Cold Steel's Special Forces Shovel has a hardwood handle and a shovel head and socket forged from 2mm carbon steel, then heat-treated for maximum strength. The the cutting edges come sharpened to a utility/axe edge that can easily be made razor sharp. Modeled after the original Soviet Spetznaz shovel carried by the most elite unit in the Soviet Army, this shovel can be used as a hammer, machete, hatchet, axe, cleaver or paddle, makes for an outstanding digging or entrenching tool and can be an effective weapon in an emergency.