A mattock is an often-overlooked garden tool that provides great versatility. Besides using it as a hoe, you can also use one to chop through stubborn roots when you’re clearing ground, break ...

The new line includes eight-and-ten-pound sledge hammers, a five-pound pick mattock, an eight-pound splitting maul, a 36-inch splitting axe and five-pound splitting wedge.

I had reason recently to use my trusty Collins Axe axe/mattock to break ground for daylily plantings along the Assabet River Rail Trail. This is a handsome tool, what with a 36-inch-long fiberglass ...