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Features and Styles
Spade features
Shovel features, flat
Shovel features, round
Quality features
Handle Grip Types
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Knob Handle

- Easier to use with longer handles
- Safe maneuvering guidance
- Strong power transmission
- Very comfortable grip
- One solid piece of wood
- Good piercing and turning movement
- Excellent lifting and material moving

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T Handle

- High resilience
- Safe maneuvering guidance
- Strong power transmission
- Very comfortable grip
- Facilitates turning/lateral movement
- Strong piercing movements

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D Handle

- Highest resilience
- Safest maneuvering guidance
- Strongest power transmission
- One solid piece of wood
​- Most comfortable grip
- Facilitates turning/lateral movement
- Strongest piercing movements

Shaft Material 
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Wood Shaft

- FSC certified, sustainably sourced, renewable raw material
- Comfortable to hold
- Excellent shock absorption
- Resilient and flexible
- Can be lacquered, varnished, oiled, painted, stained, and sanded

- Can break over time

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Steel Shaft

- 100% recyclable
​- Indestructible
- Maximum leverage and resilience
- Powder coated for rust protection

- Minimal shock absorption
- Heavy weight
- Expensive raw material

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Fiberglass Shaft

- Solid and flexible
- Some shock absorption
- Weather resistance
- Low weight

- Less power transition, due to elasticity
- Raw material processing is harmful to environment
- Not recyclable
- Expensive raw material

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Shovel Blade Designs
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Straight Cutting Edge

For lifting loose materials from compact ground

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Curved Cutting Edge

For excavating loose ground

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Pointed Cutting Edge

For excavating harder compact ground

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Smaller Blades

Smaller blades are for heavier and more compact material

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Larger Blades

Larger blades are for lighter and more voluminous material

Spade Blade Designs
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Rounded Cutting Edge

For looser sandier soils

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Pointed Cutting Edge

For harder, compact, rooted, stony soils

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Wider Blades

For looser soils

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Narrow Blades

For loamy and clay rich soils

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Larger Blades

For drier and lighter soils

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Smaller Blades

For wetter heavier soils

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Rectangular Blades

For looser soils

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Trapezoidal Blades

For harder and compact soils

Shaft Attachments
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Spring 
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Gooseneck Socket
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Socket welded on butt
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Double Spring
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Ribbed Socket
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Overlapped Riveted Socket
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Long Double Spring
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Welded
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Ribbed and Reinforced Socket
Finishes
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Blasted

A bead blasted finish that creates an even and matte appearance, while protecting against rust and corrosion

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Mirror Polish

An elegant and highly reflective polish that is easy to clean and reduces friction and dirt adhesion, and resists rust

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Matte Powder Coated

Uniform matte powder coating that protects steel from corrosion

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Polished Finish

A polished finish that reduces friction, resists rust, and creates an attractive appearance

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Gloss Powder Coated

Uniform gloss powder coating that protects steel from corrosion and is highly visible

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Hammer Finish

A unique finish that creates an uneven surface texture, and protects the steel from rust and corrosion

Tread Attachments
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Attached Treads
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Welded Treads
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Bent Treads
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Hanger Step
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