Recommendation for good brand name garden tools (not electric)!

A question about : Recommendation for good brand name garden tools (not electric)!

I've got a new garden. It's the size of an allotment and I'm going to be growing my winter food store on it. But I need garden tools - spade, fork, rake, shears, secateurs etc. I don't want electrical tools.

Can anyone recommend a particular brand that isn't going to break in the first three months! I'm going to be working in the garden full time (40 hours a week) so I am hoping someone can help me make a wise investment. Recommendations based on experience please!

Thank you in advance :-)

Best answers:

• Burgon & Ball
• Spear & Jackson, Draper, Wolf.
• Burgon & Ball here too
  Or for a similar price in junk shops and antique emporiums (but rarely ebay) you might find some 'vintage' tools - some of the old brands like Skelton & Elwell will go on forever - i've got some forks and digging spades in everyday use that are something like 50-60 years old
• Thank you for the suggestions. I looked at reviews for Spear & Jackson and it appears they are not as good as they once were which is why I posted on here. I've not heard of Burgon and Ball, so thanks for the link. I'm off to have a look. Really appreciate the suggestions. Thank you.
• Fiskars maybe?
• Fiskars are good - the secateurs have outlasted any others that I've used so I take that one on board, but have had a great time looking at the Burgon & Ball website and at Ј4.95 delivery I can't see where I can go wrong, except needing to get the pennies together :-)
• I have felco secateurs. They are awesome
• My garden tools are made by Joseph Bentley and are traditional looking with stainless steel blades and prongs. The tools are well balanced and have wooden handles. They come with a lifetime guarantee too. In this range I have, a garden fork, a garden spade, a pair of shears (for the hedge) as well as a long handled fork for reaching across flower beds as well as a half moon shaped spade for lawn edging. I also have some long handled shears made by Fiskars and my secateurs were only cheap ones from Aldi but I have had them for about 5 years now without any problems and I use them all the time.
  https://josephbentley.co.uk/default.aspx
• Moulton Mill tools seem good value.
• Think I'm going to try these:
  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Moulton-Gard...ds=lawn+weeder
  https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
  https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00STPLGB...I3PQS6EP8OCO4F
• https://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/
  Not the cheapest, but look after them and they'll last you.