after seeing the posts recently about the cold steel guys chopping up stuff with swords, i felt obliged to add this. I actual have one of these shovels and i love it! I use it for camping where it comes in handy as a shovel (duh) a hatchet, machete, fire tool, hammer and a few other odds and ends. It's a very well designed thing.

Having said all that, the guys at cold steel are still a bit ridiculous with their demos. I guess it's good to know they take their stuff VERY serious.

upvote for the throwing bit. = D

How the hell did that first throw penetrate the wood that deep?

the blade is very thin and i bet that was very soft wood. When splitting firewood i have sunk mine pretty deep in to the stump. not quite this deep, but i could see that happening.>> ^HugeJerk:

How the hell did that first throw penetrate the wood that deep?

>> ^daxgaz:

the blade is very thin and i bet that was very soft wood. When splitting firewood i have sunk mine pretty deep in to the stump. not quite this deep, but i could see that happening.>> ^HugeJerk:
How the hell did that first throw penetrate the wood that deep?



You split firewood with a shovel? You know they actually invented a tool for that job... Like 25,000 years ago.

>> ^Drachen_Jager:

>> ^daxgaz:
the blade is very thin and i bet that was very soft wood. When splitting firewood i have sunk mine pretty deep in to the stump. not quite this deep, but i could see that happening.>> ^HugeJerk:
How the hell did that first throw penetrate the wood that deep?


You split firewood with a shovel? You know they actually invented a tool for that job... Like 25,000 years ago.


i have a hatchet and a wood maul too. But, those are heavy and only do the one job, which is not ideal for camping. The shovel is light, has a holder and does many jobs. It's also thinner and sharper than a hatchet so it's much better for splitting a large piece down to kindling (not as good as a machete, but better than a hatchet). I will say, on the negative side, it does have a tendency to bind up in a log if it is too long where a hatchet would split the log.