Times go, technology develops, and some things, simple, ordinary, never found an alternative. The shovel is also an instrument that serves humanity even for decades, centuries, and millennia. Slight changes in shape, other materials are used to make it, but the shovel can still be found in almost any farm. There are many varieties of this tool. But we will tell about the Soviet shovel.
Why use a shovel?
Those who own at least a small area, from time to time, have to carry out various activities associated with the transfer of such loose materials as coal, sand, gravel for beds or on a construction site. All this manual work we do using this shovel, this gardening tool.
If we talk about what the shovel consists of, then, like any other kind of this device, it has the following parts:
- a blade, it is also called a tray;
- handle, or stalk.
The main distinction of the Soviet shovel is in the form of a tray. Unlike the bayonet, which is used for digging soil , with a pointed blade, the scoop tray has a rectangular shape. But this is in the classical version. When as often there are products with a slightly pointed end of the blade with rounded edges. There are shovels with an extended trapezoidal tray. There are Soviet shovels, whose lateral edges are flat or raised to the top for greater capture of bulk fractions.
How to choose a shovel?
The tool used to carry earth, sand and stone, of course, must have high quality and reliability. Otherwise, the shovel will not last even one summer season.
That is why when choosing this device, first of all, we recommend paying attention to the material from which it was made. The most popular material is steel. If, for example, a stainless steel is important for a bayonet shovel, as it digs a garden, then for soviet it can be carbon steel. Shovel shovel made of rail steel is also an excellent option for summer work. To extend the service life, it is usually covered with a protective coating - bitumen varnish. Shovels from other materials, for example, titanium , are much less common.
There are shovels and shovels reinforced. So called shovels, equipped with stiffeners. The metal undergoes special heat treatment, during which longitudinal protrusions appear in the web, increasing the strength of the product and, consequently, the service life. A high margin of durability is possessed by products made of titanium. However, such products are not cheap. Aluminum shovels are suitable only for carrying rubbish, snow, loosened soil. Therefore, we do not recommend buying such models for sand or gravel. The shovel for shovels is usually made of wood, for example, elm and birch, since the weight of the load carried in the tray can easily break the plastic handle.
Intending to purchase this garden tool, pay attention to the size of the shovel.
Also, when buying, do not hesitate to try the shovel: keep it in your hands, lift it and lower it. The main thing is that you fit the height of the handle, and it was comfortable and light.