I do too because I store my tools outside and they make handles with ash instead of hickory these days. Hickory could last a generation when stored outside.
I did score a well made potato fork made in China from AM Leonard and the forks before were always made in Austria which means expensive although they were assembled here with American ash handles. Of course I won’t really know the quality until a decade passes and it’s still functional.
I do like some of the Bully tools, especially their basic round shovel, but if you want cheap and light, Ace has 2 for 1 sales often and you can find perfectly serviceable American made shovels, rakes and hoes for a very low price.
Years ago I could buy amazing Amish made tools from Forestry supply and I have a fire hoe with a hickory handle from them that I store outside that’s still going strong after 25 years of heavy use. The steel of the blade is light but strong and the handle is kind of shaped as a rounded off rectangle so the tool doesn’t turn in your hands upon contact with soil or small rocks. A feature that is amazingly practical considering I’ve never had or seen another handle made that way.
