NOTE: This is a living document and will see continued updates and adjustments as time permits. Of all aspects of ...

Just don't. The only exception is when a blade's heat treatment is way too soft AND you are absolutely certain ...

You've discovered that it has a few significant problems with it, right? Chances are the taper is noticeably irregular, the ...

When analyzing knife and tool designs there are a wide range of approaches that can be used to develop an ...

Up until the mid 19th century, American scythes had used the English method of affixing their nibs: an iron loop ...

New old stock laminated grass and bush blades, made in Sweden, imported by the Sandvik Saw & Tool Co. of ...

The French Douk-Douk knife is arguably much more famous than the Duk-Duk secret society of the South-Pacific Tolai people from ...

Shown here is a 350g Rinaldi "Calabria" hand axe with a modified handle. A common complaint raised regarding slip fit ...

Establishing the actual balance point of asymmetric tools like scythes or axes can be fairly difficult, since the real point ...

American pattern scythe blades traditionally come from the factory with the tang flat, and they are adjusted to the proper angle ...

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Over my years of edged tool use, experimentation, and study, I've tried all sorts of items of widely different quality, ...

If there's one thing that everyone likes, it seems to be convex edges. Users often state how impressed they are ...

A Primer on the Selection, Use, & Maintenance of the American Scythe Last Updated May 27, 2025 The scythe is ...