RAYAR
New Member
Spent several evenings after work fabricating these SS diggers. The small one has a 7-1/2" long blade, 2-1/8" wide and a total length of 12-1/4". The two hander has a 10-1/4" long blade, 3-3/8" wide and a total length of 28-3/8". Just basically used what I could scrounge up. The blades are of 12 guage and the handles are of 16 guage material. As far as weight goes, I'd have to weigh them, but they're not that bad. I curved the blades on my hydraulic press that I just recently bought. It took about 2-1/4 tons of pressure to curve the blade on the hand digger and about 3 tons pressure to curve the blade on the larger one. The curves were done in multiple presses to get the desired shape. The handle on the large digger is slightly angled. Have tried them both and they're awesome tools to use. Just have to make sheaths for them now. Those teeth actually work quite well too. I'm thinking I could use the two hander as an axe.
