The CobraHead "steel fingernail®" blade is now available mounted in a long, hoe-type handle. We have a limited production run of this tool available now. It is an extremely effective weeding and cultivating tool for stand-up gardening. It has won the Joe Gardener award as one of the must-have tools for 2007.
The CobraHead Long Handle weighs about 2.4 pounds and comes in handle lengths of 48", 54" and 60". The blade assembly adds 8" to the length, so the overall tool lengths are 56" (48" handle), 62" (54" handle), and 68" (60" handle).
The 54" handle (62" overall) is typical and recommended for most gardeners.
Gardeners under 5' 1" may prefer the 48" handle. Gardeners over 6' 3" may prefer the 60" handle.
This is the same great tool as the original
Cobra Head Versatile Small Garden Tool, except with a long handle.
- Precision Weeder and Cultivator
- Planter and Transplanter
- The Most Versatile Small Garden Tool Available
The Cobra Head precision weeder and cultivator is the closest thing to a universal garden tool. Its blade is a steel fingernail™ that becomes an extension of your hand.
- It weeds, cultivates, scalps, edges, digs, furrows, plants, transplants, de-thatches, and harvests with ease.
- The Cobra Head out-weeds and out-digs all similar tools.
- The time proven blade design breaks up and plows almost any soil.
- The comfortable and efficient handle allows easy left-hand or right-hand action.
The Cobra Head is recommended by and has received the Seal of Approval from the National Home Gardening Club after testing by 200 members.
The Cobra Head is made in Wisconsin, USA, of knife-blade quality self-sharpening steel and environmentally friendly wood fiber reinforced plastic.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: Order a Cobra Head tool with confidence. We guarantee your complete satisfaction. If for any reason you are not pleased with your purchase, you may return it for a replacement or refund -- whichever you prefer. The Cobra Head also comes with a one-year warranty against manufacturer defects.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Cobra Head Garden Tool
- What's so great about Cobra Head?
- It's probably the best all around small garden tool available. It has a range of uses that will make it indispensable to most gardeners. It weeds, it digs, it scalps, it cultivates, and it does all these jobs exceptionally well.
- What makes Cobra Head different from other tools that look almost the same?
- There are lots of tools that have a similar blade head shape to Cobra Head, but they are not the same. The Cobra Head blade is thin, and wears to knife-like edge. Other similar tools are flat and thicker along the cutting edge. While this may seem to be a small difference, it makes a huge difference in soil and weed cutting ability. The Cobra Head cuts through all soils easily. What weeds it cannot pull out it chops off below the soil. There are similar weeders that do have a sharp blade. The most popular tools are made under various names such as New England Style or Cape Cod Style weeder. These tools have a blade that is sharp on one edge only and can only be used for right hand weeding. The Cobra Head out-performs these tools in its weeding capability, it can be used right-handed or left-handed, and it has many other uses besides weeding.
- What makes the Cobra Head a "precision" weeder?
- The relatively narrow blade head and the pointed tip let the Cobra Head work as though its blade were a steel fingernail. You can get right next to delicate plants and grab the weed and pull it out.
- Is the Cobra Head effective on all weeds?
- While I doubt there is such a thing as a universal weeder, the Cobra Head appears to be as close as you can get. I find it the best tool for grasses of all types. It does a great job on low-lying weeds such as purslane and spurge. It is great on dandelions and tap-rooted weeds. And because of its scalping ability even the weeds that can't be pulled out can be cut off quite deeply underground.
- How do you "grab" weeds with the Cobra Head?
- I think everyone who uses this tool will develop their own style, but I find that if I push the blade into the ground just beyond the root and crown of the weed and pull the tool towards me, it pulls the whole weed loose. Usually I can pull dandelions and similar rooted weeds out in a single motion, with minimal disturbance to plants around the weed.
- What about cultivation? Why would I want to use a single bladed tool as a cultivator?
- The unique blade shape of the Cobra Head has proven itself for years as an extremely efficient soil-cutting tool. What it may lose in width covered with a single pass is more than offset by the ease with which it cuts soil. You don't kill yourself trying to break hard soil. I find its ability to break up soil and pull up weed roots at the same time to be the best way to cultivate my beds.
- What else does Cobra Head do well?
- I use it as a transplanter. I almost never use a trowel anymore. I use it as a seeder to either dig a small hole or make a furrow line. I use it to de-thatch very weedy areas that need to be cleaned up. I use it as an edger both in the garden and along walkways. I find new uses all the time. The Cobra Head is the first I tool take with me when I go into the garden.
