Abstract: A shovel head, with a receptacle for a shaft, and a blade with two faces; a top face and a bottom face. The blade utilizes a separate, but interlocked, wear strip on the leading edge of the blade. The wear strip is similar in length to the length of the leading edge of the blade. The wear strip has a slot built into it, with an upper lip and a lower lip, and the slot runs parallel to the blade's leading edge and is of similar size in contrast to the blade thickness. There are two concave indentations internally, with one on the top lip of the slot, and one on the bottom lip of the slot, running parallel to, and the full length of the slot. On the faces of the blade there are two convex ribs, one rib on the top face, and one rib on the bottom face. The two ribs run parallel to the leading edge of the blade. The convex ribs on the blade's top and bottom face match in contrast to the concave indentations on the upper and lower lip of the wear strip slot in both size and shape.

Abstract: A shovel head, with a receptacle for a shaft, and a blade with two faces; a top face and a bottom face. The blade utilizes a separate, but interlocked, wear strip on the leading edge of the blade. The wear strip is similar in length to the length of the leading edge of the blade. The wear strip has a slot built into it, with an upper lip and a lower lip, and the slot runs parallel to the blade's leading edge and is of similar size in contrast to the blade thickness. There are two concave indentations internally, with one on the top lip of the slot, and one on the bottom lip of the slot, running parallel to, and the full length of the slot. On the faces of the blade there are two convex ribs, one rib on the top face, and one rib on the bottom face. The two ribs run parallel to the leading edge of the blade. The convex ribs on the blade's top and bottom face match in contrast to the concave indentations on the upper and lower lip of the wear strip slot in both size and shape.