When regular shovels just won't do

The spearhead garden spade for hard ground and roots.

The double patented blade starts the cut like a spear and finishes it like a spade, so digging takes up to 80% less effort than a standard shovel. A family business for 15 years, hand-packed in New Jersey.

4.9 from 475 reviews Over 600,000 sold Double patented

Pick your tool

Every size shares the same spear point. Pick the handle that fits how you dig.

In stockThe flagship

The 40 inch D-Handle in Yellow.

40" D-Handle

Digs, slices roots, transplants

Pick your color: Yellow

$60In stock, ships fast

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The 58 inch Long Handle.

58" Long Handle

Leverage and prying, less bending

$65   Currently sold out.

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The 30 inch Mini.

30" Mini

Bulbs, containers, tight spots

$40   Currently sold out.

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The Spear Head Hoe.

59" Garden Hoe

Weeds, digs, mixes, rakes

$63   Back in stock soon, or get it now on Amazon:

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One spear point, four sizes, shown to scale

One family, 15 years. Not happy? We make it right.

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Front view of the Spear Head Spade blade showing the spear point and the two wing barbs
Close-up of the sharpened, beveled edge of the Spear Head Spade blade
The sharpened, beveled edge

The blade

Why the spear point works

Up to 80% less effort than a standard shovel.

A regular spade meets the soil with its full width at once. The spear point concentrates that same effort into one place.

  • Penetrates first, then slices. The point goes in first, and the sharpened shoulders cut outward as the blade sinks, slicing roots instead of bouncing off them.
  • Sharpened tip to tail. The edge is beveled at a 35 degree angle along the whole blade, so every inch cuts.
  • Tougher steel. Thick, hardened high carbon manganese steel that shrugs off rocks and flexes instead of bending or snapping.
  • Stays sharp with use. The coating is designed to wear at the edges first, so ordinary digging keeps exposing fresh, sharpened steel.

In their words

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  • GearLab
  • 475 Reviews
  • 457 Five-star ratings
  • 439 Verified buyers
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Daniel Mathieu, inventor of the Spear Head Spade, digging in his garden
Daniel Mathieu, who invented the spear pointed blade in his own Connecticut garden.

Our story

The gardener who wouldn't stop digging

Spear Head Spade began with Daniel Mathieu, a gardener in Windsor, Connecticut. Two artificial knees and two artificial hips had made digging painful enough to end his favorite hobby. Rather than give it up, he set out to design a better blade, and with his son Julien, an engineer, he earned two patents on it.

A blade that slips into hard ground instead of fighting it.

Daniel's design, and the reason gardeners still reach for it.

Today Spear Head Spade is Glorious Outdoors LLC, a family business 15 years on, and every order is hand-packed in New Jersey. In 2025, Better Homes and Gardens named it Best Shovel and Spade.

Our guarantee

Satisfaction guaranteed

“If you are not satisfied, contact us and we will do whatever we can to make you happy.”

Hugh, co-owner of Glorious Outdoors
Hugh
Harry, co-owner of Glorious Outdoors
Harry

Hugh and Harry, the family behind Glorious Outdoors LLC and the Spear Head Spade

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