Youngju | Homi Hoe

The Youngju Homi Hoe is the go to hand tool for professional gardeners and green-thumbed enthusiasts alike.

Specially crafted to tackle various gardening tasks, this multi-functional tool effortlessly penetrates even the toughest soil, creates planting holes, and can remove weeds root and all. Its unique design offers an all-in-one solution for digging, planting, soil cultivation, and weed removal.

Engineered for comfort, the ergonomic tool helps minimise hand and wrist strain, letting you garden longer and more efficiently. This hand-forged masterpiece is created by skilled blacksmiths from a single piece of steel, ensuring unparalleled strength and longevity.

Branded with the signature maker’s mark, this comfortable wooden handle has beautiful Korean characters denoting that it has been made in Youngju, North Gyeongsang by “the best master, Seok No-Ki.”

Total length: 30cm
Blade length: 16cm
Weight: 260g
Made in Korea by master blacksmith Seok No-Ki.

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About Youngju

Master blacksmith Seok No-Ki has been working out of his workshop in Yeongju, North Gyeongsang for over 5 decades, carefully crafting sturdy and durable premium 100% hand-made garden tools. Seok No-Ki works with recycled truck springs and leftover manufacturing offcuts, heating and hammering the metal by hand to create reliable garden tools out of a single piece of steel.
He used the wisdom of his Korean ancestors who have cultivated for centuries, to create the Homi, a hoe shaped like a half-moon. It was specifically developed to “not put any strain on one’s wrist” while digging, removing all kinds of weeds, seeding, planting and more.