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When was the last time you seen young children playing in the summer in old galvanized steel/tin/zinc tubs filled with water?
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imp said:
Scythes I Knew



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There were two of them left behind when my own grandpa died, so they wound up in our garage, I was 10. My Dad bought a little place in Michigan, at his Mother's request, and she lived there alone until she died. The scythes were tried out there. Above, it is lying upside down, as the handles and curvature show they are positioned such that it is swept from right to left, to cut the hay. As pictured, it could not be held and swept left to right at all.

The blades on ours were about twice the width shown. Using the things was back-breaking work, and one "dig-in" of the point into the earth wrenched yer back pretty good! We even had a smaller one, held with one hand, which I believe I have seen still for sale at places like Tractor Supply Co. imp
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We had an old barn on the property we moved to when I was a kid and I found one of these and used it. Worked.
 

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