True Temper 2942600 Grass Whip with Double-Edged Serrated Steel Blade and 22 in. Hardwood Handle

This is an excellent tool for clearing weeds and light brush growing in shady areas of your property. You will be very happy with the speed and ease with which you can clear knee-high annual weeds, small vines, young thorny briars, and first-year saplings with this tool. It is easier than breaking out a gas-powered brushcutter for small tasks. This is not a scythe, however, and thus it is not ideal for mowing or cutting tall, thick grass growing in full sun. How to use: You should wear gloves and eye protection when using this sort of tool. Keep spectators back as, obviously, you are swinging a blade around and could inadvertently sling objects. Prepare your work area by clearing fallen limbs and cuting up thick diameter woody vines (over a few millimeters) growing in the area. Make sure that there are no hidden rocks, stumps, metal, or similar non-cuttable items present that could damage your tool and cause you to strain or injure yourself. Hold the tool like a golf club with the blade parallel to the ground and make smooth (not aggressive) pendulum-like swinging motions, as if you were practicing a golf stroke with a sand wedge. Do not reel up as if you were driving a golf ball; keep it below the hips. Slowly advance forward (small steps) and you will clear a two to three foot swath. Overlap tracks slightly for an even cut. The tool's momentum will do the cutting, and if you are forcing it you are encountering too-thick brush or you should raise your cutting height. The tool will sling the brush to the left and right of the user, as it cuts on both the forward and reverse stroke. As you work, pause and keep an eye out for fallen limbs and similar objects as you uncover them from the brush. If you hit them, you will strain your shoulders and wrists. It is best to work briefly and then rest and inspect the area; fatigue will cause operator strain or potential injury. Patience and well-planned operation will yield good results. Note: Check the bolts and nuts on the tool after purchase and the first use, then periodically thereafter. The nuts on the handle of my tool needed to be re-torqued after the first use. The nuts on the blade are lock nuts and they were fine. It is unlikely that the blade could separate from the unit and become a projectile even if one bolt failed (you would notice), but you don't want to lose parts or risk hurting somebody. I have a long-term shoulder injury and found that I was able to use this tool successfully provided I did not overexert myself and was cautious so as not to hit fallen branches or try to cut tall thick grass growing in full sun. A true scythe is what you should use for tall grass in full sun. Beware that Amazon.com may ship this tool in a very large box (see my photo). If you appreciate the information I have provided in the review, please click the helpful button so that Amazon will rank and display my content where everyone can see it. I was NOT provided a free tool for this review. Thank you!

I was surprised at how sturdy the grass whip is and how well it cuts. It's a first class piece of gear. I'd expected something more lightweight. The blade does not appear to be sharp, but it cuts grass, weeds, and small stems of woody shrubs just fine. The hardwood handle is large enough in diameter to grip comfortably. My sole complaint in the product sticker being so hard to remove. I used a little kerosene to dissolve the last of the glue residue after peeling, scraping, and scrubbing the label off. When using the tool, it's probably best to keep your wrist somewhat locked and do the swinging back and forth with you arm or arms.

I didn't know what a "grass whip" was -- I had actually been searching for "scythe." But I found this and decided to give it a shot. Turned out to be a good purchase. The blade is not sharp. At all. You could probably drag your tongue across it and be fine. This worried me at first. But it does have dozens of narrow gaps between those round bumps. So if you swing fairly hard, you get some cutting action, and then grass and weeds get stuck in those gaps, and get pulled out by the force of your swing. And it's 2-sided, so you can go back and forth and do some good damage pretty quickly. I've had good success with all soft plants, including 6-foot tall pokeweed that has a 1-inch trunk at the base. It won't work with anything even slightly hard, like tiny maple saplings, etc. But I only need to clear soft stuff. You have to swing pretty hard at times, so you'll get an arm workout, but I need the exercise anyway. So this purchase was a good fit for me, and it seems very durable. Thanks to everyone involved in getting it to me!

I wanted one of these for a while and I really like the quality of this weed whip. It goes places my weedeater cannot and that is what I needed. I used to only have one of these, before weedeaters, and now find myself using this more than the weedeater, out here in the rocky desert. It has a serrated blade and I'm used to a straight blade that I could sharpen if I hit a rock, so I have to figure out hoew to sharpen this blade. I really have gotten a lot of use out of this in a month in my and neighbors yards that I am caring for this summer. It will cut green or dry weeds. I am so glad I added this great tool to my garage. I am almost 65 and can handle this more easily than the heavy weedeater. Just get into the "swing of things" and job done weeds gone. LOL!

There’s no perfect solution to trimming high grass or weeds, and this product is just okay. It takes a lot of force to be effective, more than I would have expected.

This Ames True Temper Deluxe Weed Cutter has been a life saver at our house. It seemed that every time my husband was going to mow the lawn it rained. Then, when it was sunny and dried out, he wasn't at home. Then, our lawnmower stopped working. Our son checked it out, got it working, then it stopped again. He told me he needed a weed cutter, because the grass had gotten out of hand and way too tall, so I found this one by Ames, and it's made in America. He got our front yard under control and is now getting the back yard cleaned up. He said this weed cutter cuts really well. It even cuts the really tall stuff. It's a very sturdy tool, with a 30 inch hardwood handle. This is a tool to hand down to the next generation, I think. The design of it makes it easier to work with by cutting on the upswing and the downswing. I will definitely be looking for other gardening tools from this company. We did end up also getting one of those non-motorized lawnmowers, but this weed cutter has been the biggest thing to save our lawn.

Best golf swing trainer ever.

Schon beim ersten Grasbüschel versagt – Dieses Gerät hat wenig mit den viel gelobten Grasschneidern zu tun, denn die Schneide ist nicht scharf genug und kann nicht nachgeschärft werden. Auch der lange Transportweg (Taiwan – USA – Europa) ist nicht zu rechtfertigen. Die internationale Retoure führt außerdem dazu, dass nicht der volle Preis erstattet wird.

I am very excited to try this as I have a big vacant land that I haven't maintain for months. I am 5'1, the handle is just right for me. At first, I find the handle heavy. It is a good work out if you want one. It sure get the work done. I get the rhythm in the end of swinging it right and left. The blade is good. I just have to make sure to maintain it. Will be using it for those pesky weeds.

Ah - a little bit of nostalgia included with each purchase. I remembered it in my parents tool shed and thought I have to have one as well. It’s very effective at cutting smaller areas of overgrowth that may include blackberry vines and something similar, but it certainly isn’t a replacement for a weedeater. That said, it’s of obviously good quality, just the right weight for a good swing yet not so heavy that you can’t swing it with just one hand and a gentle swinging motion. You certainly wouldn’t want to be doing large areas because it is simply too time consuming.

Very sturdy and is holding its edge well so far..