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title: "Spear & Jackson 4731SL Razorsharp Little Giant Grass Hook"
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# replaceable blade for longevity weatherproofed hardwood handle 305mm razor-sharp carbon steel blade Spear & Jackson 4731SL Razorsharp Little Giant Grass Hook

**Brand:** spear & jackson
**Price:** € 87.33
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## Summary

> 🌿 Cut sharp, garden smart — wield tradition with a modern edge!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Spear & Jackson 4731SL Razorsharp Little Giant Grass Hook by spear & jackson
- **How much does it cost?** € 87.33 with free shipping
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## Best For

- spear & jackson enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted spear & jackson brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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## Key Features

- • **Award-Winning Heritage:** Grow Your Own 2022 Great British Growing Award winner—join the elite circle of gardening connoisseurs.
- • **Durable & Weatherproof:** Hardwood handle treated to withstand rain and wear, built to last season after season.
- • **Eco-Friendly Hand Tool:** Manual operation means zero emissions—garden with purpose and pride.
- • **Precision Cutting Power:** 305mm carbon steel blade delivers clean, effortless cuts—no shredding, just smooth mowing.
- • **Custom Sharpening Experience:** Sharpen before use to unlock a blade so sharp it shaves hair—master your craft and stand out.

## Overview

The Spear & Jackson 4731SL Razorsharp Little Giant Grass Hook is a 305mm carbon steel hand-powered grass hook featuring a weatherproofed hardwood handle and a replaceable blade. Designed for precision cutting of long grass and wildflowers, it requires initial sharpening to achieve optimal performance. Celebrated for its durability and traditional craftsmanship, this award-winning tool offers an eco-friendly alternative to powered mowers, perfect for gardeners who value skill, sustainability, and superior results.

## Description

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Review: I love this tool! - I decided to devote half my garden to perennial wildflower meadow (sown with a mix of UK native grasses and wildflowers) to encourage wildlife. I wanted a tool for the main cuts in early spring, and late summer, after which I can use a push-mower. The main summer cut (August – September) involves cutting quite long grass and wildflower stems and it needs to be a clean cut (i.e., not shredded and spread over the ground like a strimmer would do). I don’t have a large enough garden to need a full sized scythe, so I went for this tool and I love it! This grass-hook (scythette) is solid, well-made and should last a lifetime. It reminds me of the tools hanging in my granddad’s shed when I was a kid. The handle is solid and fits my hand nicely. The blade is well made. It is good steel, well protected against rust and is not warped (I've seen some badly warped blades from another manufacturer). The blade has a primary bevel ground on one side (the underside), and is ready for sharpening. It is fairly easy to achieve a good edge from that state just using stones. Work on the bevelled side, hold the blade bevel up, with the beard (widest part) towards you and stroke the stone away from you along the blade to the toe (point). A couple of strokes on the other (non-bevelled) side every now and again will remove the burr and give you a good edge suitable for tough weeds, bracken and brambles. That said, this tool is a traditional hand-tool and requires some traditional skills if you want the absolute best from it. As the name ‘scythette’ suggests, this blade is essentially a smaller version of a scythe blade and ideally, should be treated the same, especially if you need a very fine edge which is best for cutting long grass and fleshy stems of weeds or wildflowers. When I got this tool, I peened the edge before honing it (as you would with a scythe blade). Peening thins and work-hardens the metal at the edge. Helpfully, it also removed the protective coating from the un-bevelled edge, which made honing easier and stopped the coating from clogging my stones. After peening, I honed the edge using medium and fine scythe stones. I can literally shave the hair from my arm with this tool now. This is the perfect edge for long, soft grass and fleshy stemmed plants. Peening a new blade takes quite a few passes but, once done, re-peening only takes one or two passes and should only need doing again after the equivalent of a full-days' mowing (i.e., 6 to 8 hours), so probably only once a year for my use. Peening is not necessary to get a really nice edge on this tool, but I think it's worth it because a peening the edge makes it much thinner and also work-hardens the metal. This means that honing is easier, because less metal needs to be removed with stones, and is also needed less often because work-hardened metal stays sharper for longer. Please be aware: This tool is not sold sharp and it does say on the packaging; “Sharpen before first use.” I did, and mine will shave hair now. If the manufacturer were to sell these tools sharpened like that, you could expect to pay much more than they cost now. Any blades sold ready sharpened (say, kitchen knives) have to undergo several stages of grinding to set the bevels and then hone the final edge. That costs money and even cheap kitchen knives of reasonable quality cost more than this tool. If you don't know how to sharpen a blade and don't want to take the time to learn, this is not the tool for you. Trying to cut soft grass using a dull blade will just make you crazy (think rubber drill-bits and chocolate teapots). This tool is essentially a blade on a stick and even if it did come honed and ready for use, sooner or later you would have to re-sharpen it, as with all edged tools. Using traditional edged tools does take a little skill, which needs a little practice but, once you have it, doing the job become a genuine pleasure and infinitely more rewarding than just plugging in a strimmer and thrashing long grass to a soggy mulch. This is not least because you get to feel really smug that you can do very cool, environmentally-friendly things in your garden by using your own skills! Using this tool, you can mow your own moral high-ground :-) I tried to give some idea of how sharp the edge is in the images, but a phone camera and flash aren't really up to it, I'm afraid. It is really very sharp though.
Review: Not for the faint hearted ! - This is a tricky review to write. If you're the sort of person who likes to open the package and use a tool straight away this is NOT the tool for you ! You'd be better off with a strimmer ! However, if you're prepared to put the work in, this can be a very rewarding tool to use. To address some of the criticisms in the other reviews I've read, firstly, it is true it is blunt on arrival. Due to the curved shape of the blade most sharpening systems are useless. To sharpen this blade you need a cigar-shaped sharpening stone (desertcart sell a variety) . Here I do have a personal criticism of the tool - the blade has a coating all over it and the only way to get a sharp edge is to remove it from both sides of the cutting area which is a pain. Once you have sharpened it you will be holding a very dangerous tool, handle with care ! You will find the blade loses it's keenness fairly quickly, say after half an hour of continuous use, and it will need a few light strokes with the sharpening stone to restore it. This is normal I'm afraid. If after reading all that you're still not put off then you're probably the sort of person who will get a lot of satisfaction from learning the techniques of sharpening and using the sickle and you'll get some good exercise using it into the bargain !

