He is a super trustworthy guy. I could not have more happy with the shovel he made for me. I am ordering a smaller digging knife from him, and he is in the process of making it for me. It is a custom design, and it should be awesome. Also, you know when Alfonso makes it, it won't break.
I drew a picture of what I was considering to have made for me, and believe me it was no technical drawing. In fact, to illustrate what I wanted, I used stick-men drawing. HEHEHE. When I spoke with Alfonso on the phone, he said, yea we can do that. Then, he gave me some suggestions based on his knowledge, and now it is being made.
The shovel that he already made for me, the one in the previous picture, is absolutely fantastic, but there will be a time and place for it. I will use it when I am in very isolated area and I can rip some ground up, and put the ground back of course. The digging knife I have being made will fit nicely into my pouch, and will probably be used the majority of the time. But this shovel I have is a very impressive work of art, and I can not emphasize enough just how strong this thing is. If I can help, I will never use a mass produced commercial product again, they just don't "cut it".
Check out this picture of a super plug digger Alfonso makes.