Forging of spades
A unique craftsmanship
26 work steps are necessary from the blank to the finished spade. This creates a spade that, thanks to its special shape, prevents soil from sticking to it and also has a self-sharpening effect.
Your back is not burdened by unnecessary extra weight and the spade is always razor-sharp. A tool you can rely on.
The best for tough use
The Baack spade is forged in the special way of the old masters. On average, one hundred and forty-nine precisely placed hammer blows ensure the material is incredibly strong.
The blade of the spade is refined after forging and hardening so that it can neither bend nor break. For connoisseurs, the forged Baack spade differs from a normal spade welded from rolled sheet metal in the same way that a chainsaw differs from a hand saw. A test by the ProSieben Media Group, in which our spades were test winners, showed that the Baack spade is up to twice as fast at digging as other test spades and that it survived all tests unscathed.
The advantages of forged spades
The forged center bar gives the blade its stability, which can only be achieved with industrially manufactured spades by a so-called "pressed-out housing". This housing leads to a large blockage where the soil constantly sticks, thereby halving the work output. With the forged Baack spade, the entire blade is used and is constantly scrubbed until it is shiny. So hardly any soil sticks to it, and the work is made considerably easier.
The self-sharpening effect is created by the conical forged blade, the thickness of which becomes thinner from the top to the cutting edge. The blade never loses this shape again and always remains razor-sharp. Commercially available spades are made from a sheet of evenly thick metal and become blunt quickly. Baack spades achieve a high level of strength even with a much lower blade thickness thanks to the forged material. The relatively thinner blade means that the spade cuts into the soil much more easily.
A blacksmith only achieves this high level of blacksmithing after 5 to 6 years of training.
The benefits in your hands
Handle made of the best ash wood
Unpainted so that the wood absorbs sweat while working and thus always guarantees a firm grip. The Baack original spring technology protects the handle optimally against breakage.
Round-head rivets
Round-head rivets can be removed easily, quickly and cleanly when changing the handle. Simply grind off the head and knock it out with a nail.
Forged from a single piece of special steel
With an average of 156 blows from an air hammer, the 1200°C hot blank is stretched and spread out. This creates a compaction of the steel from the handle holder to the cutting edge that can withstand almost any workload.
Forged reinforcement
During forging, a so-called spine is formed in the blade, which gives the spade additional stability. Unlike spades with a pressed-out housing, no soil accumulates on the Baack spade. This makes working easier, the entire blade is used and remains shiny.
Self-sharpening
Thanks to the masterful technique of our master blacksmiths, the blade is forged conically. This means that it gets thinner from the top to the cutting edge. This means that the spade sharpens itself as if by magic while you work and cuts into the soil extremely easily.