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2x slabs of the cut hazel branch glued together with the blade in between. It will be further roughed out, and sanded.

Used garden saw blades seem well heat treated and tempered from the factory. Just cut them with the angle grinder, sharpen and put some handles on them. They keep carving sharp edges well and work well. Cost? £0.00

In the past I have been under the impression that stainless steel or alloy steel would be stronger and tougher than carbon steel, but was surprised to witness that is not the case. In the book, Stainless steel should be less prone to rust, but it doesn't seem to be the case either.

It was strange to see the spade had little rust inside the cavity where it joins the handle, and it broke off. I have another old spade probably military issued one from 1940s. It is 50 times more rusty all over the blade, also around the whole metal part, and it still is robust and solid...

Aha. OK.

The metal seems to be some sort of stainless steel or alloy steel, which don't get rusty easy. The fractured area doesn't seem to have rust.

Yes, it is stainless steel. There is no rust anywhere on the metal part of the spade at all. The blade is also hard metal. I tried to sharpen the spade edge with angle grinder years ago. The edge was so hard, it wouldn't sharpen, and the grinder pad in the angle grinder just wore out.

The make of the spade is "Draper", and it was cheap. I recall it was £15 or £20 in 1997 - 1999 around the time. At the time, money was worth more than the now. Petrol was 67p per litre. Will try to get close-up photo of the raw edge of the breakage. Yes, it has lasted well, and it had done...

This spade had been bought new in 1997 from Costco Glasgow. It has worked flawlessly and faithfully for all that years. It was strong like a tank digging and scooping soils, gravels and chips. It dug out many plants, trees, grass patches and weeds. But it suddenly broke yesterday when...

I beg your pardon?

I almost got this kit from Amazon, but somehow didn't go for it. What caught my mind was I was not sure what type of wood would be best for the spoons we could actually use on daily basis. Also I didn't own spoon carving gouge. Now I own one, and maybe I could have a go. But having read the...

That is a great idea. I will keep all the wood chips in plastic bags and seal them. Will keep them dry for lighting.

Take up wood carving.

For garden bushcrafting, tarps and tents seem doing good job providing the temp shelter for practicing the real bushcraft skills - outdoor cooking using wood fire, alcohol or gas stoves, forging and sharpening tools, learning about the way to put up tarps (tents only set up one way - tarps have...

Thank you Pattree for your kind comment. I tried to stamp the date and my ID on the blade, and it was very tricky. Ended up stamping the D the other way around, and they were out of line. It was the covid lockdown time, and really I was looking for something to pass the time in the garden...

This ODC tool has been forged from a piece of old broken lawn mower blade in Feb. 2022. It still is razor sharp and no rust. Must be some kind of carbon steel. Using and carrying it occasionally in and around the house, when opening parcels or cutting parcel tapes for parcel up goods to post...

I don't carry anything with me in my daily life. So my EDC is a pair of hands really. All my tools stay either in the tool box drawers or garden shed. And when I do a particular work, the necessary tools are taken out to be used. Storing the tools in the old wooden garden shed proved to be...

A few strops to the leather, the Opinel was hair shaving sharp. A great classic utility tool around the house and in the garden.

B/Bury Multi Tool and Opinel No.8 both from Amazon. The B/Bury MT is a budget Chinese clone of LM Surge, but surprisingly a good tool, solidly made and working great. I sold all my Opinels in the past, and missed them for whittling and light carving works. Ended up buying a new one, and felt...