Man i liked the looks of you shovel i went out got one of the shovels and made me one this mrning similar to yours thanks for the inspireation used a drimel tool with a metal cutting wheel and cut it out in about a half hour took a total about an hour i left the handle alone and i didnt even atempt to heat it up and retemper if i can figure out how to post a pic i will but here is a thanks for the inspiration