[Maxion]

In Finland hand tools are all awful. Anything available is just cheap chinese junk.

Recently found a german manufacturer, SHW, that still make forged hand tools like shovels and mattocks in old school designs. Bought a grub hoe and a strassenhacke from them and they are excellent.

[eitland]

Isn't Finland where Fiskars are from?

We had a number of Fiskars axes on our farm when I grew up and we were never able to break a single one of them (except when someone left them on the ground and a tractor ran over them or something).

[jay_kyburz]

I have a few Fiskars tools because the look cool and expensive, they are OK I guess but not as "sturdy" as some of my favorite tools.

Fiskars uses modern industrial design and modern materials, but not every cool new design works out.