SCYTHE
c. 1860 - 1950Curved wooden handle with two hand grips at right angles to each other, one near the top and one a third of the way down the handle. They are both held in place by metal brackets.The blade slots into an eyelet hole which is bolted in place and secured with a wire tension strip through a hole in the handle. Blade is metal and long with a slight concave curve. The inside edge of the blade has been sharped. There is a makers label on the shaft and text on the blade.
Believed to have been used by the Bently family on a property in Roleystone in the early to mid 1900s. The scythe was made by W.TYZACK & SONS & TURNER of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. The company was formed in 1870 following the dissolvement of the William Tyzack family tool manufacturing company in 1858. The company made a wide variety of tools and agricultural equipment which was shipped around the world. In 1987 the business was purchased by W.A. Tyzack and the company broken up in 1991.
Details
Details
Text on label; [SCYTHE / SNATHS / DERBY & B--- / No.55 Grass] on blade [ W.TYZACK & SONS & TURNER / SHEFFIELD ]
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