How I fixed a Vigoro rake head for $4 

...just what i needed bro ...

This item has a 25 year guarantee and it broke in two years?!? Your ability to repair it is beside the point. It doesn't matter if Home Depot no longer sells an actual Vigoro-branded rake or not, because that's just a name that they slap on certain products. My advice would have been to go to any Home Depot and talk to the store manager to explain your predicament and demand that they replace the rake with one of equal or better quality. Be careful of what might be offered in return, though. I once returned a Sears Craftsman lifetime-guaranteed branch lopper and they offered a replacement with the same part number. However, upon inspection, it was clear that Sears had swapped the original design with a lower-quality design consisting of plastic parts, poor workmanship, etc. When I pointed this out to the manager, she agreed with my concerns and offered the higher-priced model whose materials and workmanship matched up better with the one I was returning.

Seems contradictory to cut off the split ends and then split the solid wood. I run a screw through the wood into the looped metal end and add a metal reinforcement from the head to the handle to prevent pull out. Served me well.

this method does work well , been doing it for years now

I can't watch people holding things and drilling them. It's terrifying. Get a vise already.

You should visit woodprix website if you would like to make it by yourself I think.