February 29, 2024
ONE RUSSIAN TITANIUM SHOVEL
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ONE RED OCTOBER NUCLEAR-POWERED TITANIUM SHOVEL.... ACTUALLY, THIS PRODUCT IS NEITHER NUCLEAR-POWERED NOR RADIOACTIVE, HOWEVER, THE STORY BEHIND THESE TITANIUM SHOVELS IS ALMOST AS DRAMATIC.... WITHIN RUSSIA, THE ECONOMIC CHAOS WHICH EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION LEAD TO SOME INTERESTING WAYS TO GET MONEY...... THE PRODUCTION OF THESE TITANIUM SHOVELS WAS ONE EFFORT TO PROFIT FROM THE CHAOS IN THE 1980'S..... AT THE TIME TITANIUM WAS AN OFFICIALLY PROHIBITED MATERIAL FOR EXPORT...... THE SHIPYARD THAT WAS MANUFACTURING NUCLEAR SUBS MADE A DEAL WITH SOME GERMANS TO SELL THEM TITANIUM.... THEY MADE THE TITANIUM INTO SHOVELS AND EXPORTED THEM AS FARM EQUIPMENT.... THE MANAGERS AND WORKERS GOT HARD CASH, BECAUSE THE GERMANS PAID THEM A COMMISION UNDER THE TABLE TO GET THE TITANIUM.... THE GERMANS MELTED DOWN THE TITANIUM AND MADE THE METAL INTO MORE VALUABLE ITEMS.... REAL SLICK..... THESE SHOVELS ARE LIGHTWEIGHT, 2 POUNDS, AND WILL NOT RUST AND ARE EXTREMELY STRONG..... TOTAL LENGHT WITH HANDLE EXTENSION IS 14 1/2", HANDLE EXTENSION IS 4 1/2" X 1 9/16" DIAMETER, SHOVEL IS 8 1/2" WIDE, 1/8" THICK....GREAT AS A COLLECTORS ITEM OR AS A GIFT..... S/H IN THE USA WOULD BE $ 8.50....
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