Mary Fisher wrote in message
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And how did they get a piece of flint big enough?

Or were they very small sickles?

The only result of your reply is to make me even more curious!

I would assume they were a wooden sickle with small flints set into the
wood to create a cutting edge. This would give it a 'ragged' blade and
build in a sawing action, but this is supposition based on other stuff
I've read about.


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