The Wood Shovel

Nice Job Bob!! A shovel deserving of display and respect. They don't make 'em like that anymore. Proud enough of the workmanship they put their name on it, twice! We had one very similar to yours, that came with the first house we bought. Probably did service in the Victory garden of the previous family, Grandma turned the victory garden into a Multiple Bursts of Color Flower garden taking up half the backyard of the intercity plot of land. When we moved in we found many small babyfood jars with dried seeds/flowerheads labled with flower name and color of blosom and year saved, down in the basement pantry. That part of the  yard was way overgrown and infested with weeds but still put on a nice color show the first spring we lived there. The shovel did duty for a few more years in my wifes possession her main row digging tool. It did finally succumb to a broken neck, due to being left out in the yard over winter. None of its replacements have had the feel, balance or power it had with the rivited foot rests and comfort grip wood handle. Kinda miss it.