war scythe

A war scythe or military scythe is a form of polearm with a curving single-edged blade with the cutting edge on the concave side of the blade. Its blade bears a superficial resemblance to that of an agricultural scythe from which it is likely to have evolved, but the war scythe is otherwise unrelated to agricultural tools and is a purpose-built infantry melee weapon. The blade of a war scythe has regularly proportioned flats, a thickness comparable to that of a spear or sword blade, and slightly curves along its edge as it tapers to its point. This is different from farming scythes, which have very thin and irregularly curved blades, specialised for mowing grass and wheat only, unsuitable as blades for improvised spears or polearms.

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military scythe
cold weapon, pole weapon, farmer weapon, 

cold weapon, farmer weapon, fauchard, hyeopdo, makila, sovnya, spiedo, weapon type, woldo, ōtsuchi, 

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Bundesarchiv Bild 183-32364-0010, Sachsendorf, Bürgermeister im Gespräch

NMA.0063335 Slåtter, män med liar, Slätafly i Torsås socken (cropped)

Få haerna tchet

Sickle and scythe (no)

Libiaz-zniwa-1936

Osenins 7992

Agricultural laborer LCCN2011660144

Scythe by Hyena

Schnitterfest 1

Instinctive salute

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-32364-0010, Sachsendorf, Bürgermeister im Gespräch		Commons
commons	image		NMA.0063335 Slåtter, män med liar, Slätafly i Torsås socken (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Få haerna tchet		Commons
commons	image		Sickle and scythe (no)		Commons
commons	image		Libiaz-zniwa-1936		Commons
commons	image		Osenins 7992		Commons
commons	image		Agricultural laborer LCCN2011660144		Commons
commons	image		Scythe by Hyena		Commons
commons	image		Schnitterfest 1		Commons
commons	image		Instinctive salute		Commons