This is the Crovel – the spade-thing that I couldn’t find a couple of weeks ago when I was writing my post about the Chinese Military Shovel. I kept googling for things like “zombie shovel” and “zombie weapon” but it didn’t come up – come ON guys, in a Zombie Apocalypse you’d miss out on a huge amount of search traffic and lucrative sales.
Anyway. The Crovel is basically a folding shovel with a serrated edge, a pickaxe/hammer handle. You can’t actually buy the original version any more, but the upgrade seems to be the same, with the addition of a hollow handle for storing stuff in.
I suppose this is geared towards pure zombie killing, and it’s cool in its simplicity, but it just has less survival uses than the Chinese Shovel
You *can* get some fancy new versions and accessories, like a chrome-finish Crovel, or one that comes with a protective cover for the spade section. There’s also a spike attachment for extra bloodshed and spatter, presumably.
Being one of those pesky web people, I have one major criticism about the Crovel – the ecommerce site selling them – gearupcenter.com – is terrible.
Look – that is an actual life-size picture from the website of all the Crovel features >> Can you read it? I can’t, and that’s the blown-up version. It took me about four clicks to get there and I can’t even read what it does. It might have loads of super awesome features that would make it way better than the Chinese Military Shovel but without a magnifying glass we’ll never know.
When I first watched this video I thought “Urgh, it’s just a shovel. It’s probably not even as good as the Zombie Shovel Pickaxe. I bet they even call it an Entrenching Tool instead of a spade”.
HOW WRONG I WAS. Watch this…all the way through.
Just when you think it can’t possibly be anything else it’s a BOTTLE OPENER!!!
I don’t really know what to take on the three peaks hike tomorrow, except for the obvious like “a hat” and “plasters”. I’m out for probably 10 (optimistic?) hours of walking but I know I won’t want a proper lunch, so this is what I’ve decided on:
My owl hat
A map
Driving directions
Dog tags (in case there’s a Zombie attack and they recover my body
Plasters
Waterproof
Gloves
Spare socks
Two lucozades
Water bottle
Two mule bars (which claim to be good for endurance)
Three nutrigrains
Opal fruits
Dried mango
A mars bar
iPhone (not pictured. to attempt to track the walk)
It sounds like quite a lot but it’s all packed away into my brand new backpack:
There’s plenty of room for my fleece which I’ll be taking on and off depending on how hot/cold/rainy it is. I’m going to take a change of clothes for afterwards but leave that in the car.
This is the Crovel – the spade-thing that I couldn’t find a couple of weeks ago when I was writing my post about the Chinese Military Shovel. I kept googling for things like “zombie shovel” and “zombie weapon” but it didn’t come up – come ON guys, in a Zombie Apocalypse you’d miss out on a huge amount of search traffic and lucrative sales. 
You *can* get some fancy new versions and accessories, like a chrome-finish Crovel, or one that comes with a protective cover for the spade section. There’s also a spike attachment for extra bloodshed and spatter, presumably. 
