This is more for car camping than bushwalking but it is the Swiss Army Knife of folding shovels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b60OZhr ... ata_player
If you buy one beware of fakes and they are not cheap, US$88 shipped, from the manufacturer's web site.
Chinese military shovel
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TIP: The online Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.
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Chinese military shovel
by David M » Wed 13 Nov, 2013 5:28 pm
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by GPSGuided » Wed 13 Nov, 2013 7:04 pm
Interesting tool. What's the weight?
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by David M » Wed 13 Nov, 2013 7:19 pm
GPSGuided wrote:Interesting tool. What's the weight?
According to http://www.wjq-308.com/en/default.htm 1.0 kg net weight and 1.5 kg gross weight for the original 18 function model. I assume the gross weight includes the case.
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by GPSGuided » Wed 13 Nov, 2013 7:32 pm
Not cheap for a MIC product. Looked pretty solid.
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by Onestepmore » Thu 14 Nov, 2013 12:26 pm
Chop your veges before you dig the latrine!
We can learn a lot from crayons. They come in different shapes and colours, but they all have to live in the same box
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by GPSGuided » Thu 14 Nov, 2013 12:32 pm
Onestepmore wrote:Chop your veges before you dig the latrine!
That's what the sanitiser is for.
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by Scottyk » Thu 14 Nov, 2013 2:17 pm
I really like the music on the video, inspiring stuff!
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by Spartan » Thu 14 Nov, 2013 4:41 pm
David M wrote:This is more for car camping than bushwalking but it is the Swiss Army Knife of folding shovels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b60OZhr ... ata_player
If you buy one beware of fakes and they are not cheap, US$88 shipped, from the manufacturer's web site.
I think you'd be better served acquiring the Cold Steel shovel if you're after a novelty of this sort. It's only drawback, so far as I can tell, is its name: the 'Special Forces shovel'
All the best.
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by David M » Thu 14 Nov, 2013 9:59 pm
Scottyk wrote:I really like the music on the video, inspiring stuff!
I think it is from Silverado (1985) but Shazam could not identify it on the Chinese video so perhaps it is a composition based on that. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcSNQNm ... ata_player for the Silverado theme.
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Re: Chinese military shovel
by GPSGuided » Thu 21 Nov, 2013 8:15 am
Joomy wrote:What a weird video.
You need to see more Youtube video.
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