Sapper771
Member
I bought one of these shovels for $20 about two years ago. I know that Cold Steel makes some good products.....but this shovel is a tool that every man should have. I used it 2 months ago to clear a fence row in my back yard and it went where a machete could not go. After I was done, it took 5 minutes on a alum. oxide stone to get it back to the factory edge (which was sharper than I thought). Today, I was engaged in battle with some "non-compliant" shrubs in my yard. I mis-judged these shrubs.....they had a pretty serious root system under ground. Well after digging and prying on them for about 20 minutes, and almost snapping the handle on my long handled shovel, I got the spetznaz shovel out of my truck. The spetznaz shovel has all edges of the blade sharpened and is a wicked close combat weapon (Thanks to the U.S. Army!) I hacked at the root system , slowly hacking large pieces off of the base of the shrub. I guess i had an epiphany.....i stuck the shovel into the base of the root, then I took my long handled shovel and used it as a hammer and hammered the spetznaz shovel into the root system at an angle. The spetznaz shovel cut through the root system like it was nothing.
I just wanted to make a recommendation. If your looking for a good camp shovel that will out work a machete if needed......look no further.
I just wanted to make a recommendation. If your looking for a good camp shovel that will out work a machete if needed......look no further.