Reviews of our Sharpshooter Shovel

As a senior women, built a French drain by my fence to deal with slope and neighbors abuse of driving on the lawn...

Dutch Gardener from IL     9/15/2022 12:10:00 PM

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

The Sharp Shooter is just as its name implies. I am very happy to have it. My wood handle one broke and i saw the Sharp Shooter with the fiberglass handle on Easy Digging. We received it in a few days and i have returned to digging without a concern of the wood handle breaking. The spade that we bought at the same time, is a golden nugget. Not only for its durability but through it i was able to talk with Greg about all our digging projects. He is a gold mine of experience and knowledge who really understands the right tool for digging projects. With new digging tools and informed digging instructions, we hit it rich by buying at Easy Digging and so will other buyers.

Stacy from VA     10/15/2022 1:08:00 AM

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

The sharpshooter shovel and digging fork that I purchased are strong, well-made good that should last a lifetime. Service was prompt. Thank you!

Dianne M from WA     8/15/2022 12:35:00 PM

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

Very pleased!   High quality tools.

Mark B. from FL     7/15/2022 11:35:00 PM

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

Excellent products and customer services.

Ray Ferrer from TX     3/15/2022 4:57:00 PM

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

I have not used it for any length of time, but for the short period I'm very pleased. You have a tool that will make digging, trenching, weeding so much easier. I'm in my seventies and as the saying goes... 'Work Smarter, Not Harder'

JC from GA     7/14/2021 1:46:00 PM

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

...Garden spade with fiberglass handle is very light weight. I was able to cut through the turf easily to create edges. Sharp shooter shovel is another good purchase I was able to dig out a very big hosta plant for relocation very easily without affecting roots. Overall I am extremely satisfied with the best garden tools I got from easy digging. Greg was very knowledgeable and easy to do business with if we need more information about the products they sell.

Muthu from MA     5/18/2021 5:25:00 PM

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

I was looking at information about how to dig trenches as I am planning to put a shed in the backyard with electric for a workshop. The distance is about 30ft long and about 20' deep as the electric cable was buried in PVC at 18' deep. I also wanted to install a separate PVC conduit for internet cable in the same trench. The path ran close to a dry well so I didn't want to risk damage from a machine, and I wanted to try to save the sod to place back on the trench. One of the tools recommended from my research that I wanted to try was a grub hoe, but that style of hoe is difficult to find at your local big box stores. I found this website recommended from a couple articles and forums I read and they had solid looking tools. I decided to buy a grub hoe, a sharpshooter shovel, and a trenching shovel. I bribed my brother-in-law to help with the digging. We first started by using left over 12ft house siding strips to plan the path and mark an outline 10' wide in spray paint. The I put out a tarp and used a lawn edger to cut 10'x10' square sod pieces and used a shovel to pry and dig them up and lay them down at the back of the tarp. This got us down about 4'. Next, we planned to dig in three passes of 5-6' depth increments. The sharpshooter shovel was the best tool as at the early depths as it appeared to penetrate the soil which at this point was mostly clay. We rotated between the grub hoe and regular shovel to pull dirt out of the trench and onto the tarp as we dug deeper, then used the sharpshooter to penetrate or shave off dirt at the edge of the existing trench. We'd use the sharpshooter as we went to square the trench instead of a 'V' shape. Since the path ran close to the dry well, I ended up slightly puncturing a pea gravel spot that was wrapped in landscape fabric. I had to pry the corner of the pea gravel 'pillow' and dig underneath it. The sharpshooter came in handy to slowly chip away at the dirt underneath without damaging the 'pillow'. There was also a 4' PVC drainage pipe that I suspected but wound up in an unexpected path, so hand digging saved us from having to repair that. However, things significantly got harder at a depth of about 16'. To get to 20' deep, the final 4' was very compacted clay with rocks and gravel. At this point, using a regular or sharpshooter shovel on this soil only produced very small chips, and that's with a lot of force. The best tool at this point was the grub hoe as we could get a wind up and let gravity do the work to help chip the dirt away. The rocks made it a bit difficult as the grub hoe blade wouldn't make progress if there were rocks in the path. In hindsight, a pickaxe might have been better, but I felt the grub hoe still worked well enough to not run to the big box store to buy a pickaxe. We used the grub hoe to chip the spoil, then use the sharpshooter and regular shovels to remove the soil at this depth. When we got to 20', we used the trenching shovel to help dig out a flat bottom for the conduit. We had to measure 18' from the top of trench at ground level to the top of the PVC. Once that was completed, we did a victory pose on the large mound of dirt we excavated. The next problem was that next to the house, there was a concrete lip at about 16-18' deep that prevented the PVC sweep from being flush against the house and getting to a depth of 18' at the bottom of the trench. At this point, I got a 4lb sledge and chisel and we took turns chipping a path in the concrete so that the bottom of both PVC sweeps exited at 20' deep. It took some time, but we finally got the PVC conduit dry fitted, then glued together. Next we started the backfill, and to provide for inspection, we cut two 4ft PVC pipes to place 6ft from each end of the conduit for depth measurements. I had bought a 8x8' tamper so that we could try to keep those in place and reduce settling of the dirt in the trench. We tamped as we went for every 4-6'. Once we got near the top, I soaked the trench with water to try to get any soil to settle (especially under the pea gravel 'pillow'). After doing that a couple of times, I placed the sod pieces I cut back on top of the trench. I had to shave off the bottoms with a potting trowel with a serrated edge of the sod pieces because the bottoms were uneven from prying up the grass root mass. I raised sod an inch or so expecting more settling, but the hand tamping we did seemed to avoid any noticeable settling. Finally, I took topsoil and grass seed to try to fill the gaps between the sod squares. There was a pile of leftover dirt that I kept on a tarp (which I used later to raise the grade of my dry well, which had settled some 2-3' over roughly a 4x4' square, which is a different story). Time wise, the two of us spent 9 hours Saturday digging the trench, 6 hours on Sunday chipping concrete, laying and gluing PVC conduit, then partially backfilling about 12', the. Monday about 6 hours finishing the backfill and sod replacement. The MVP was the grub hoe for the heavy duty work at the super hard soil, though the sharpshooter pulled its weight in gold as well. Overall the tools held up to a lot of abuse and I'm thrilled with the purchase. If your digging a trench, both the grub hoe and sharpshooter shovel are a must! Hope this is helpful.

