Check out the shovel...

[ZRX61]

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[Teken]

That is incredible! Thanks for the video . . .

 

[selohssa]

I like it. Very cool

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

Half of me was thinking Ginsu (and I had to laugh, when he started dicing stuff), and half was thinking, this would be good as an emergency shovel, or for a Mars mission (weight verses capabilities).

 

[ZRX61]

He'd have dug that hole a bit quicker if he'd been taking mortar fire...

 

[chadster1]

But it is made in China.

 

[BanjoSavesTheDay]

I thought for sure that this was going to be 9 minutes of a Chinese guy digging a hole in the ground with his "multi-purpose" shovel.

 

[ZRX61]

But it is made in China.

So were the ones used at Cu Chi, whats your point?

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

So if Americans dig a hole so deep it "goes all the way to China" where do Chinese holes go?

 

[wormwood]

I....dig....the Ponderosa music.

 

[woody 73]

nice tool...

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

Pretty impressive! My basement looks a bit like a historical museum of the western entrenching tool...if all the functions got into that thing without weakening the main hinge point or any such negatives, it is really cool. Looks like only the can opener function is a really bad design. If they want, I'll trade them a P-38 or P-51 pocket can opener for one of the shovels, and we'll both be happy.

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

My basement looks a bit like a historical museum of the western entrenching tool...

My first inclination is to point out that you need to get out more...

But on the other hand:

 

[arkangel06]

How do you inbed videos?

 

[tonydanzah]

I think the most invention use was the "oar"

 

[Pukeballs]

Bet they fall apart after they use them once.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

I bet they use real metal and tempering on the stuff they make for their own Army.
If they sent a version here, though...well, we have taught them that Americans will buy anything.

 

[Teken]

Bet they fall apart after they use them once.

I highly doubt that . . .

 

[Stuey]

They look pretty decent. Where can I buy one? =)

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

Just Google China--PLA--enlistment. They will actually simply give you one after you sign the form, and provide transportation to the resort where you get it and learn how to use it! See you in four years.

 

[toolnut]

The disclaimer says it is only to be used by trained professionals......

 

[fatfillup]

That was interesting, comical and strange all at the same time. The Ponderosa (Bonanza) music was strange with the Asian guys and the Asian origin of the shovel. I wonder who they are marketing to.

Unique concepts and interesting engineering. I wonder who designed it?

 

[Displaced Hokie]

This is probably the one thing we could put in last week's "what does China makes that's high quality" thread.

I agree, the stuff they make for themselves (especially the military) is probably good.

 

[moronmountain]

Not in to gimmick tools/utensils/etc. but it's a funny video. The captions remind me of a sign I saw in Maui.... "If wave, go surf, if flat, go dive, if people surfing NOT good snorkel." =p

 

[lipadj46]

I thought for sure that this was going to be 9 minutes of a Chinese guy digging a hole in the ground with his "multi-purpose" shovel.

I wonder how many chinese prisoners tested that weapon digging a "test hole" only to get a Tokarev round to the back of the head

 

[Pukeballs]

I highly doubt that . . .

Thats right, the Chinese are at the forefront of building things that last.

 

[barney rubble]

I kept thinking swiss army shovel.

 

[Teken]

Thats right, the Chinese are at the forefront of building things that last.

Ah yes, and the big three automakers are the symbol of making cars that last as well too?

That's why they are on the **** pile??

Pretty sure that computer you're using is made in China, and has served its purpose . . . That cell phone that you're pimping, as well . . .

Pretty much all your cloths, and electronic hardware from iPod, PSP, 360, TV, what ever you can think of . . .

Ah yes . . . Only 60,000 companies that you personally don't know which are all American, are made in China . . .

But hey they can't be making any good products that last, can they?

When you're walking down the street in your Nike, Converse, etc sneakers or what ever you're wearing try not to trip, I am sure its made, assembled, or sourced from China . . .

 

[bgott]

I wonder if they have them at Harbor Freight?

 

[srmofo]

Ive got one of the USA surplus shovel/spades in my auto winter emergency kit. They fold up small and its a hell of alot easier digging out of snowbank/ditch with a small shovel rather than an ice scraper,lol.

 

[chrislehr]

So if Americans dig a hole so deep it "goes all the way to China" where do Chinese holes go?

Into american wallets

 

[Pukeballs]

Ah yes, and the big three automakers are the symbol of making cars that last as well too?

That's why they are on the **** pile??

Pretty sure that computer you're using is made in China, and has served its purpose . . . That cell phone that you're pimping, as well . . .

Pretty much all your cloths, and electronic hardware from iPod, PSP, 360, TV, what ever you can think of . . .

Ah yes . . . Only 60,000 companies that you personally don't know which are all American, are made in China . . .

But hey they can't be making any good products that last, can they?

When you're walking down the street in your Nike, Converse, etc sneakers or what ever you're wearing try not to trip, I am sure its made, assembled, or sourced from China . . .

I was referring to the longevity of the shovel, not how many American companys outsource their manufacturing to China. Lighten up.

 

[azotto]

I wonder if they have them at Harbor Freight?

Next month

 

[speed bump]

Not a bad design, I still prefer my Korean era mil surplus shovel for certain applications but I like the pliers, pry bar, and hammer head being built into the shovel like this one has.

 

[mkdive]

Ill wait until it goes on sale at HF, then use a 20% off coupon & get a free flashlight.

 

[Teken]

Ill wait until it goes on sale at HF, then use a 20% off coupon & get a free flashlight.

If that ever were to happen, I would be calling upon you to purchase 10 of those things for me!

 

[ZRX61]

Thats right, the Chinese are at the forefront of building things that last.

Well, they do have that wall....

 

[Deer Run]

That's a pretty fancy bottle opener

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

I'm still waiting to dig out an entire complex via that little door they crafted in the cliff.
Maybe a barracks for those terra cotta soldiers...

 

[T56 Impala]

That was a Chinese military training film. Remember, the folks that are bound and determined to see the free world fall? The folks that have Nukes pointed at US! I am sure that our military has a similar multi function tool. I'm surprised to see jokes about this. Really, I am. Think of all the things it was designed to do in a war zone. They did seem to leave out the beheading and serious injury segments though. I guess that was taught in another class.

Oh, and TEKEN, once again you generalize and put your foot in your mouth. I for one wear USA made shoes. Boots to be exact. Sure, some are made in China now, but I only by MY footwear where I know it was made in the USA. Mine are HAND MADE in Texas, by a LEGAL RESIDENT of this country. Not by some leach or person who would just as soon see me dead.