The kew gardens treaded stainless steel digging spade is a premium garden spade designed for heavy digging and soil turning applications. Manufactured by spear and jackson in collaboration with kew gardens, this professional grade tool features a mirror polished stainless steel head that resists rust, cleans easily, and slices effortlessly through compacted soil. The spade incorporates several ergonomic features to reduce user fatigue during extended use. Double width treads provide enhanced foot comfort when driving the blade into the ground, while the longer 760mm handle minimises bending to help reduce back strain. An extra long socket combined with double riveting ensures exceptional strength and durability for demanding digging tasks. Built with sustainability in mind, the spade features an fsc certified weatherproofed ash handle with a split yd design for improved grip and control. The 290x180mm stainless steel blade is ideally suited to breaking new ground, turning over soil beds, and other heavy duty gardening and landscaping work where a robust, reliable digging spade is essential. Features and benefits bull mirror polished stainless steel head slips easily through the soil, is rust resistant and easy to clean bull double width treads for more comfortable digging bull extra long socket and double riveting provide added strength bull longer handle reduces the need for bending helping to minimise back strain bull fsc certified weatherproofed ash handle with split yd design bull ideal for heavy digging and turning over soil specifications shaft size 760mm 30 head size 290x180mm 11 7 16 x 7