For toilet work I have a cheap plastic garden trowel, the great thing is that the little handle has a removable cap (great for loo roll)
Campfires are best shared with friends.
folding stainless steel trowel works for me!!!
'Experience is the most efficient teacher of all things,'
I have a ex dutch army folding shovel which fits just great into the pide pocket on my sabre 75 I do find plenty of uses for it from digging latrines to digging water holes , burying caches of food for long trips to clearing snow for my winter basha and even used it to put my stove on in winter my old shovel I even fryed bacon on it
Last edited by Silverback; 05-08-2013 at 09:31 PM. Reason: bad language
A folding shovel, you mean an entrenching tool. Are you expecting an artillery bombardment?
Why anyone would need anything more than a digging stick is beyond me. Are you going to dig a root cellar under the log cabin you plan on building?
I have an ex british army entrenching tool which I got off an army surplus stall years ago at a steam rally. It doesn't get used that often, but it's a godsend when it does. Really solid steel blade, also has a pick and good solid wooden handle and leather sheath. Worth keeping your eyes open for them, mine rides around in the car all the time and is compact enough when folded to fit in my pack.
@ beermaker
A "pick"! Are you prospecting for gold?
hello,
I would suggest the folding entrenching tool if you really do require such. Can be left open & affixed to the side or
back of your pack or folded inside the top flap. In the good old days the 58 pattern webbing had a full size shovel that
fitted between the Bergen & you back used it now & again on exercise but mostly left somewhere out of the way.
Good luck with your search anyway.
Regards
David