[CrazyIvan]

He knows his military history.

During World War I, the entrenching spade was also pressed into service as a melee weapon. In the close confines of a trench, rifles and fixed bayonets were often too long for effective use, and entrenching tools were often used as auxiliary arms for close-quarter fighting.[8] From 1915, soldiers on both sides routinely sharpened the edges of entrenching shovels for use as weapons.

[Timocrat]

During World War I, the entrenching spade was also pressed into service as a melee weapon.

Interesting. Never thought about it, but makes sense.

[Nothingburger]

Thanks for that post. As a pretty serious Great War buff, I was going to basically write what you did, but you saved me the trouble, lazy guy that I am ...

[M.K. Borders]

My Grandfather spoke of using an E-tool once they gained the opposite trench line.