treaded carbon steel digging spade is a heavy duty digging tool designed for turning soil and tackling demanding groundwork tasks. Part of the kew gardens collection, this spade combines spear jackson's manufacturing heritage with practical expertise from the royal botanic gardens' horticultural team, delivering a professional grade tool built for year round garden maintenance. The spade features a neverbend carbon steel head forged from a single piece of steel, providing exceptional strength—at least 50% stronger than stainless steel alternatives. This solid forged construction makes it ideal for heavy duty digging, breaking up compacted soil, and preparing beds in challenging ground conditions. A hammer finished epoxy coating protects the blade against rust, humidity, and alkalis commonly found in soil. Designed for comfortable extended use, the spade incorporates double width treads that distribute pressure more evenly across your foot during digging. The longer socket and 760mm handle reduce the need for bending, helping to minimise back strain during prolonged work. The fsc certified wooden yd shaped handle is weatherproofed for durability and provides a secure, comfortable grip in all conditions. Features and benefits bull neverbend carbon forged from a single piece of steel for greater strength bull longer socket and handle reduces the need for bending and helps avoid back strain bull hammer finished epoxy coating for improved resistance to rust, humidity and alkalis in the soil bull fsc certified wooden split yd shaped and weatherproofed handle for greater durability bull double width treads for more comfortable digging bull at least 50% stronger than stainless steel specifications shaft size 760mm 30 head size 280x180mm 11x7