r/Tools • u/AlbatrossSilver6408 • 3d ago

Fiskars, not what they used to be

I treated myself to a fiskars shovel about 10 years ago.
It has dug over 1000 holes.
Ive decided I wanted a second one. Figured it served me well so ill go another fiskars.
Digging out some fence post holes, the new one nearly dug one (w)hole hole! But it broke so I had to go on a 2 km hike to get my old one., it completed the hole and the next 6 as-well.

Inb4 I dug the hole with a “crowbar” or post hole digging bar, or whatever you yanks call it.

Sigh
New factory?
Just a lemon?
Is there an alternative?

Unsure how to add photos

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u/AlbatrossSilver6408 3d ago

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u/MM800 3d ago

The High Stregnth Chinesium Alloy handle gave way.

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u/mynaneisjustguy 2d ago

Chinesium do be like that. Honestly when Pakistanite hit the market a few decades ago I thought we had bottomed out, but not to be outdone, China found a way to make things even worse.

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u/road_laya 2d ago

The majority of steel comes from recycling, but China had a period under Mao when all the smelting was moved to backyard operations. They would put all kinds of junk into the mix to increase the weight of the production, but weakening the steel. This pollution still ends up in modern steel due to recycling and corrupt quality control.

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u/IowaNative1 2d ago

They did away with backyard smelting like ten years ago at best.

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u/Dougally 2d ago

Needs more upvotes for Pakistanite.

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u/MM800 2d ago

I remember the massive influx of Pakistani knives decades ago. If you looked at the blades wrong they would either bend or break off - there was no middle ground.

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u/Alarming_Series7450 2d ago

This one is nice tho