Talk:Anku/@comment-218.186.46.117-20150821134834/@comment-85.23.198.132-20151006140251

Strictly speaking scythes were rarely if ever used for harvesting actual crops, as the level of wastage from grains left on the ground would have been quite unaccepable for peasant economies. That's why those were harvested by grabbing a handful and cutting the straws with sickles, and promptly tied up for further processing and storage.

The primary use of scythes was reaping assorted grasses and what have you for animal fodder.