Is the very best tool to use for digging in hard, compacted or heavy clay-like soils!

These are all-steel construction, shaped specifically with sharpened edges (all the better to dig tough soil with). The 4130 tough chrome molybdenum alloy steel blades and handles are carefully heat-treated to produce a tool that is exceptionally strong. The result is a tough product, of a type often used in the aircraft and automotive industries when high strength steel parts are needed.WARNING All Steel shovels and spades should not be used in areas where underground electric lines, wires or cables may be present.