John Dill from MD     4/20/2021 2:14:00 AM

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

Great sharpshooter lightweight quality tool with quick shipping!

Blade from KS     12/17/2020

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

EasyDigging folks were very pleasant to interact with, and were very sincere to assist in my concerns. As has become a norm in my experience with the USPS of late, they didn't render the timely service that they were paid to provide. When I contacted EasyDigging their folks immediately followed up with USPS and nudged them to get my item moving in their self-constipating system. I haven't used my digging tool yet---but it looks like it will do what I ordered it for.

Lloyd McCammon from TN     10/16/2020

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

I bought the long handled sharpshooter to dig a shallow trench to bury internet cable. This included my yard-very easy and across a gravel road-amazingly efficient. Highly recommend this shovel.

Pete from MN     6/17/2020

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

I am very satisfied w/my purchase. So much so, that I'm back for another purchase. The speed was excellent and the service was great. I'll be back......

Mark Pribbanow from WI     6/17/2020

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

Better products than big box stores.

Jeff from NY     6/17/2020

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

These are MUCH better tools than you will find at a retail store. Yes, they are worth the additional cost.

Andrew from TN     4/24/2020

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

The EasyDigging.com item I ordered was a gift for a relative. I knew that she would enjoy it, because I have owned a sharpshooter digging instrument for many years, and literally could not be without it. Yes, I will endorse this product any day, any time.

Doris from SC     6/20/2019

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

Very good experience! Greg was very helpful when I had trouble with ordering due to some computer issues. The tools I received were first quality - very nice. I only dinged a star on price because, well, you have to pay extra for good tools - they ARE good tools but I still like bigbox bargain prices! :) I have used both my tools and although one is not quite the right fit for the job it is about the best I could come up with and the tool itself is excellent, it WILL be useful for other tasks in the future. It is welcome member of my tool kit. The other shovel has proven to be GREAT! It has helped me in my trenching drudgery immensely and I hope it holds up to years of use and abuse! :)

Donnie from AR     4/16/2019

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review

your customer service was great, sold me the best tool for the job. D Charles

David from IL     8/24/2018

Rating = 5 / 5     See Review