Pick Shovel

Garae is an agricultural implement used for scooping, digging, and transporting soil, and is also called namugarae, jukgarae, mokgarae, or mokeom depending on the region. There are several types of garae including hwagarae and jonggarae. Green wood was carved into a scoop and a shaft in one piece, and a horseshoe-shaped iron blade was secured to the edge of the wide, round scoop. At either side of the scoop was a hole for threading rope, with each rope as long as the shaft. While one person held the shaft, scooped the soil, and pushed garae, another two pulled the rope at both sides to throw the soil. There are several methods of garaejil. Three-person garae required three people; one shaft holder and two rope pullers. Seven-person garae required seven people; one shaft holder and six rope pullers. Ten-person garae required two connected garae and ten people; two shaft holders and eight rope pullers. Three-person garae was the most common method. Jonggarae, a kind of one-person garae has a shorter shaft and a smaller scoop than ordinary garae, but is larger than a spade for irrigation work. An iron blade is fixed to the end of the scoop, which has no holes for tying a rope. Jonggarae was used for a similar purpose as a shovel, which allowed the modern shovel to replace jonggarae in the present day.