- I'm a flower gardener, does the Cobra Head work for me?
- Flower gardeners will find this tool invaluable. Its ability to be extremely precise makes it ideal. It is a great bulb transplanter. It is great in rock gardens.
- Is Cobra Head the only garden tool I need?
- I don't think so. Most gardeners will tell you that they use a lot of tools. However, you could garden exclusively with the Cobra Head. Certain jobs would just take you longer, that's all. I will say that if I could only have one tool, this would be it.
- You say it's great. What if I don't like it?
- I'll give you one year from the time of purchase to make up your mind. If you don't find the Cobra Head to be a useful and well made tool, return it and we will refund your purchase costs including original shipping costs (USA and Canada, only). The Cobra Head also has a full one year warranty against manufacturer defects. If defective, return it within the year together with your receipt and we will send you another or refund your money.
Testimonials
"What a great tool. We have been using them for removing quack from the daylily beds and other perennial beds. They are fantastic for removing the quack runners and above ground plants. In addition, they are extremely easy on the wrist. We have volunteers using them and they have been really happy with the tool."
Judy -- Horticulture Demonstration and Trial Garden
"I was really impressed with the tool and the many functions that this tool could do. Never have I been able to get close to the fence and have a tool that would weed and pull fine roots out of the ground. I liked the way that I did not need another tool to smooth out the dirt. This tool was able to go deep and cultivate the soil into a fine workable soil. The soil after using the Cobra Head was so fine it was as though I had used my Mantis tiller. I even used it side ways to smooth out the soil. I was able to work around the spinach plants without breaking off the leaves. It did wonders in my Iris bed and did not break loose any of those plants. Your tool will be carried with me when working in both gardens. I felt comfortable with the handle; the elderly will be able to use this tool without any problems. I will recommend this to everyone that I know who are gardeners. Thank you for this chance to test a wonderful tool. This is the best tool that I have ever used."
Cecilia -- National Gardening Club Product Tester
"Thank you s-s-s-s-so much for the Cobra Head garden tool. Sunday afternoon I went out to the garden to try it out and was amazed! I have always employed more of a "soak it and pull by hand" weeding style, rather than using a tool for the job. Battling weeds this way is just that, a battle. Sometimes I win, and the whole root comes up and other times the weeds win, leaving me with a handful of leaves and the intact root unharmed. Now that I have my Cobra Head I can get down below the soil surface and pop that weed right out. I was attacking those weeds with a vengeance (it was almost addicting!) and went on a search-and-destroy mission for several hours."
Wendy -- Gardener
"OMYGOSH! I used my new tool yesterday and I love it! The weeds actually stick to the head as I dig behind them and they come right out!! I'm an avid weekend gardener and although I have a very small yard, keeping up with the weeds is a challenge. I have some arthritis and a tweaky back, so the weed-pulling advantage and ease this tool has given me is invaluable, and it allows me to enjoy my hobby for a longer period each day. The tool does have its drawbacks. I can't use my Cobra Head today - I pulled out every visible weed yesterday!! Thanks for a wonderful product. I'll certainly tell my friends."
Caren -- Gardener
"My Cobra Head arrived in the mail today. I immediately unpacked it, and, after carefully oiling it, tried it out in my garden. (I am a seasonal resident here in Maine, and, having just arrived three days ago, there is plenty of gardening to be done.) I am very pleased. The head itself is very good, and probably I'll appreciate that more and more as I get a chance to use it for various purposes through the summer. But I am even more impressed with the total instrument, particularly the angle at which the head is carried off of the handle, and the distance from the handle to the head. It makes it possible to use it as a small plow, as well as for other purposes. At 82, I still do a great deal of my plant and garden care on my knees, recognizing how much more closely I am in contact with my plants and their needs than if I was using a long handle. Thanks very much for sending the Cobra Head just when you promised to do so, and for its great design."
Bill
"Hi Noel: I work at City Farmer with Sharon and she asked me to try out the Cobra Head gardening tool. I used it last Saturday for about 5 hours and it was great. It works really well on clover, which can be a real pain to dig out. I found the handle very ergonomic and the whole tool is quite light so my forearm didn't ache like it does with some other tools. I just wanted to let you know that I thought the Cobra Head was very handy to have around and I think I actually, kind of, maybe, enjoyed weeding! Is that possible?"