## Features

- Grass hook with 305 mm (12) blade
- Black, replaceable blade
- Weatherproofed hardwood handle
- Cranked hilt for ease of use
- Grow Your Own 2022 Great British Growing Award Winners
- Blade needs sharpening upon purchase

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B002W5VMCG |
| Best Sellers Rank | 16,746 in Garden ( See Top 100 in Garden ) 1 in Scythes 152 in Secateurs & Pruning Scissors |
| Customer Reviews | 3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars (917) |
| Date First Available | 28 Oct. 2009 |
| Item display height | 4.5 centimetres |
| Item display length | 40.5 centimetres |
| Item display weight | 0.45 Kilograms |
| Item display width | 9 centimetres |
| Item model number | 4731SL/09 |
| Manufacturer | Neill Tools T/A Spear Jackson |
| Material type | Carbon Steel |
| Part number | 4731SL/09 |
| Power source type | Hand Powered |
| Product Dimensions | 40.49 x 8.99 x 4.5 cm; 453.59 g |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Spear & Jackson
- **Colour:** Black
- **Item weight:** 454 g
- **Product dimensions:** 40.5L x 9W centimetres
- **Style:** Hand Held Hook

## Images

![Spear & Jackson 4731SL Razorsharp Little Giant Grass Hook - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ueyXa7BiL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is the blade held on by just screws, or are they nut/bolts**
A: The blade is held on by two nuts and bolts (with screw heads)

**Q: Is there a guide to shapening , I am using a carbide cig stone after an hour the edge looks good but its definitely not sharp enough ?**
A: It shou;ld not take anything like an hour to put an sdge on a hand sythe, you should only sharpen the top side of the blade at an angle, the bottom side, i.e. the surface which is nearest the grass when in use should be rubbed to take the burr off which has been formed by grinding the top surfaface with your stone.  Happy sything

**Q: Is the handle cranked for right handed use or for a left handed user? Can it be turned over ?**
A: Hi Keith,
Thank you for your inquiry, the Razorsharp Little Giant Grass Hook is designed for right handed use.
I hope this helps
Best regards
Spear & Jackson

**Q: I’ve just bought this scythe plus a scythe stone,but I’ve no idea how to sharpen the blade ( no instructions) Do you sharpen just one edge or both?**
A: I think you sharpen both drag the stone down one side then the other aternatively

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I love this tool!
*by G***R on 27 September 2019*

