Five Tools in One 



Here is a combined spade, knife, pick- 

 axe, hammer and trench weapon 



A TOOL which permits of a wide 

 variety of uses has been invented by 

 Dr. F. P. Archer, of Wilkes-Barre, 

 Pa., and could with advantage take its place 

 beside the other necessary equipment of the 

 fighting man. A modern army must not 

 only be equipped, each man individually, 

 with practically every necessity for fighting 

 and for health and comfort that space will 

 permit, but it must be equipped with tools 

 to dig itself into the ground when necessary. 

 The tool invented by Dr. Archer may be 

 used as a spade, a knife, a pick-axe, a 

 hammer and a weapon for hand-to-hand 

 fighting or trench raiding. The blade of 

 the spade is carried in a pocket across the 

 breast, as shown. Carried in this position 

 it is a shield protecting more than twenty- 

 five per cent of the vital anatomy of the 

 wearer while facing an enemy bayonet 

 charge. On the other hand, it is made of 

 chrome nickel steel 



so tempered that it ^^^^^ 



will resist a service 



Here the combination tool-weapon-shield 

 is a peaceful-looking hammer-headed spade 



rifle bullet at two hundred yards and will 



be ample protection from a forty-five 



caliber revolver bullet at close range. 



The entire outfit, including the pocket, 



weighs only four and one half 



pounds. The spade shield is 



the heaviest part of 



the equipment. 



The spade blade 



can be attached to 



the handle 



of the tool 



without 



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