Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Topic started by: Charlotte on 29 December, 2009, 12:00:09 am
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A little while ago, I waxed lyrical (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2177.msg496912#msg496912) about my preferred implement of destruction - the Smith and Jackson Fibrelite Round Mouth shovel (http://www.spear-and-jackson.com/en/fibrelite-round-mouth-shovel):
(http://www.spear-and-jackson.com/sites/spear-and-jackson.com/files/imagecache/productfull/sites/spear-and-jackson.com/files/product_images/2721TFL.jpg)
As I mentioned, as it's fitted with a polymer shaft and handle, it’s lighter and more vibration resistant. Also, unlike wood, a quick wipe with isopropyl alcohol will clean away all traces of blood and other bodily fluids.
Recently though, whilst doing a little internet shopping, I found this:
(http://www.coldsteel-uk.com/store/special-forces-shovel-large.jpg)
It's a Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel (http://www.coldsteel-uk.com/store/Special-Forces-Shovel.html) and the website describes it thus:
The Special Forces Shovel is modeled after the original Soviet Spetznaz shovel. The Spetznaz soldiers made up the most elite unit in the Soviet Army. The U.S. equivalent would be our Green Berets. The shovel head and socket are forged from medium carbon steel, then heat treated for maximum strength. The edges come sharpened to a utility/axe edge that can easily be improved to razor sharpness.
All this for a mere £21.85.
I haz shovelust :D
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A special forces shovel.
I'm sensing the power of marketing.
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This idea of shove-lust... is it something new to you, Charlotte?
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A bog standard NATO folder has the sharp edge as well, but not the nice straight handle.
U.S WWII-Nam era entrenching tools also rate highly on the thwackability scale.
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All Quiet on the Western Front mentions how WWI soldiers found trenching tools more effective than bayonets when leaping into the enemy dug outs.
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I though the Special Forces carried their poo with them and therefore didn't need a shovel?
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Charlotte in about a week, after the post has arrived:-
http://www.spetsnaz-gru.com/shovel-7s.avi
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I don't think of that as a shovel. A shovel is like the one on the left.
(http://thebiggestliarwins.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/spade-shovel.jpg)
The one on the right? Call a s**** a s****. ;D
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Wide Mouth Shovel
Taper Mouth Shovel
Round Mouth Shovel
Drainage Shovel
General Service Shovel
Etc etc
I used to sell a lot of shovels and they come in a lot of different shapes, the one on the right is still a shovel.
None of them are a spade.
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Do we need a Venn diagram?
:D
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My feeling is that a spade's more lethal.
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Has Liz/Julian seen this thread?
If we don't hear from her after Christmas and you start posting about your new patio I think we'll all get the fear...
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Funny you should mention that, Alex... (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=28106.new#new)
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Call that a shovel?
THIS (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JCB-LOADING-SHOVEL-5-TON-BUCKET_W0QQitemZ160383230115QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20091202?IMSfp=TL091202232002r31462) is a shovel!
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After working on a patio with a proper 'professional' builder friend I now only use metal shaft spades/shovels/forks (from Jewson or Travis perkins).
My mate breaks up concrete by wedging his spade under a coner of it, balancing on the handle (to lift it up slightly) and then smacking it with a sledge hammer. It's a technique that destroys wooden shafted spades in 10 seconds.
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Call that a shovel?
THIS (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JCB-LOADING-SHOVEL-5-TON-BUCKET_W0QQitemZ160383230115QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20091202?IMSfp=TL091202232002r31462) is a shovel!
Possession of such an item about one's person would certainly prove conclusive during an altercation on Her Majesty's highways...
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I had a furtle on the bay and no-one seems to have an AVRE for sale.
:'(
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Call that a shovel?
THIS (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JCB-LOADING-SHOVEL-5-TON-BUCKET_W0QQitemZ160383230115QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20091202?IMSfp=TL091202232002r31462) is a shovel!
For that money I'm almost tempted.
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It woud make a great broom wagon for the Mille Cymru.
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4 reasons to carry a shovel at all times (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/shovel)
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OT but this one probably deserves mention in another thread 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling - The Oatmeal (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling)
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Chinese Military Shovels Put Swiss Army Knives To Shame - Chinese military shovel - Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com/5527411/chinese-military-shovels-put-swiss-army-knives-to-shame)
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A must-have.
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Surely the chinese military shovel will, as Clarion says, be the accessory to have on the next YACF ride. Can we order them with a suitable logo?
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Surely the chinese military shovel will, as Clarion says, be the accessory to have on the next YACF ride. Can we order them with a suitable logo?
You have to beware the fake, copy versions of course.
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But how can you tell??? *head asplode*
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But how can you tell??? *head asplode*
Sorry, I have no idea.