Modding CS Special Forces Shovel

[Square_peg]

I really think those shovels are a fail without a saw edge. Maybe someone could chisel a saw edge on one side?

I haven't used a shovel/saw but I can't imagine it would be useful for very long. How sharp will the saw be after you've dug the first hole? Wouldn't any cheap lightweight folding saw outperform a saw that spent most of it's life in the dirt?

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

The saw edge on most shovels isn't sharp like a wood saw is--it's for sawing through sod or roots. It's not gonna' do more than maybe notch a 2x4, but it'll help you get through "fibrous" turf.

 

[Square_peg]

Seems like it would just catch on the roots. Sod shovels have serrations on the flat tips. I guess I've just never seen that historic industrial switch-over to toothed shovels that would bear them out as an improvement. Do you really feel it helps?

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Yes, but primarily when "plug cutting." I find them handy on my Predator Tools "Big Red" (I had them added semi-custom) and my Zenbori soil knife.

 

[Liam Ryan]

It would be cool to mod one into some sort of bill hook or similar tool, though it wouldn't be much good as a shovel anymore.
It's got a socket and a relatively large blank to work with, possibilities are endless.

Here's a quick and dirty mock up. Obviously useless if you want a shovel, but a bit more exciting then a new handle.
This is what jumps in my head when I hear the word mod, making it more deadly.

 

[vltor17]

Why not get a cold steel brooklyn smasher & use that as a handle. It will look like the baseball bat & the shovel mated & made a kid ! LOL

I actually did that. We broke the stock handle of a friends with crappy throwing skill, so I bought the bat and shovel and "mated" them for mine! The handle works well, much stronger, a little longer, but also a little heavier. Also made a kydex sheath for it, using p-cord you can attach to just about any pack or bag.