Scythe by M3 Tactical Tech
- 5/32 thick blade
- CPM D2 Tool Steel
- Heat Treated & Cryo to 60HRC
- OD Green G10 Handle (removable)
- Kydex Sheath & TekLok (Included)
- *Leather Sheath optional by Lance Nixon of Nixon Leather (If you purchase a leather sheath option you’ll also receive the kydex sheath as well)
Scythe Specs:
- 6.499” OAL
- 2.88” Blade
- .157” Steel Thickness
M3 Scythe Designed By:
- M3 Blade Designer - Shany Amran Priyatna
YouTube Video Overview Link:
- https://youtu.be/vXIZw3mXkIc
SCYTHE HISTORY:
Farming tools such as the scythe and pitchfork have frequently been used as a weapon by those who could not afford or did not have access to more expensive weapons such as pikes, swords, or later, guns. Scythes and pitchforks were stereotypically carried by angry mobs or gangs of enraged peasants.[2] The process usually involved reforging the blade of a scythe at a 90 degree angle, strengthening the joint between the blade and the shaft with an additional metal pipe or bolts and reinforcing the shaft to better protect it against cuts from enemy blades.[citation needed] At times, instead of a scythe blade, a blade from a hand-operated chaff cutter was used.
War scythes were a popular weapon of choice and opportunity of many peasant uprisings throughout history. The ancient Greek historian Xenophondescribes in his work (Anabasis) the chariots of Artaxerxes II, which had projecting scythes fitted. Later, Jan Žižka's Hussite warriors, recruited mostly from peasantry, used modified scythes. Called originally 'kůsa -scythe' and later "sudlice", it doubled as both a stabbing and cutting weapon, developing later into the "ušatá sudlice"—Bohemian earspoon, more suitable for combat—thanks to side spikes (ears), acting as end stops, it did not penetrate too deep, and so was easier to draw from fallen foes. War scythes were widely used by Polishand Lithuanian peasants during revolts in the 18th and 19th centuries.[citation needed] Polish peasants used war scythes during the 17th-century Swedish invasion (The Deluge). In the 1685 battle of Sedgemoor, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, fielded a 5000 strong peasant unit armed with war scythes. They were used in the 1784 Transylvanianpeasants' Revolt of Horea, Cloşca and Crişan, in the war in the Vendée by royalist peasant troops, in the 1st War of Schleswig in 1848 in Denmark, and again in various Polish uprisings: the Kościuszko Uprisingin 1794 and the battle of Racławice, in which scythe wielders successfully charged and captured Russianartillery. In that year Chrystian Piotr Aigner published a field manual, Short Treatise on Pikes and Scythes, detailing the training and operation of scythe-equipped forces, the first and probably only such book in the history of warfare. War scythes were later used in the November Uprising in 1831, January Uprising in 1863, and Silesian Uprising in 1921. The description of a fighting unit as "scythemen" was used in Poland as late as 1939; however, the Gdynia"kosynierzy" were armed with hunting guns rather than scythes.
