Eye Hoe (Peasant Hoe)

The oldest form of hoe has a blade with a slightly tapered collar one “eye” at its top. Traditionally the handle is made from an ash sapling, skinned smooth. The swelling at the base of the sapling is fit snugly into the tapered eye and held there by centrifugal force. Some common names for this tool are “eye hoe”, “ox eye hoe”, “peasant hoe” and, in the Southern United States, “scovil hoe”, (after a long time American Manufacturer of a self sharpening version.)