Buckshot - I love the shovel, its like some medieval weapon!
Almac - perhaps the german trenching tool http://www.endicotts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=122&products_id=785 might fit the bill - they reckon 'YOU will give up before IT does !! '.
I have the German shovel. It's a great piece of kit. The pick was very useful in chipping away ice during the snow at the beginning of last year. Got my car going again.