Where are the planting knives?

I’ve gardened for 35 years and as long as I can remember I’ve used a planting knife. For weeding and for transplanting, always. I only use a trowel when I can’t find the planting knife. Which happens more and more, as I only have one instead of three now: I never see them in the shops anymore, not even in the large gardening centers.
I can buy them online of course (http://www.worldofwolf.co.uk/products/weeding-planting-knife--ks2k.html). But why aren’t they used more widely? Am I so unusual?

 

Not something I've ever come across.
But then i've been using a small concreting trowel for planting most of my life.

 

What does that look like? Where can you get them? xA

 

You cant its all worn, and about 80yrs old.
Just a flat trowel, smaller than a bricklayers but bigger than a pointing trowel.

 

Hi, i only started gardening last year and i always use my metal detecting digging tool/knife i guess its because i feel comfortable with it after digging thousands of holes whilst out doing my hobby.

 

I've never heard of a planting knife. I wouldn't know what it was if i saw one :(

 

Various types here Anthony, some of them look like my metal detecting tool.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=p...EwiGjfz0gfvMAhUJKcAKHYjzAgoQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1.25

 

To me it just looks like a knife.

I don't want to upset anyone here but ( this is just my own opinion ), I just don't see the point. It's just a knife...

 

That's wise Anthony never upset anyone with a knife, especially a women .

 

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Well being a chippy, I'm more inclined to say it looks like a gouge rather than a knife.
I can see how it might be good at getting out weeds with tap roots, but cant see how you would use it for planting.

 

For a picture, see the website in my original post. It seems to me better than the ones in Martin F's website. It's bl**dy marvellous for weeding and planting.

 

Oh no its not

My lawn hedging trimmers are better than yours

Sorry in one of my silly moods , yes it looks really good everyone should have one

 

By the way, how do you add those 'funny' and 'friendly' and 'horrible' pics, I'm particularly stupid today ......
And congratulations on the lawn scissors, I always dream of those but can't be bothered to buy or use them .....
It seems a day of dot dot dot this morning. Well, it is early.

 

Also useful for sliding down the sides of leeks grown through weed membrane to sever the roots before lifting

 

New one to me as well never seen a planting knife.