Japanese grass crescent

Sharp garden sickle. From Japan.

Handled sickle, very similar in form and function to the large scythe used in our country. The sickle with a smooth blade cuts grass. The profiling of the blade increases the shape stability of the same in use, the handle made of Japanese bluebell wood provides a very light weight.

We have two handy sickles in our range, similar in both shape and function to the old-fashioned European farm scythe – but smaller of course. The larger one with the smooth blade cuts grass, while the other – with serrated cutting edge and slightly stiffer blade – is designed for cutting back herbaceous borders or shrubs or clearing away undergrowth. In Japan it’s also used for cutting vegetables. The cutting surfaces and shape of the blades are ideal for the kinds of garden jobs we’ve described and both sickles are really light, thanks to the handles of Japanese ‘kiri’ wood (paulownia).