digging? not sure that any knife will stand up to digging and keep a fine enough edge unless you intend to spend all your time sharpening the thing. ray mears uses a digging stick to good effect, get a hard bit of wood and sharpen a cold chisel type point on the end and then hold it near to the fire or embers to dry it out, try not to burn it. i've used one and they are useful, i'm 6ft, so a 5 foot pole about 2" in diamater worked well. just a thought <img src="images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />