For discussion of entrenchment tools, small shovels, the multitool of digging equipment. Cold steel a'fixed, Hungarian flippy boys, the US market day M-1943 specials, oh my !Please post your e-tools, questions and discussions on such tools, and your general appreciation of the life such equipment provides you.Created because of a hearty interest in small, multi-use tools for /out/ activities.Previous thread; limit reached: >>2276771
love my spetznatz for /out/ stuff, but i want a trifold for gardening, my old bundeswher (2006) brokeim looking at the:FiskarsGlockSchrade "T- handle"Gerber "Gorge"or, should i just buy another NATO model?
>>2366332Holy shit, learn to take better care of your tools LARPlord.
>>2366428>just buy another NATO modelThis, love my nato one solid as fuck, had it ten years now and use it for smashing scraping ice/snow off the roads, guerilla gardening, digging the landy out of tight spots
>>2366490>tools show signs of actual use>take care of your tools>LARPlordLmao imagine being this retarded
>>2366498>I use them, reeeee, therefore I don't have to maintain them reeeeeee>etoools aren't a LARP, reeeeee
>>2366490The left and center were how I got them, tell it to the Danish and Hungarian conscripts were were issued them. Shortly after I took apart and cleaned the center shovel. The one on the right is covered in soot because I had just shoveled a fire hole with it. Other than that, it was striped cleaned and repainted not that long ago. Get a better take on life.>>2366498Right ?>>2366550Post a tool you actually own, not generic stock images. Otherwise be gone, and stop your weak attempt to derail the thread.Got a dutch e-tool pouch, doesn't fit the german trifold, but I cut a hole in the bottom and slide the longer folders into it just fine. Will post later
My coglahn shovel is over 10 years old now and works great
>>2366680How's the edge look ?
>>2367459I've never put an edge on it. I usually use a chopper or an actual bladed tool for chopping. And I don't hammer away at rocks with it either
I don't mean a cutting edge, I meant how it holds up after a decade. They seem to form a distinctive pattern of wear
I have the Cold Steel shovel and it's been really good for chopping wood and digging holes for shitting in.
>>2366332Deadass no reason to bring an e-tool anywhere. Way too much weight for the amount of use they get. If you're really so scared of using a stick to dig a hole in for poopin, just bring a trowel.
>>2369823bait
>>2369824It is a fair point, as long as people don't respond to it more than other posts.>>2369823A trowel is good, yes, for digging small holes for such activities- but some people while out do more digging than that, and a trowel is too small for that use. Extended stay. And during that, they might need to whack a few branches, which the shovel does better too.They both have a role, and even in the garden I find myself using an e-tool for most of the work since its small enough to dig smaller holes but can carry substantial amounts of dirt when I need to fill them back upand when whacking thru actual roots, which a trowel cannot do
>>2366498I scrub my tools after every use, still pristine. Learned it from contractors that did my floors.
>>2370304Interesting, show us.