Stainless Steel Garden Pick and Hoe, 14”

This tool arrived with the handle not completely seated and the wedge sticking out just as the product picture shows. I would not want the wedge out so I seated the handle and drove the wedge in and cracked the handle. The people at Woodcraft say the wedge does not need to be in for the handle to be okay. I still think it is odd to have the wedge and handle like that with no instructions to leave it as is.Woodcraft graciously offered a replacement tool but they are out of stock until August. With a new one I would remove the supplied wedge, seat the handle and drive in a much smaller wedge. Stainless of course.