Laura -- Gardener and City Farmer
"We mentioned this hand tool in the September 2002 Hort- Ideas (page 98). This spring Pat gave it an extensive workout in our garden, resulting in a big thumbs up. It
s just perfect for weeding between closely-spaced plants in beds. You can use the sharpened side of the tip to dislodge small weeds and loosen the soil between plants, and you can use the tip to get in very close to plants or to dig out bigger weeds. The tip is also great for digging a hole in soft soil for a small seedling. Pat says that after extended periods of use, her hand and arm didn't feel at all strained."
Greg and Pat
"I love using my Cobra Head! It has been invaluable in my community garden plot. I've used it for cultivating, planting, weeding, and even as a distance/depth-measure! It does a fine job of furrowing and tamping down around seedling transplants without needing to put the tool down. It was especially helpful in getting deep down under dandelion and comfrey roots to remove the entire shoot. I also tend to get sore wrists when using most hand tools repetitively, but the "ergonomically-friendly" design of the Cobra Head had me weeding and cultivating for long periods of time without any soreness in my wrists."
Carol -- Community Gardener
"I am the Horticultural Farmer for the Oneida Tribe here at Tsyunhehkwa. I have been using this tool for about a year. It is a great tool and we are very happy with its performance as cultivator and weeder. The area I like to use it in the most is around bulbs and onions as it is very thin and can get into those very tough places that most weeders can't. It never seems to go dull no mater how much we use it and we have never had any trouble with it breaking or bending."
Ted -- Horticultural Farmer
"Hello, folks! I received my Cobra Head a few days ago, and have really given it a workout lately! I planted a lot of Ivy with it today, and it was just the tool I needed! It did everything I needed it to do, with no fuss. It trenched, cut underground roots and above ground vines, easily refilled the trenches, I have weeded with it, cleared the cracks in a sidewalk with it, and disposed of several (!) Dandelions! Easy! It's gotten to the point where I don't leave the house to go into the yard without it. I know that sounds kind of trite, but it's the truth! When the Cobra Head is described as being a "steel fingernail", that's exactly how I use it. I even cleaned the tines of my rototiller with it! Easy! This tool really is all that it's touted to be, and more! I couldn't be any happier with it! In fact, I'm going to order a couple more to give to my brother, and the preacher! Thanks for a fantastic tool that really works!!"
Chris
"Every gardener should own one of these tools. It works excellent for just about everything in your garden. It's a very handy tool. Overall I rated this tool as a perfect 10 in my garden. I wouldn't change a thing about it."
Greg -- National Home Gardening Club Product Tester
"I just wanted to tell you how much that I enjoy your tool. I first saw your tool in the National Home Gardening Club magazine. It was member tested and highly recommended. I am always looking for a tool that will make my life easier, and this is it. I can't believe how versatile this tool is. I have horrible clay that clumps terrible when it is wet and goes like cement when it is dry. This tool cuts through it like butter. I have been digging weeds out with it, edging, cultivating and mixing compost into my gardens. It gets into hard places and efficiently takes out weeds without hurting plants that are close together. Thank you oh so much, for a wonderful tool."
Cathy -- Gardener
"Noel and Judy, Just had to tell you that I gave four of the Cobra Heads for presents. I've already heard from three of the people how great the tool is, they just love it. I mean Fidel actually raved about it and so did my friend Matthew-- raved!!! So I had to try mine out and sure enough it is fabulous. As one of my friends said, I can do my whole yard in less time than I believed possible. It really works well, love it."
Pat -- friend and gardener
"NEW WEEDER COULDN'T BE SWEETER By Helen Bale It's always fun to come across something new; and when it's simple, easy to use and makes life easier, all the better. Normally I am not fond of snakes, in the garden or out, but there
s a new hand tool called the Cobra Head, which certainly appeals. It's small (13 inches long and 9.2 ounces in weight), but for the busy gardener, it's worth its weight in gold and then some. Perhaps the full name "the Cobra Head Precision Weeder and Cultivator" says it best. The extremely sharp cobra-shaped head lets you work precisely where and how you wish. Slice out a crowded clump of weeds or dig out one firmly anchored taproot with equal ease. It also cultivates, breaking up even hard soil; digs, plants, transplants and performs numerous other garden-related tasks. For this arthritic great grandmother it has proved a real boon. I used to fill a garden cart with trowels, dibbles, small hand forks of several sizes, a sharp knife and various other hand tools -- just to be sure I wouldn't have to make repeated trips to the storage shed. The Cobra Head solves that. Just this one hand-held tool takes the place of them all. See the FULL REVIEW."
