At Radius Garden we are pretty finicky about trowels. After all, the company was founded on a design for an ergonomic trowel, The natural Radius grip trowel. As I was bending over My raised bed one day last spring struggling to transplant some deeply rooted herbs, I had the thought, "I really wish I had a trowel that was as easy to use as the root Slayer shovel." within a week The Design was completed. We developed a new flared handle for extra comfort, adapted the root Slayer shovel design as a trowel, & added a twine cutter notch that doubles as a bottle opener. I can tell you from experience that the trowel works like a dream, not only for gardening, but also for opening Craft IPAs. Youll never find a sturdier trowel to rip through roots & difficult soil.