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  • dieselmudder

    Plinker
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    Not technically an edge weapon, but used in combat nonetheless.
    Found a nice Korean war/early Vietnam style folding entrenching shovel in a flea market in Florida while on vacation. To me it's been rare finding this vintage, with the pick on the back. So when I saw it I knew I had to have it.

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    Slow Hand

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    Aug 27, 2008
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    I’ve got the same model,from 1964, I believe. I don’t recall when I found it, but I know it’s travelled in every vehicle I’ve owned, so well over 20 years! It’s seen a good bit of use, getting me out of places I shouldn’t have gone! I saw another one a year or so back on FB and snatched it up to put in the Jeep!
     

    JeepHammer

    SHOOTER
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    Aug 2, 2018
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    That was always my choice over the fold up metal handle types.
    We used to cut them with saw teeth on one side of the blade to cut/trim limbs,
    And we chisel sharpened the other side to a fairly fine edge.

    Russia made one with a square type blade, made of titanium with wooden handle and that was my all time favorite.

    We didn't dig holes every day in the field, but we ate everyday, so we often used them for frying pans.
    Not exactly ideal, but you use what you have...
     

    warthog

    Shooter
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    Feb 12, 2013
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    Vigo County
    I have a couple of these, bought surplus when they were around. One goes in my vehicle to help me out of drifts and whatever the other one stays home and just sits around wishing it would be in the vehicle. LOL:):
     

    snorko

    Grandmaster
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    Apr 3, 2008
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    Evansville, IN
    I keep a Russian "Spetnaz" fixed handle and a surplus tri-fold in the car. The Russian blade is very thick and beveled to a dull edge on one side. It will chop through a 3"-4" linmb with little trouble.

    When I was a kid we had a cabin in Pike County. I had a wood handled surplus shovel I would carry in the woods for anti-snake operations. I got pretty good at being able to stick the blade in the ground out to 30' or so.
     
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