Making it is only because there is one I really like the look and design of. That one is only available in the USA and sadly they don’t ship them outside of the USA.
I will not be doing it until I get back to Australia, as my F.I.L has all the welding equipment on hand. He was a welder tool maker / machinist.
I have also been reading about using tools made from copper/bronze on this site.
My F.I.L has some smelting equipment too. Not sure how we can make it work or if Bronze might be too brittle? Don’t know enough about metals sadly. It should be OK as a broad fork is not for turning soil, only creating aeration.
I like your idea for practicality though.
I want to use the broad fork, on every bed before I do a cover layer of cardboard etc and mulch, just to aerate the soil a bit more and allow the nutrients from compost/manure to soak/leach in more easily. I wouldn’t want to break it up too much as I don’t want to break any fungal strands that might already be in the soil etc.
Thanks for taking the time to share your idea. 