COPPER HOE - PHOENIX - PKS TOOLS
Copper hand hoe, an all-purpose tool for soil work, combining the action of a hoe and a cultivator. It allows you to hoe, weed, scrape, rake, dig, aerate, hill, remove weeds, and more. It ensures better soil aeration and surface cultivation for improved water and air penetration. This multi-function tool is used for loosening the soil (which means "scraping" or "stirring" the earth) around plants.
Copper alloy head, beech wood handle. Dimensions: 31 x 18 x 8 cm / Weight: 210 g
Benefits of copper:
- They are beautiful, lightweight, easy to handle, and have a long lifespan,
- Efficient: copper penetrates the soil more easily than steel or iron,
- When working the soil, you introduce copper trace elements, essential for plant growth, which positively influence soil hydration. Copper boosts soil life!
- Non-magnetic, has bacteriostatic and antifungal properties,
- No rust or verdigris, no special maintenance; clean after use and store in a dry place.
A copper tool boosts soil life: According to research by Viktor Schauberger, an Austrian biotechnician from the early 20th century, the mechanical wear of iron tools leaves a deposit of ferrous particles in the soil. This forms a layer of rust that promotes soil drying.
In contrast, a PKS tool will leave microparticles of copper, a trace element essential for the growth of plants (as well as humans and animals). In plants, it plays an important role in seed production, disease resistance, and water regulation. Schauberger was not the first to recognize this phenomenon. The Chinese of ancient empires refrained from using iron for their gardening work for hundreds of years.
In 1995, Johannes Stadler implemented the ideas of Viktor and Walter Schauberger in collaboration with the PKS (Pythagoras Kepler System) Institute, "Institute for the Promotion of Natural Technologies."
His team manufactures these magnificent copper alloy tools entirely by hand.
"UNDERSTAND AND COPY NATURE."
Walter Schauberger founded the "GREEN FRONT" in 1949, the first environmental protection movement in Austria.
At that time, Walter Schauberger, a graduate engineer, was deeply involved in research and teaching based on his father's discoveries, which were rooted in detailed observations of natural phenomena.
Viktor Schauberger (1885 – 1958), a forest warden, naturalist, and inventor, made numerous discoveries in various fields during the 1930s and 1940s, including forestry, agriculture, hydraulics, water refinement, and free energy – on which he left several comprehensive works.
As early as the 1920s, Viktor had warned of an impending environmental crisis. At the time, he was not taken seriously and was even ridiculed. Today, of course, his predictions are becoming reality...
PKS = "Pythagoras Kepler System" Institute for the Promotion of Natural Technologies
Its goal is to promote natural technologies according to the principles discovered and developed by Viktor and Walter Schauberger: The PKS Institute, founded by Walter Schauberger, has been a research center for decades where the archives of his father Viktor's work are gathered. These archives are gradually being made accessible to the public, edited into various publications and books.
In 1995, Johannes Stadler implemented the ideas of Viktor and Walter Schauberger in collaboration with the PKS association and blacksmith Franz Höfler, and began distributing a small series of hand-crafted garden tools made from solid copper alloy.
The original copper tools, developed by the PKS Bronze company in Bad Ischl, Austria, are entirely handmade by a master blacksmith.
For his work, he uses an alloy of copper and tin, in which copper accounts for 92% of the composition. This alloy is then cold-hardened (by hammering) to allow the material to acquire exceptional resistance.
Copper tools are perfect for daily gardening tasks. Copper is an elastic metal that is resistant to impacts, even in difficult situations. If it has been bent, it can be easily repaired by hammering.
These high-quality tools, which actively contribute to soil improvement while respecting nature, are manufactured with the utmost care.