A simple trowel for the ultra light backpacker.

A while ago I was trying to find a replacement for my back packing trowel. My old orange plastic one had broken and I was into the ultra-light packing gear. I saw all kinds of titanium trowels and plans on how to make one. As i was reading some instructions on how to form a sheet of titanium around a pipe to shape a trowel, the idea flashed in my head: Why not just cut a piece of PVC pipe into the shape of a trowel. Thus the PVC pack trowel below was born. Simple, cheaper than the dirt it scoops, I made a couple of these pretty quickly with the bandsaw and some old 2in PVC pipe. I hand drew the shape on a piece of paper (1/2 the profile) folded it over to make the mirror image and then cut it out. Tape the paper to the pipe, outline it with a sharpie and cut out the shape on the saw. All in all it took about 15 min to make. Works great too.

PVC pack trowel