After several years, you may want to resharpen the blade for easier cutting into the ground. This is easily accomplished by laying a course grade of sandpaper on a flat surface and then rubbing the "cutting" edge of the garden trowel back and forth across the sandpaper. Other customary methods would work also, such as hand filing or electric grinding.

As with any of your other quality tools, clean off and occasionally spray with a light lubricant when putting away.

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