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#286567 - 10/01/17 04:05 PM Fowler likes the Cold steel shovel vs axe/machete
burth Offline
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Registered: 09/29/17
Posts: 16
he won the Alone show, season 3, in Patagonia. What say you? Mine seems to be as advertised. Here's a youtube vid about adding different types of handle to make the shovel more versatile. Since Fowler made it popular, CS has jacked up the price by $10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq8MtSbSq8w&t=240s

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#286574 - 10/01/17 05:11 PM Re: Fowler likes the Cold steel shovel vs axe/machete [Re: burth]
wileycoyote Offline
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Registered: 03/01/11
Posts: 309
Loc: north central west TX
lighter, more versatile (as you said), reasonably priced, very PC

if limited to a single tool, it has advantages

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#286586 - 10/01/17 09:54 PM Re: Fowler likes the Cold steel shovel vs axe/machete [Re: burth]
hikermor Offline
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Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal

A small shovel is indeed a useful, versatile item. Few are really much better than the GI entrenching tool, which is usally obtained for cheap.
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#286587 - 10/01/17 09:59 PM Re: Fowler likes the Cold steel shovel vs axe/machete [Re: hikermor]
burth Offline
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Registered: 09/29/17
Posts: 16
the folding ones can't stand being used to chop much, cause they break.

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