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The mythical 20 pound shovelglove in the garbage heap.
That's like excalibur or something. Awesome.

Reinhard
--- Storm Fox <storm_m_fox@...> wrote:

> Today on my lunch break, I visitted the local
> scrapyard, its just down the street from where I
> work. While rooting around for materials to make
> free-standing squat racks, I stumbled across
> something cool. At first, I thought it was a big
> clump of, well, who knows what, but it made me
> curious, and, after getting the gunk off it, I
> realized it was the head of a retired sledgehammer. 
> It was big, too, although I wasn't sure how big. As
> much gunk as I scraped off the sledge, I couldn't
> read the weight. I guessed it would be worth it,
> just for having scrounged it. Well, since scrap
> steel is ten cents per pound, the guy let me have it
> (I have bought much stuff there before, and we have
> a good rapport). I cleaned it and weighed it, and,
> sure enough, it is a full-on 20# sledge! It is now
> in a nice hickory handle I purchased at work. It is
> an effing BEAR to handle. This is gonna be fun!
>