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“I live on an acreage with many flower, herb and garden beds. This is my ABSOLUTE favorite tool!”

When interviewing landscapers for a recent story about lawns, both Kat Aul Cervoni, founder of Staghorn NYC Landscape Design and The Cultivation by Kat and Patrick Farrell, partner at EAS Landscaping LLC in Philadelphia sang the praises of this type of knife. Farrell even deemed it “indispensable when it comes to planting and clearing.” Because the story focused on grass, the knife wasn’t featured, but when a HuffPost reader recommended it in a Facebook callout, we knew it deserved more attention.

Answering an ask for accessible gardening tools for people over 50, long-term gardener Sue Mazer, 54, suggested this comfortable-to-hold, multi-use tool, saying, “Lightly spray mist the mixed soil and use a Japanese [hori-hori] garden knife to make individual holes for the seeds, seedlings or transplants.”

With a 4.8-star rating, it seems everyone who has a hori hori recommends it. Reviewer Chris S. wrote, “I love this product! First of all it looks expensive and is an attractive piece. It’s heavy duty and works as described. It saws through plants, digs through dirt. It’s an all around good product that I would buy again but will probably not need to because the quality is great. I would even provide this as a gift to a gardening friend.”

A reviewer named Lady says, “[I] love my new hori knife — it has everything I need, [it’s] sturdy, [features] measurements down the blade, [it’s] great for piercing the ground [and it has a] serrated edge fur cutting and a quality holster. It’s made gardening a little easier for me.”

“I live this product! First of all it looks expensive and is an attractive piece. It’s heavy duty and works as described. It saws through plants dogs through dirt. It’s an all around good product that I would buy again but will probably not need to because the quality is great. I would even provide this as a gift to a gardening friend.” —Chris S.

“I will find endless uses for this tool. Super sharp for even the toughest weeds. I don’t have a gas powered weed eater so I use this to cut out the Johnson Grass around my cabin and the hard to reach areas growing up around rocks.” —travel girl

“I live on an acreage with many flower, herb and garden beds. This is my ABSOLUTE favorite tool! My last one disappeared (probably somewhere - anyone got a metal detector?), and I immediately bought a new one. It helps me weed, plant, and everything else effortlessly. And I am HARD on my tools, but this holds up! You won’t be disappointed!” —Millie

“love my new hori knofe - it has everything i need, sturdy, measurements down the blade, great for piercing the ground, serrated edge fur cutting, and a quality holster. it’s made gardening a little easier for me.” —lady