This trowel is even smaller and lighter than my other listing, taking up even less space and weight. Although this trowel is smaller, the strength and applications for this trowel are unchanged for all apart from the hardest of soils, where a larger handle may come in handy.
- At only 28 grams and 20mm in depth, this small portable camping trowel is a useful addition to your expedition toolkit, that takes up very little space and weight in your bag.
- The smooth metal surfaces allow for the trowel to be easily cleaned and sanitized.
- The trowel also comes with a handy cloth drawstring bag to store the trowel and keep your bag clean
There are many applications while camping, wild camping or trekking, including:
- Digging a fire fit or Dakota fire hole.
- ......Nature calls.......
- Cooking food over an open fire by placing the food on the trowel and holding over the heat.
- Flattening and clearing an area of leaves, stones and debris before putting up a tent for a better nights sleep.
- Removing natural flammable material before starting a camp fire.
- Use the trowel as a handhold or to create steps, on a steep or slippery slope
- Digging a hole or trench for cooking, finding water a dried river bed or tunneling into deep snow pack.
- Digging a channel to divert water and protect your campsite against surface run off.
- Attach the trowel to a tree branch to create a canoe paddle.
- Sharpening the trowel against a rock to create a makeshift knife for cooking or spear head.
- Can be driven into the ground and used as an anchor or tent peg.
- Can be used as a small plate or cooking surface, from which to prepare and eat food.
This trowel is highly durable and stiff, and due to the curved profile, does not easily deflect or change shape. The trowel is incredibly strong and resistant to bending, suitable for all standard digging applications. Do not use your foot to dig in very hard ground or rock as this may cause the very tip to bend. This is a hand trowel only.