Tool with unusual pads on the end of the handle (5)
I believe the answer is:
spade
'tool' is the definition.
(spade is a kind of tool)
'unusual pads on the end of the handle' is the wordplay.
'unusual' is an anagram indicator.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the end of' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'handle' is 'e'.
'pads' is an anagram of 'spad'.
'spad'+'e'='SPADE'
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for spade that I've seen before include "Gardening tool (maybe so called)" , "Digger" , "Jack or one of a dozen others" , "Garden implement" , "Shovel-like tool" .)