For some of the soccer games I play in we need to set up the corner flags. They have flimsy plastic pies as poles, and it is hard to get them into the ground. So, I made some metal pins with an edge to step on to make it easier.
All I had was about 10g (~1/8in) steel, so they ended up a bit brutish. I now think of them as zombie apocalypse flag poles and hope that no one who volunteers to transport them ever has to explain to a police officer why they are carrying weapons.