Description
Borrow a single-edge shovel from a hunting partner and you learn something in the first minute: the teeth sit where their stroke wants them, not where yours does. The Excalibur Galahad exists because a one-sided blade has to come in two versions, and this is the one ground opposite to the Lancelot.
At a glance: the Galahad carries serration along a single edge and leaves the other edge smooth, laid out as the mirror twin of the Lancelot. Like every Excalibur it is one-piece high-strength lightweight steel, U.S.A. handcrafted, patent number U.S. 12,052,937. Four configurations share this page: D-Handle or T-Handle, 31 in / 78.7 cm or 40 in / 101.6 cm, all with the 8 in / 20.3 cm by 4.25 in / 10.8 cm blade.
Why a mirror model exists at all
Between the Galahad and the Lancelot, every digging stroke is covered. The two blades are identical except for which edge wears the teeth, so choosing between them is really a question about you: which way does your cutting stroke travel? Order the twin that puts the serrated edge into your cut and the clean edge against your plug. We will not put a left-or-right label in writing, since a flipped photo would make a liar of any page that tries; what we will do is talk through your grip and stance before you buy and point you to the correct twin.
The working rhythm rewards the split blade. Teeth open the ground and defeat the root on the entry cut; the smooth side then squares the hole and leaves a wall the plug seats back into. Hunters who want that saw on both edges should look at the Sir Kay; hunters on kept lawns where any tooth is a liability want the Arthur; and when the job turns to moving volume or reaching depth, the Sir Kay WIDE and Mordred take over.
Two grips, two lengths
The D-Handle closes around your fingers for controlled, one-handed work over a tight target. The T-Handle turns the top of the shaft into a bar you can load with both hands when the ground fights back. At 31 in / 78.7 cm the Galahad stays short and maneuverable; at 40 in / 101.6 cm it reaches farther from a standing dig and adds the wider 6 in / 15.2 cm step to drive with a boot.
The steel claim on this page is the manufacturer's, word for word: high-strength lightweight steel in a single piece. No invented alloy grades, no superlatives, just the published figures in the table.
Specifications
| Model | Excalibur Galahad |
| Serration | Single serrated edge, opposite side from the Lancelot; other edge smooth |
| Blade | 8 in / 20.3 cm long, 4.25 in / 10.8 cm wide |
| Overall length | Choice of 31 in / 78.7 cm or 40 in / 101.6 cm |
| Handle | Choice of D-Handle or T-Handle |
| Weight by configuration | D-Handle 31 in / 78.7 cm: 2.7 lb / 1.2 kg • T-Handle 31 in / 78.7 cm: 2.6 lb / 1.2 kg • D-Handle 40 in / 101.6 cm: 3.5 lb / 1.6 kg • T-Handle 40 in / 101.6 cm: 3.3 lb / 1.5 kg |
| Material | One-piece high-strength lightweight steel |
| Warranty | 5-year coverage with unlimited re-powdercoating |
| Made in | U.S.A., handcrafted; U.S. Patent 12,052,937 |
Who it is for
The detectorist whose stroke runs opposite the Lancelot's audience, and any digger who has tried a friend's single-edge blade and felt the teeth land on the wrong side. If that sentence described you, the Galahad is the fix.
Not one of the dealers we studied stocks the Galahad, or any single-edge Excalibur. Those hunters are choosing between both-edge and no-edge because their shop never offered the middle path; this page is the middle path.
What's included
One Excalibur Galahad metal detecting shovel in your chosen grip and length, sent to you directly from the maker's U.S. workshop.
What stands behind it
A 5-year warranty with a clause nobody else in the digging-tool world writes: re-powdercoating, unlimited, for all five years. Strip the finish hunting hard and the maker restores it, repeatedly if needed, until the warranty runs out. The design itself is protected as U.S. Patent 12,052,937.
We are History Seekers, a small U.S. dealer staffed by people who dig every week, and matching a mirror-twin blade to a customer's stroke is exactly the kind of question we would rather you ask than guess at. The story is more important than the artifact.