Army shovel

[Bikeguy]

Greetings
Does anyone know of a decent folding "army" style shovel? The last one I bought at an outdoors shop was ruined by my ten year old building mountain bike jumps - hardly tough going for a shovel.

Thanks,
Randy

 

[NIVEK_TURK]

The newer E-Tool is pretty nice.

 

[Antichrist]

Several folding shovels covered in this thread:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23410&highlight=shovel

 

[njsjeep]

The German Army shovel is as solid as any folding shovel you can find. Lots of surplus stores sell then and I've sen them listed for sale on Amazon as well. The two that I own have leather cases, not the cloth case shown.

 

[rezdiver]

x2 on the german army one, cant beat the quality and price.

 

[HarryT]

I vote for the Chinese military shovel (WJQ-308 around $90).

http://matadornetwork.com/goods/multipurpose-tool-chinese-military-shovel/

 

[alextreme76]

I vote for the Chinese military shovel (WJQ-308 around $90).

http://matadornetwork.com/goods/multipurpose-tool-chinese-military-shovel/

i have destroyed two of these...bought two at the surplus store before i understood the different between mil-spec and issue, one for my truck and one for dads. mine fell apart after using it a couple times on boy scout camping trips. the second one, the handle bent...then it fell apart.