18th May 2006, 12:47 PM
I'm impressed if you managed to break one! You are of course correct in that they don't work well in that lovely gravel and clay combo. My preferred tool for that is a mattock.
As for purposes for which trowels were not designed like levering out bricks, the WHS does indeed outperform the Marshalltown, but its a bit like comparing a tank and a Ferrari. Blunt force over precision. Each has its place.
As for purposes for which trowels were not designed like levering out bricks, the WHS does indeed outperform the Marshalltown, but its a bit like comparing a tank and a Ferrari. Blunt force over precision. Each has its place.