cold steel shovel

Over the winter, having been bitten by both the survival/preparedness and more mundane outdoorsy bugs, I picked up a Becker BK-2 Campanion fixed blade knife and a Cold Steel Special Forces (aka Spetznaz) shovel. This weekend I went out camping (nothing fancy or heavy duty, just a short walk...

I've seen some of what this thing can do and that at least a few of you have one. I haven't seen much suggesting that it can be used as a hammer/mallet for pounding on stuff. I'm hoping one of you have experience using it as such. Please tell me this thing is heavy/sturdy enough to hammer...