 | Curved Scythe Snath
Used for cutting hay, this tool is usually referred to as "scythe and snath." The snath is the long curved handle. The scythe is the sharp blade that gets sharpened repeatedly and is replaced when it wears out. This scythe blade is nearly four feet long so the mower, if he were a skilled... |
 | hay rake
This wooden hay rake has a head with 8 teeth, and is supported by a wooden bow. The head, or crossbar is oak and has a crude bead on the edges. The teeth are ash. The handle is an unfinished sapling and probably not original. Two extra holes in the crossbar suggest that the original handle was... |
 | Curved Scythe Snath
Turned ash scythe snath curved in four planes. Two wooden nibs held by iron tangs. Blade has heavy back rib and is held by heavy iron ferrule and iron wedge. |
 | Scythe Nib Patented by J. & E. Clapp
Turned wooden (maple?) scythe nib (thole) or handle. The "nib-iron" consists of a forged iron ring which clamps onto the snath, drawn out to a long rod that penetrates the length of the wooden nib and is fastened by a left-hand threaded nut let into the end of the nib. There is a brass collar that...
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