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Im looking for a small shovel to take with me when im back woods fishing or my general hiking. Im interested in models that can be used as a hoe/pick with the blade a 90 degrees. Gerber has a model, glock has a model but are they worth the money?

Mike :confused:
 
mjg710a said:
Im looking for a small shovel to take with me when im back woods fishing or my general hiking. Im interested in models that can be used as a hoe/pick with the blade a 90 degrees. Gerber has a model, glock has a model but are they worth the money?

Mike :confused:
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Sorry Mike,

But why do you need a shovel for fishing and hiking? :confused:

Skam
 
I fish back streams and ponds, collecting my own bait, and pretty much subsisiting in the wild. I walk out with fishing rod tied to my pack and go from there.

Mike
 
If you don't mind the weight too much.............My favourite is the "Cold Steel" Spetznaz Shovel.
 
rayfloro said:
If you don't mind the weight too much.............My favourite is the "Cold Steel" Spetznaz Shovel.
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Even better are the Russian and E. German original Spetznaz etools. Surplus, they aren't that much money and the previous owner has already sharpened the edge(s).
 
The Gerber/NATO E-tool is very good, very well made and I recommend it! Also you may want to check out the U-Dig-it! It is a small hand shovel for campers that may fit your needs.
 
Sorry, seems the outlets I knew that carried the spetsnaz designed etool, no longer have it in their catalogs.

Cheaper than dirt has the German folding etool, which I think has the pick.
 
check out this pace for reviews on some shovels for survival: http://www.equipped.org/devices25.htm personaly i have one of those GI entrenching tools that has been around since WWII works great, but it is not something I take woth me very often. I will agree that shovels are great to have for many things especialy for taking a crap.
 
Went over to visit a friend and a retired Soviet military officer lives in the same retirement community and he had given my pard a Soviet issue folding etool, which my pard just handed to me about an hour ago. Actually, it was laying on a table and my pard handed it to me. Needs a little TLC, but will work out great as a behind the seat shovel for the pickup. :D
 
Another vote for the Cold Steel shovel. I bought one almost as an afterthought a while ago and it turned out to be a great tool, I use it often. Harder to carry maybe compared to the fold-up ones you see around, but my bet is it would out-work all of them. The only downfall is that it doesn't have the 90 deg. feature you want. If you can get past that, give it a look.
 
Unless I see a really cheap deal on the Glock shovel its going to be the Gerber model. Really like the cold steel special forces model but it will take up too much space the way I have my pack set up. Thanks all for the help.

Mike
 
Every folding shovel I have ever used has failed in anything thicker than loose plowed dirt. Get the cold steel shovel or get a small shovel from home depot.
 
MelancholyMutt said:
Every folding shovel I have ever used has failed in anything thicker than loose plowed dirt. Get the cold steel shovel or get a small shovel from home depot.
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You used the wrong shovel then. I spent years digging foxholes with WW2 shovels you could pry a jeep off the ground with.

I still fail to see why you can't find worms or bait without lugging a bloody big shovel into nowhere. A nice blade is a 1000 times more utilitarian than any shovel.

To each his own.

Skam
 
Spetznaz, German, even the GI e-tool all are hard workers (I am sure that there are others that I havent tried). With e-tools, and tools in general, you have to be careful or you end up with a capable looking totally inferior product made in the China or some other third world hole. Just because it looks identical doesn't mean it will last. I have broken more than my share of picks, mattocks and shovels from the third world.
For my excavating tools I pretty much insist that they must be, either a quality name brand or Government Issue, not necessarily the US government but some government that can fight and win (when selecting surplus I examine each item for evidence of inferior repairs or poor original manufacturing and only pick the best). I have not yet found a light weight e-tool to carry, when hiking, though (which is whay this thread caught my eye, I will be very interested in the final selection).
Good tools are like good friends, they may not always look the best but you can count on them if your A is on the line.
Enjoy!
 
If you are collecting bait, why not a small garden shovel, those little one handed ones? The are small, one piece, light and last a long time.
 
hatchetjack said:
If you are collecting bait, why not a small garden shovel, those little one handed ones? The are small, one piece, light and last a long time.
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a trowel

Will
 
skammer said:
You used the wrong shovel then. I spent years digging foxholes with WW2 shovels you could pry a jeep off the ground with.

I still fail to see why you can't find worms or bait without lugging a bloody big shovel into nowhere. A nice blade is a 1000 times more utilitarian than any shovel.

To each his own.

Skam
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Well, I've used the Government Issue E-tool, I've used the Taiwan made copies, I've used the Glock shovel as well as the Gerber... Youv'e probably not had to dig in the red clay dirt in and around Fort Bragg... I would also not want to stick my $500 Strider BN-SS into the ground and sure as hell don't think it would cut well after I did.

Please, Skam, remove your head from your fourth point of contact.
 
MelancholyMutt said:
Well, I've used the Government Issue E-tool, I've used the Taiwan made copies, I've used the Glock shovel as well as the Gerber... Youv'e probably not had to dig in the red clay dirt in and around Fort Bragg... I would also not want to stick my $500 Strider BN-SS into the ground and sure as hell don't think it would cut well after I did.

Please, Skam, remove your head from your fourth point of contact.
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Mutter,

Not only did I have to dig clay I had to chip rock and frozen marsh and any other type of soil youd like to mention with a WW2/Vietnam!!! era (reading comprehension not your strong point) e tool. It wasn't only tough it was field repairable.

To further this pain, any blade that cost $500 should not only be able to dig in the dirt it had better be able to do it well and with little damage. Something I would want to do with your Strider either and its something I have done with any Busse with relish and no damage.

If you are done living the life of delusional fantasy the boy needs some good advice on a shovel. LMAO :D

Skam
 
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