Titanium shovel

[greybrick]

I noticed a titanium square nosed shovel available on the net which could be used as provided or cut down to a smaller configuration, cool thing is the $29 price tag for some good weight saving;

http://www.materials.com/Titanium_tools.HTML

The other cool thing is that Material Specialties Scandinavia, Inc. is in the US and deals in surplus Titanium so maybe some of my Ti cutting tool and skid plating projects can go ahead sooner than later if MSS has scrap Beta Ti alloy plate and maybe some lengths of cable.

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[greybrick]

Another lightweight option is an aluminum concrete shovel;

http://www.wallties.com/pouring_accessories.htm

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