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Root Saw

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Price: $50.00

A saw that rips through roots and ignores dirt and rocks.

Item Number: CU-M015

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NEW DESIGN: Pictures to be updated soon. The new design for 2026 has 2 large ripping teeth at the front and then most of the body has scalloped teeth/edge more like a hori hori or a bread knife edge.

Never destroy another good pruning saw on roots again. It's thin and brittle and will snap if bent too much. Root cutting is equally hard on hand pruners or loppers. It's easy to catch a pebble between the blade and hook and destroy your $80 Felcos.

Bob originally designed this root saw for the brutish work of severing tough, fibrous roots of trees and shrubs without breaking. Its blade is 3/16 inch thick along the back and its teeth are strong and aggressive. It cuts on the pull stroke. When you're spotting plants into a border and need to whack some roots, or when you're trying to stimulate a reluctant wisteria to bloom, this is the tool you want to stick into the ground.

Our 2026 update keeps the best of the old design - keeping the 2 large ripping teeth - and adds much better performance with a scalloped or bread knife style serration along most of the body. The new designs more than 2Xs the number of cutting teeth overall, meaning they will sever most roots more quickly and easily than the old style.

This tool works for roots up to about one inch thick, but it is best for those that are thinner. For bigger roots, consider a pulaski or mattock. Our new design comes in one blade length: approximately 10 inches with 16-20 teeth overall.

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4.3

Serious business

This is an overdue review as I purchased this a while back. The construction is outstanding and the tool feels substantial. I used it a number of times clearing out a stubborn strip of daylilies. Major respect for the craftspeople at red pig who made this. I have no doubt it will last for decades even with heavy use.

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Reviewed by: B Allison from MA on 12/20/2020

Does the job

Stop trying to chop through roots in your flower bed. I think root wood is one of the toughest substances on earth. This is not the most elegant looking tool but it is a perfect design. The thin shape gets where it needs to go, the heavy blade keeps it on track, the handle is at the right angle and it cuts fast. I am glad I bought one, now I don't waste so much energy fighting with roots.

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Reviewed by: Allen Rudolph from Menlo Park on 3/31/2022

Root Saw

I purchased both the regular and long saw blades this past winter. Warmer weather is now here (in the south) and was using the short Blade to dig up a few Moraea villosa (Peacock Flower). The blade bend on me digging up these flowers, i was able to hammer it back straight. But hoping this tool would have been sturdier than what it has shown to be.

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Reviewed by: David Taylor from Mississippi on 4/23/2023

Root Saw

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