iunio 17 inch shovel

This is a very innovative and well designed and built tool. Much more useful and user friendly than the standard military-style trenching tool. I bought the option which expands to 35" in length, so one can dig and chop standing up, or you can leave out one or more extension pieces for kneeling and using in a tight space. I confess I wondered just how strong the tool is, but on unpacking it found it is VERY strong, not flimsy or weak at all! A very good buy at an excellent price!

Very pleased with the value and quality. Haven't used it in the field yet, but the multifunctional capabilities are awesome. Quality of the assembly is high; the blades (of which there are several) are all sharp. The shovel is very handy and the axe is weighty/sharp. And it all fits into a surprisingly small/compact bag. Perfect gift for any dude - at a fantastic price. Excited to test it out on my next camping trip.

Shovel head was smaller than expected but the quality is absolutely amazing and i love the size and design of this. Iv had 20+ folding shovel and always felt they was weak or broken. This how ever is strong and durable. Everything fits perfectly. The only reason for 4 stars is that the handle is bigger than the spade shovel head

Nice kit...worked as advertised!

I might be a bit long-winded here, but I got frustrated with the limited info on the product page and with the limited product reviews by others who bought this shovel. Hopefully I will answer the kinds of questions I had when trying to find the right shovel for me. My purpose is Adventure Motorcycle off-road, so it had to hit a sweet spot weight-wise and size-wise. This shovel blade is a bit smaller than the competition and mil-spec variants, but for a motorcycle it is fine. A metal locking nut was a requirement for me. Plastic locking nuts break too easily in cold temperatures, they are not resistant to dirt and sand, and it’s too easy to tear up the threads. I bought the 31-inch Standard Iunio shovel. Here is what I hope is a complete technical description so that if you plan to create any doo-hickies to go along with this shovel, you know what you will have to work with: Total weight including case, full 31 inches: 2 lbs 5 oz Total weight including case, 24 inches: 2 lbs 0.5oz (leave one handle section off) Total weight including case, 18 inches: 1 lb 11.5 oz (leave two sections off) Total weight including case, 13 inches: 2 lbs 5 oz (leave all 3 sections off) Nylon carry case weight: 4.4 oz Handle aluminum pipe outside diameter: 7/8 inch Handle rubberized cover over aluminum pipe outside diameter: 1.25 inches Handle pipe wall thickness: 3/32 inch Thread depth inside pipe handles: 1 inch (approx) Thread length outside pipe handles: 9/16 inch The threads on the handle sections are necked down to 1/2 inch plumbing pipe threads (like a 1/2 in galvanized steel water pipe.) This standard 31-inch version comes with three little “tools” that screw into the insides of the pipe handles: a whistle, a ferro rod, and a double-edge cutting tool with knife on one edge and saw on the other. The cutting tool can be turned around and screwed back into the handle to create a blade with a handle (see photo.) The shovel blade has saw teeth on one side, a sharp edge on the other, and a reasonable shovel edge on the front. If one plans to use this as an axe at any point, it might be wise to sharpen the axe edge before leaving home. It is not all that sharp out of the box. The blade and pick thickness is approx 0.09 inches (3/32 in) I plan to leave one section of handle at home, giving me the options of a 13 in, 18 in, or 24 in long handle if I need to use it in the boonies. Hope this helps you.

I used the shovel and pick for two weeks in the mountains and it worked as promised. It is not a heavy duty shovel or pick. Nor did it cost a lot of money so do not expect it to work perfectly. It is a lightweight small shovel that you can carry in your pack or in your car to get you out of a jam or collect samples of dirt. The little saw feature on the side came in handy with clearing some small roots. Not the best for cutting but it was better than nothing. Great product for the money. I will buy another one when this one breaks.

Item arrived with all parts. Parts appear used with rust spots and oil marks. Jagged side seemed as if some of the ridges are bent. Will be returning for another one. It feels like quality material and very sturdy

I bought this a year or so ago thinking it looked cool and put it aside in storage and forgot about it. Over the weekend we had a large snow storm followed by ice. When I tried to shovel snow in the morning, my snow shovel could not make a dent in the ice pack. My three GS dogs could not make it out the back ramp without sliding and falling. As I sat wondering what could possibly break through the ice, I remembered I had this in the closet. It was wonderful, easily breaking up the ice down the ramp so the dogs could get in and out. I was so impressed I just ordered another to keep in the car.

La verdad no sabía que esperar por el precio, pero la realidad es que es una pala pequeña de emergencia y se siente muy bien, es plagable y trae un estuchito, incluso cuenta con brujula.

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Overall, the product is made of good quality metal. It is definitely robust. The knife is fairly sharp right out of the box, and its serrated saw spine is very sharp. Did not need to test it on wood to know that it will definitely cut wood. It definitely generates good sparks when rubbing it against the ferro-rod so starting a fire with it should be fairly easy. I love how the knife can be screwed in INWARDS within one of the extension rods, which makes it perfect for storing and transport inside the bag, since it will be secured and space efficient. The knife screw treading is two-way, allowing it to screw both inwards and outwards within a rod, which is brilliant. It is a solid knife of very good quality. The ferro-rod itself is also of good quality. The whistle is excellent, works very well and is very loud. The screw treading on the ferro-rod/whistle is also two-way, just like the knife, but the whistle is almost as long as the ferro-rod, so either way you screw it inside the rod wont make it more space efficient and secure inside the bag, so it is rather pointless. The unit overall is light, even with the axe head, just over 3lbs I do not like that the knife does not have a true point. It has kind of a small edged point, but the bottle opener part of the spine gets in the way due to its shape, making the actual edged point virtually unusable. The unit does not have an attachable compass on the handle, which would have been nice to have. The handle, with all rods, is short overall. Though, everything packs in really well inside the bag, the bag itself is of very low quality. The bag came slightly damaged right out of the box. It can be fixed with some sewing, but still, shouldnt have to do that when its new.

I bought this for a gift, at first i couldnt find knife inside and got salty about it, but apparently it was hiding inside of handle. Anyways very satisfied with quality of the product and glad i got this for my mate.

I bought this to take with me on rides to do trail maintenance for mountain biking. I live on the Sunshine Coast where we get a lot of rain in the winter and the trails are in dense forest. The shovel cut through the dirt and roots surprisingly well delivered above and beyond what I was expecting. It fits in my backpack/hydration pack easily with lots of room for other tools and gloves. The hoe/pick feature works great for breaking the ground for easy digging and the shovel head cut through small roots incredibly well. One of my reasons for picking this one was the handle length, it is longer than most but still is not a shovel I would want to be doing a lot of digging with at my age.