{"id":12426,"date":"2022-01-30T12:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T12:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=12426"},"modified":"2025-11-27T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:47:13","slug":"pick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=12426","title":{"rendered":"Picks axe, Mattock &#038; Axe."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our reasoning &amp;&nbsp;expectations behind this.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Probably won\u2019t be required very often, but as we already have them, they are available for us to take should we think we need them. As the heads are separate, I am thinking of getting or making additional mattock-style, spade and axe heads. It may also be possible to use the handles with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=12428\">snow shovels<\/a> instead of ice axes, but the shovel heads will need modification; custom-made snow shovel heads or light whaight handles for the snow shovels may be a better option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pickaxe &amp; 26&#8243; handle.<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3648\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3185.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3185-150x56.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3185-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3185-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3185-1024x381.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mattock head.&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">(for 26\u2033 pick handle).<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nAxe head.<span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"> (for 26\u2033pick handle, handle is not really the right shape for an axe).<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nSpade head. <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">(for 26\u2033 pick handle).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Modified snow shovels or&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">custom-made snow shovel heads<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong>More info, photos and a full write-up to follow soon.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>In-use <em>reviews.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<h6>Our conclusions.<br \/>\n<em>Pros.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<h6><em>Cons.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>Other related or affected items.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=1572\">Recovery kit.<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our reasoning &amp;&nbsp;expectations behind this. Probably won\u2019t be required very often, but as we already have them, they are available for us to take should we think we need them. As the heads are separate, I am thinking of getting or making additional mattock-style, spade and axe heads. It may also be possible to use &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=12426\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Picks axe, Mattock &#038; Axe.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5720,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12426"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22154,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12426\/revisions\/22154"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}