The Rock 'n Root Trowel...I love these names...makes me think the Dutch are going after the rockers (music not chairs). The skinny Dutch trowel is for digging out and cutting off thick roots and small divisions. The end is sharp enough to cut through fleshy roots and narrow enough to cut out about a 2" wide chunk. It's a good way to get small divisions of perennials for propagation or sharing. Sometimes these opportunities just fall in your lap. You know how it is...