Frank you could be right about pepole not wanting to dig as well, Ive had the same rabbiting spade for, well it seems like ever, its a steel shafted trenching graft cut down to half its lenght, the blade that is, and in to the cutting edge in the centre is a semi circle about 2 inches wide, the edge of this is filed down like a blade to cut through tree roots, its is a little on the heavy side, but I have a loop of baleing twine tied to it like a shoulder strap, I would not be with out it