Helen -- Garden Writer for Auburn Journal and Gold Country Media
"Thanks a lot for the Cobra Head tool. I do ornamental and herb gardening on a shady half acre. I gave it a good test this spring and summer. I have found the Cobra Head very useful for aerating and working with my compost pile, for breaking up soil after it has been turned over, for removing rocks, and for helping to separate tough clumps of daylilies and other perennials. Basically it is like a strong extra hand to stick into those places where I don't want to put my real hand, gloved or not. You may quote me. With best wishes, Betty Mackey Author, "Gardening Made Easy" and "The Gardener's Home Companion." Publisher of garden books at B. B. Mackey Books www.mackeybooks.com"
Betty -- Author and Publisher
"The Cobra Head is really versatile. I use it to yank out weeds, roots and all, to draw a furrow in garden soil for planting, for digging out small head lettuces, for making planting holes for seedlings, for scraping the soil to clear out sprouting weeds...in fact, I don't go to the garden without it."
Jeff -- Host of HGTV Show "Grow It!", Author, Editor, Columnist
"The Cobra Head is a very practical tool with several advantages. I wish I'd had it 28 years ago when I started gardening! After plowing and tilling on our small Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, the beds are intensely planted. Most of the work then becomes 'hand' work. I use the Cobra Head to open furrows to plant, and then again to cultivate, getting as close and deep as needed. It is unbeatable when it comes to uprooting stubborn weeds and rocks, with minimum effort, especially in tight places where a fork or spade would be too large and upsetting to the soil. I also use it to strike a furrow into the clay soil when it's no longer loose. No problem. Finally, the Cobra Head is a down-to-earth tool for the gardener who wishes their first finger was a claw! It's my favorite tool."
Michael -- Community Supported Agriculture Farmer
"I've just spent a relaxing October weekend playing with my new Cobra head weeder/cultivator. The handle is the best handle for a close weeder that I've ever used. The head itself seems to know what to do about weeds even before I can decide, snaking out and ripping their rotten roots out of the ground like -- well, like a steel fingernail. I can hardly wait to use it for cultivation and seeding in the spring. I work in my garden every day, and earn a living by writing about the subject of gardening. I can hardly wait to share my research on this tool with a few hundred thousand of my closest friends. For the rest of this growing season and the next, the Cobra head is going to be my constant companion in the dirt. I'm curious to see what it can do that I haven't yet learned about."
Jeff -- Columnist for GreenPrints and Fine Gardening, author of Tools of the Earth: the Practice and Pleasure of Gardening
"I love to garden naturally in my perennial beds and spend countless hours with tools in my hands. The Cobra Head is great for loosening up my heavy clay soil around plants without damaging the roots, before applying compost as fertilizer in the spring. I use the Cobra Head tool to 'hook' out those pesky perennial weeds without a spade, first cultivate around them, then insert the tool under the root and pull. That's it! When planting perennials, I give them a '$20' hole. First I use a spade, then I fine tune the sides and bottom with the Cobra Head tool to get it just right. Rocks can be hooked out very easily. Better than with any other tool I use. Much easier on the back, also. I've found that good tools are like good friends. Enjoy them."
Linda -- Horticulturist
"The tool is marvelous and I have used it and love it. I live in one of the areas that you mention as has "almost any soil". In other words, clay and rock, Los Angeles area. I have recommended it to my daughter is Los Altos, Ca. who has the same soil I do."
Dolores
"CLAW YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS -A great garden tool does the hard work for you. Swing this well-honed hook in a dandelion's direction, and up comes the invader -- tap root and all. Use it to cultivate crusty soil, and the hard earth crumbles with ease. The Cobra head Precision Weeder and Cultivator is remarkably lightweight and perfectly balanced for a gardener's grip. Its parts are simple: a composite handle of "environmentally friendly" plastic reinforced with wood fiber, firmly melded to a rigid steel neck and narrow blade, sharpened on both edges and suited to left- and right-handed users. The reptilian head captures weeds between stones and pavers and in other tight spaces. It also digs furrows and holes for seeds, seedlings and bulbs -- without disturbing nearby plants. A keen twist on a classic design, the tool is available from its makers, a Wisconsin family of hands-on gardeners."
Lili -- Garden Writer, Los Angeles Times
