This lot comprises two traditional manual agricultural hand tools, common to British rural history from the late 19th to mid-20th century. The first item is a manual grass or grain scythe, featuring a curved wooden snath fitted with two adjustable wooden handgrips, or nibs. The curved metal blade is attached to the snath using a metal collar and tang assembly. The second item is an all-wood manual hay or drag rake. It consists of a long handle, or stale, braced to a wide cross-head containing numerous wooden tines. The junction between the handle and head is reinforced with a Y-shaped wooden brace. These implements represent classic examples of manual harvesting tools used before the widespread adoption of mechanised farming.
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