I decided to devote half my garden to perennial wildflower meadow (sown with a mix of UK native grasses and wildflowers) to encourage wildlife. I wanted a tool for the main cuts in early spring, and late summer, after which I can use a push-mower. The main summer cut (August – September) involves cutting quite long grass and wildflower stems and it needs to be a clean cut (i.e., not shredded and spread over the ground like a strimmer would do). I don’t have a large enough garden to need a full sized scythe, so I went for this tool and I love it! This grass-hook (scythette) is solid, well-made and should last a lifetime. It reminds me of the tools hanging in my granddad’s shed when I was a kid. The handle is solid and fits my hand nicely. The blade is well made. It is good steel, well protected against rust and is not warped (I've seen some badly warped blades from another manufacturer). The blade has a primary bevel ground on one side (the underside), and is ready for sharpening. It is fairly easy to achieve a good edge from that state just using stones. Work on the bevelled side, hold the blade bevel up, with the beard (widest part) towards you and stroke the stone away from you along the blade to the toe (point). A couple of strokes on the other (non-bevelled) side every now and again will remove the burr and give you a good edge suitable for tough weeds, bracken and brambles. That said, this tool is a traditional hand-tool and requires some traditional skills if you want the absolute best from it. As the name ‘scythette’ suggests, this blade is essentially a smaller version of a scythe blade and ideally, should be treated the same, especially if you need a very fine edge which is best for cutting long grass and fleshy stems of weeds or wildflowers. When I got this tool, I peened the edge before honing it (as you would with a scythe blade). Peening thins and work-hardens the metal at the edge. Helpfully, it also removed the protective coating from the un-bevelled edge, which made honing easier and stopped the coating from clogging my stones. After peening, I honed the edge using medium and fine scythe stones. I can literally shave the hair from my arm with this tool now. This is the perfect edge for long, soft grass and fleshy stemmed plants. Peening a new blade takes quite a few passes but, once done, re-peening only takes one or two passes and should only need doing again after the equivalent of a full-days' mowing (i.e., 6 to 8 hours), so probably only once a year for my use. Peening is not necessary to get a really nice edge on this tool, but I think it's worth it because a peening the edge makes it much thinner and also work-hardens the metal. This means that honing is easier, because less metal needs to be removed with stones, and is also needed less often because work-hardened metal stays sharper for longer. Please be aware: This tool is not sold sharp and it does say on the packaging; “Sharpen before first use.” I did, and mine will shave hair now. If the manufacturer were to sell these tools sharpened like that, you could expect to pay much more than they cost now. Any blades sold ready sharpened (say, kitchen knives) have to undergo several stages of grinding to set the bevels and then hone the final edge. That costs money and even cheap kitchen knives of reasonable quality cost more than this tool. If you don't know how to sharpen a blade and don't want to take the time to learn, this is not the tool for you. Trying to cut soft grass using a dull blade will just make you crazy (think rubber drill-bits and chocolate teapots). This tool is essentially a blade on a stick and even if it did come honed and ready for use, sooner or later you would have to re-sharpen it, as with all edged tools. Using traditional edged tools does take a little skill, which needs a little practice but, once you have it, doing the job become a genuine pleasure and infinitely more rewarding than just plugging in a strimmer and thrashing long grass to a soggy mulch. This is not least because you get to feel really smug that you can do very cool, environmentally-friendly things in your garden by using your own skills! Using this tool, you can mow your own moral high-ground :-) I tried to give some idea of how sharp the edge is in the images, but a phone camera and flash aren't really up to it, I'm afraid. It is really very sharp though.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not for the faint hearted !
*by G***G on 27 July 2020*

This is a tricky review to write. If you're the sort of person who likes to open the package and use a tool straight away this is NOT the tool for you ! You'd be better off with a strimmer ! However, if you're prepared to put the work in, this can be a very rewarding tool to use. To address some of the criticisms in the other reviews I've read, firstly, it is true it is blunt on arrival. Due to the curved shape of the blade most sharpening systems are useless. To sharpen this blade you need a cigar-shaped sharpening stone (Amazon sell a variety) . Here I do have a personal criticism of the tool - the blade has a coating all over it and the only way to get a sharp edge is to remove it from both sides of the cutting area which is a pain. Once you have sharpened it you will be holding a very dangerous tool, handle with care ! You will find the blade loses it's keenness fairly quickly, say after half an hour of continuous use, and it will need a few light strokes with the sharpening stone to restore it. This is normal I'm afraid. If after reading all that you're still not put off then you're probably the sort of person who will get a lot of satisfaction from learning the techniques of sharpening and using the sickle and you'll get some good exercise using it into the bargain !

### ⭐⭐⭐ It requires serious sharpening before it’s any use!
*by M***B on 16 June 2025*

Reading other, less than glowing, reviews about this sickle I do have some sympathy for those who underestimated the work required to get a reasonably sharp edge on the blade. Using a manual whetstone to get anywhere near a working edge will take hours & probably leave most folks frustrated. IMHO S&J could easily supply the blade much less ‘blunt’ at no extra manufacturing cost making it much faster to achieve a working edge. It took me an afternoon with a powered grindstone to carefully work the bevel edge sharp enough to go on to fine tune it with a hand whetstone. However once you’re there it’s a very effective tool I use it to cut our meadow grass garden lawn where our mower’s highest setting cuts too low.

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