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"stevek" wrote in message
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Hi people...

Does anyone know where I can buy a decent hand scythe to help me clear
a
rather overgrown area in my garden. (From a UK shop or online). I'm
not
looking for one of those giant "grim reaper" one!!! Just a small one
to
help me clear a small area with poor access.
It's called a sickle.

It's called a grass hook round here. The car boot sales are awash with
them.
I got mine for 50p. The best one if you can find it is a cranked one, ie
the
blade comes out of the handle, turns 90deg down, for an inch or so then
90deg up again so that you can cut close to the ground without ripping
your
knuckles off. You may also get a *rubber* at the same car boot stall, it's
an oval section sharpening stone to go with it.

Steve


I have an ancient one found on myu land. The cottage is 140 years old and
was a teid farm cottage until I bought it. My sickle has a wooden handle and
a wicked curved serrated blade. I am given to understand it is around 100
years old. There is a big scythe embedded in a tree where someone hung it
over a low branch a long time ago and the branch grew round the scythe
blade.