Spetsnaz saperka

[rancid badger]

it looks a bit cumbersome to me, i'll stick with my Glock folder
R.B.

 

[Minotaur]

With the coating burnt off the spade it can be used for cooking on and eating from.
Can you cook fried eggs on a digging stick. Many uses from one little light spade.
Topknot.

I know the cold steel one is, and would not be surprised if all are, would you not ruin the heat treating doing that?

Isn't that what most call the Spetsnaz throwing shovel? One of the better designs of a range of weird unarmed combat weapons like the 4 shot .22 combat knife or spring launched knife blade.

Cold steel were making them I think. Not sure if there cheap though.

Other way round I think, it is the normal army shovel, which the special forces use in other ways.

Price on Cold Steel site, $34.99.

 

[Tengu]

I wouldnt go to the bother of putting an edge on something then going digging with it.

Ill stick to my folding entrenching tool.

 

[crazydave]

I wouldnt go to the bother of putting an edge on something then going digging with it.

Ill stick to my folding entrenching tool.

that is designed to be sharpened and should indeed have various saw edged serations on it. the digging point is left as is, one side is generally a saw the other a chopping edge

 

[sharp88]

Where did your bro actually get it? Russ military? They look quite good. I've been looking for a decent small fixed shovel, ever since I got my hand trapped in my folding entrenching tool...kind stupid I know...but when your in a hurry it happens.

 

[topknot]

Hi,
No folding parts to go wrong then you need it. I'll ask my brother .

 

[TylerD]

Hi, I have one of these shovels, and they do dig well, and as mentioned, if sharpened they can be used as axes (plus they hold their edge nicely!).

I used to work at a paintball site and used mine for felling a few minor dead trees and digging an MG nest and a small section of trench!

 

[helixpteron]

I used to work at a paintball site and used mine for felling a few minor dead trees and digging an MG nest and a small section of trench!

Spetsnaz senior command had ordered that their best operatives infiltrate the sites used by paintballers in order to learn the specialized tree felling and machine gun nest and trench digging techniques!

This is the real reason why the Soviet Armed Forces never dared to attack this country! (o:

 

[TylerD]

This is the real reason why the Soviet Armed Forces never dared to attack this country! (o:

Well, I wasn't going to say anything...

On topic... They are handle little things to have knocking about, real sturdy kit!

I picked mine up for £20 from a website (which I cannot remember, sadly) early last year.

 

[sharp88]

How tough are they? Im thinking of getting one off rusmilitary.com. Apparently the cold steel one is only 2mm thick

 

[TylerD]

How tough are they? Im thinking of getting one off rusmilitary.com. Apparently the cold steel one is only 2mm thick

Mine's pretty rugged, in fairness, it's just as good as any other trenching tool out there!
Personally, I chose mine as I prefer fixed handled tools to folding ones. The blade/head is 2mm thick and the shovel has a total length of 50cm.

Contrary to popular belief, Russian military kit IS really hard wearing!

 

[sharp88]

Mine's pretty rugged, in fairness, it's just as good as any other trenching tool out there!
Personally, I chose mine as I prefer fixed handled tools to folding ones. The blade/head is 2mm thick and the shovel has a total length of 50cm.

Contrary to popular belief, Russian military kit IS really hard wearing!

Yeah, were not talking about buying submarines here... God rest there souls. A shovel is a pretty simple piece of kit and yeah I like the fixed ones. If people reckon there pretty hardwearing then I'll get hold of one as soon as I can decide where to get it from. Knowing cold steel, there probarbly just the same as the rusmilitary ones, only more expensive. Although rus military makes out everything is genuine all the time, where its obvious some of it is just cheap chinese copies.