Pelle pliante dentelée

The edge is serrated, and that changes everything. A smooth shovel gets stuck on roots; this one saws through them.

The serrated edge

The serrations allow you to cut and saw through roots instead of working around the problem. On forest floors or uncultivated land, it's the difference between digging and giving up.

Folding

60.3 cm deployed, 23.5 cm closed, and 15.2 cm wide. Folded, it fits in a backpack; unfolded, it provides enough handle length to work standing up, using your foot for leverage.

Materials, piece by piece

• Head: forged steel, powder-coated—a thick layer of protection made for a tool that scrapes the earth
• Tube: anodized 7075 aluminum, the high-strength alloy used in aeronautics
• Handle: glass-filled nylon

It's the combination that determines the weight: steel where it strikes, aluminum where it carries.

Construction site, garden, campsite, hunting: this is a versatile hand shovel, not a military trenching tool.