SOG Entrenching Tool Folding Shovel and Pick

Superb tool, used it with the icy conditions for the car. Strong, folds to hide the multi functions. Quite special.

Love this tool. Very handy when camping, fishing, exploring, etc. Helps with shallow digging and trenching. Can't beat the price and I've already used it over a handful of times.

Works great and seems to be solid. Sometimes the nut loosens a bit, but you just tighten it back up and it works great! Love the compact size and belt holder, easy for carrying if you are metal detecting for coins, etc.. The pic part works excellent for digging even in rocky soil too.

great compact tool for backpacking/camping.

The e tool is a little smaller and lighter than some of the standard ones out there. I'm using mine for backpacking and it is perfect. The saw edge is more for roots than anything and it's pick is unsharpened but I love it. Great buy for the price. The one downside in my opinion is the lack of a case for it meaning it has to sit in my pack.

Seems to be a good solid little shovel. When set as a shovel the joints are tight and I like the "D" shape handle for turning the soil in my raised bed garden. However when setting the head on a 90 to act as a hoe it won't tighten all the way so there is quite a bit of slop in it. When folded up this shovel is quite small. Less than 7"x 9"! As a final plus this come with a holster/sheath.

Haven't had the opportunity to use this shovel with any real figure as of yet. However it seems to be well built. I didn't realize that it had a pick with in it, so that was a nice surprise. I did notice that if you screwed the lock down securely that it was difficult to back off.

Ordered two units of the item. They were shipped to my house fairly fast. One worked and the other didn't. The collar nut that snugs the tool up couldn't be tightened try as I might on defective one. On the one I kept the collar was stiff but would tighten all the way so that you can use it. The shovel "head" is much smaller than the usual military model so note the dimensions before buying. It folds down really small and that's useful to me. Can't comment on effectiveness in use as I have not used it to date. It does come with an attached pick tool and a light cover. Price was very good and does come with a lifetime warranty. I own several other SOG products and found them to be very good values. Good luck getting one that works as I suspect sample to sample quality for product may be an issue.

I guess I should have looked at the size more closely. The spade part of the shovel is about the size of a garden spade. If you are looking for something small enough to fit in the the front of your backpack well this is it. It looks to be sturdy.

This has got to be the worst product SOG makes. The materials are cheap, the serrated edge couldn't saw through warm butter, out of the box mine had rust on the back of the shovel blade, the spray paint finish comes off easily, the shovel head was riveted on crooked the taps at the top of the shovel were bent differently (one side the tab is bent down correctly the other side the tab and about 1/8" of the top of the shovel is bent down) the cheap case started falling apart out of the box and I could probably dig better with an old coffee can. I have had good experiences with SOG products in the past but if this is the kind of junk they want to put their name on I guarantee I will never buy anything else from them.