King of Spades Steel Half Moon Edging Tool for Landscaping and Garden Borders

The King of Spades edger has a 10-inch-wide blade with a 5-inch cutting depth, sized for single-pass border cuts in most residential and commercial landscape applications. The half-moon profile lets you rock the blade forward after the initial cut to lift and separate turf from the bed edge without a second tool. This width handles standard garden borders, walkway edges, and property-line turf cuts in one pass. The 5-inch depth reaches below the root zone of most lawn grasses, so you're cutting through the entire root mat rather than just scoring the surface.

The King of Spades edger has a 54-inch overall length from the top of the handle to the tip of the blade, which lets you work standing upright without bending at the waist. Contractors running long edging jobs, property lines, parking lot islands, multi-bed commercial sites, report less lower-back fatigue with this handle length compared to 36-inch or 42-inch short-handled edgers. The handle is welded to the blade with construction that holds up under repeated strikes into packed soil. If you're working on smaller residential beds where maneuverability matters more than reach, consider the shorter-handled tools in our metal detecting hand diggers & gold picks collection.

The King of Spades blade ships pre-sharpened and ready to cut, no grinding, honing, or filing required before the first job. The heat-treated edge is factory-sharpened to cut through turf, root mats, and packed clay on delivery. We've used this edger straight out of the box on commercial landscape jobs and it cuts clean lines without additional prep. The heat treatment holds the edge longer than unhardened blades, so you'll get weeks or months of use between re-sharpenings depending on soil type and rock content. When the edge does dull, a standard mill file or bench grinder restores the cutting angle in a few passes.

he King of Spades edger carries a five-year manufacturer warranty against defects in materials and craftsmanship. This extended commercial coverage period is significantly longer than standard retail options, reflecting the tool's heavy-duty USA manufacturing heritage. Serious Detecting is an authorized dealer of

Lesche digging tools, meaning your purchase is completely verified, and any warranty claims route directly through the manufacturer's stateside support system for swift resolution.

The King of Spades edger cuts through thick turf root mats and handles occasional hidden obstacles, but it is not designed for continuous prying in heavy rock fields. The heat-treated edge holds its sharpness when slicing roots along mature tree lines or garden beds. For clearing highly rocky terrain or removing heavy deep-set stones, we recommend pairing your layout gear with a dedicated heavy-duty spade from our comprehensive

The King of Spades edger cuts through root mats and handles occasional rock strikes without blade damage, but it's not designed for continuous use in heavily rocky ground where you're hitting stones with every cut. The heat-treated edge holds up when you strike roots or small rocks embedded in the soil, and the durable steel construction resists damage better than softer blades. In root-dense beds, mature tree lines, shrub borders, established perennial gardens, the blade severs roots cleanly rather than deflecting or bending. If you're working ground with heavy rock content where every strike hits stone, expect faster edge wear and plan to re-sharpen more frequently.

The King of Spades edger is manufactured in the USA at Lesche's facility, where they've built welding and fabrication tools since the 1950s. USA manufacturing supports consistent quality and faster warranty service compared to imported tools. Replacement parts and warranty claims route through Lesche's stateside support team rather than overseas distributors. Serious Detecting stocks Lesche tools because we've seen the durability difference in our own field use and customer feedback over the years. Walter Lesche founded the company in the mid-1950s and built it into the sole manufacturer of patented digging products with the registered Lesche and King of Spades trademarks.