I've been thinking of going to the Sears garden dept in spring and just
picking up one of their stainless steel garden trowels. It would add a bit
of weight to the kit, but not that much I think.
I did that, thinking if it broke I'd have the Craftsman warranty. Turned out the shovel was made in Mexico or China (don't remember) and it was aluminum. That was several years ago. I don't know if they're better now or not.
