Rough & Tough Digging Tool

Lesche Digging Tool

New York Firemen and other clean-up personnel were using a variety of imported hand tools to help dig but had poor results with tools breaking and bending. A local Fireman from Long Island was having great success with the Lesche Digging Tool which did not break or bend under the heavy stress loads. The result was the eventual order of over 1,200 tools.

The ultimate digging tool...does the job of trowel, knife and tiller. It is used for landscaping, metal detecting, camping and nursery use. The list could go on for users of this well-designed tool. Razor-sharp serrated teeth along edge of blade quickly cuts through roots, weeds, vines and sod. Use the knife blade on the other side for cutting burlap, weed mat or twine. Blade is welded to the handle at a right angle to give you better leverage when prying and digging up hard packed soil. An alloy steel blade is heat treated and tempered for long edge life and resists rust. Included with this great product is a Cordurra nylon belt holster to safely carry the tool at your side. It also has a very comfortable vinyl handle for a sure grip.

Specifications of Tool:

Specs: Item #48 Blade length: 7" Width: 1- 3/4" Overall length: 12" Weight: 6.4 oz.

For 42 years now, W.W. Manufacturing Co. has been creating custom made quality products for the nursery and landscaping industry. Known to most as the King of Spades or Lesche Products, W.W. Mfg. has set the industry standard in design and quality for spades and rakes nation wide. With a Five Year No Breakage Guarantee offered on their spades, this truly makes them the "The King of Spades."

W. W. Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s founder, Walter Lesche, emigrated from Germany to the United States of America in l952 where he worked in the welding and machine shop of the world's first frozen food processing plant. While working there he began establishing himself in the local agricultural/horticultural community as an innovative problem solver. This reputation followed him when he began his own business, Walt's Welding, out of his garage in the mid-l950’s. It was here and in future years, working closely together with growers, that the seeds of many of his later innovations and inventions took root.

In l964, Walt’s Welding moved to its current location and later became known as W. W. Manufacturing Company, Inc. In the late l970’s, Walter began development of a spade with a replaceable blade and non-breakable all-steel handle, which he later patented. This is the KSC-S, the spade with the connector handle and the replaceable blade; “replace the blade, not the spade.” This spade was unique in that it came with an unconditional five-year guarantee against breakage. The production of this spade led to the development of over two dozen other spades and shovels in what came to be known as the “The King of Spades” product line. In the early l990’s Walter introduced the Dura Rake™, an all-steel, welded garden rake made from aircraft alloy steel for lightness and heat treated for strength and durability. As with the spade, the rake was also field tested with local nurserymen and landscapers.

In addition to spades, the complete product line has grown to almost one hundred different items such as shovels, rakes, nursery carts, custom tracking wagons and other tools for the horticultural and landscape industries. There is also a specialty line of digging tools for the hobbyist. In effect, then, W. W. Mfg. Co. today is a perfect example of the traditional American immigrant legend: Walter Lesche came to the USA penniless, unfamiliar with the English language, but through hard work and ingenuity created and sustained an ever-growing business that contributes to American know-how for individuals and in the gardening and landscaping profession.