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Old 13-04-08, 00:20
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Oh and please be careful around Fiordland National Park!!
http://www.canada.com/national/natio...daf78d70a6&p=1
I was in Doubtful Sound Fiordland last week . Never saw 1 moose carrying a shovel.
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Old 14-04-08, 17:41
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Hi Rob

Thanks for your reply. I have three of these now. One is about 3 inches longer though and has a different type shovel-head on it. Still all the same markings though. I have been all over all three and there is no sign of a broad arrow.

Graeme

Well then, consider yourself lucky you didn't!!!

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Old 15-04-08, 22:47
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A quick Google of BULLDOG SHOVEL reveals the following...

http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/

They have about 200 different version of this shovel, just like the one in the photo. By chance are they British?

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Old 16-04-08, 09:32
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I asked this same question sometime ago because there was one fitted to my C15TA when I originally brought it.

Its certainly the correct pattern but obviously more evidence is required over there use. The British Army prefered T handled shovels.
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Old 16-04-08, 21:04
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Hi

No, I don't think it's British as it has "Made in Canada" stamped on it. Unless they mean just the metal parts of the handle but that doesn't seem to m,ake a lot of sense.

I too Googled it for a Canadian connection, and even tried to call Bulldog Technologies Inc in Richmond BC but the ph # doesn't work.

Oh well, it's not a priority or anything so I'll just keep looking off and on.

Thanks to all.

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Today i found a Bulldog Shovel like the first post.
May be part of the tools inside some of the cmp that arrived in Argentina

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Old 17-12-22, 21:35
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Whenever I make it to one of the units on base and am in their battery/company level stores, I ask to look at their shovels, along with their old hydraulic jacks. They have donated more than a few of these shovels to the base museum, along with a few of the Walker hydraulic jacks. It is amazing how many decades some of this equipment has lasted.
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