I made/modified a shovel last month. I got the ideas from a couple of other posts. I used the basic template that Rattlehead had posted in the "DIY "Sampson" digger" thread. I have tried to link to that post, not sure if it works. I have used it a couple of times, nothing too rough yet, just haven't hunted that kind of ground yet. So far it works great. Very happy with how it turned out.