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The Super-Penetration Shovel: Deep Digging

Let’s just get right down to it: you don’t care about the Super-Penetration Shovel because it’s made entirely of steel. Or the tapered, pointed blade, the fully sharpened sides that bust through dirt and clay like so much cotton candy.


May 3, 2011
Gadgets

The Crovel Is The Only Multi-Tool Shovel You’ll Ever Need

Like the Chinese military shovel before it, the Crovel is a multi-tool shovel that doubles as an axe, triples as a crowbar, quadruples as a hammer, and does even more.


April 30, 2010
Gadgets

Chinese Military Shovels Put Swiss Army Knives To Shame

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When you first see this Chinese military shovel in action, you may be tempted to think you’re just watching variations on digging. Impertinent fool! That “shovel” is about to chop down a tree. And row a boat. And saw. And…


December 15, 2008
Gadgets

Toilet Paper Shovel Provides Easy Outdoor Relief

With his radical new simple toilet design, Alejandro Bona has single-handedly made pooping outdoors cool again.