Scythe Tool,Sickle Garden Tool Long Handle.

If you work with a tool it will tell you what it can and can not do. If you want it to do something and it can't do the tool is not at fault.I am clearing a 1/2 mile trail so I understand what this sickle can do, sickles can cut brush at around 1/4 inch any larger and the stem just bends. It cuts Blackberry bushes perfectly and some thin stem scotch broom. It can cut tall grass if it stays sharp.The longer handle is nice because you can cut bushes farther away from your body which means you are safer.No matter what others have said this is a sturdy sickle. The sickle is very sharp so you must be careful. This sickle will perform as good as any sickle Amazon sells.I now have spent a few hours using it and I think it is great for brush clearing. The handle and blade is strudy and does not flex.The longer handle makes this a very useful tool.

This is good unit for small brush and thin branch removal. My only issue is that i wish it was longer. I have to bend down with this to use it because i am 6' 2" tall. Do you have a model with a longer handle i could buy?

Too weak

My husband used it one time and the pole bent.Also it does not work like a sickle. Not worth the money!

They even included a (cheep) screwdriver.This is exactly as described, it arrived as promised, appears to be well made, and a good value for the moneyI just wish they would put a packing slip in the package.This came in the manufacturers packaging 👍The packaging was plain brown cardboard 👍Limited or no plastic 👍No polystyrene foam (styrofoam) 👍👍

Part of my disappointment is my fault...I did not read the information carefully enough. I was looking for scythe for a single project...removing some lily pads from one of my bass ponds. I wanted to cut them a couple of feet below the water, thought this would do the trick.It is not really solidly built...but for fair value for the money. It is much shorter than I thought...just a couple of feet. but the angle of the blade makes it ergonomically difficult to use. The blade points straight up, no curvature to the handle, so the only way to cut something like weeds is to hold the scythe low to the ground...virtually parallel to the ground, It might be good for trimming small shoots or branches of of a stalk. Definitely not the right tool for cutting weeds.

Sharper than it looks, but could be longer. I bought it to relieve back strain, not encourage it. It wouldn't need to be lot longer, but some. Once you get a good rhythm down, it becomes easier to use. But a few extra inches would help. It doesn't need to be a classic mythological Death scythe, just a little longer.

This comes with the blade separate and must be attached before use, but the package came with a nice little real screwdriver to put it together. There are three screws, so only took about a minute to do. The handle is a hollow metal pole with a bend to it, so it's easier to get low to the ground without having to stoop super low. I'm average height and when holding this, the blade is just a few inches above ground level, so a very nice length. I will say that I can't get as much speed swinging this due to the long handle as I can with my shorter handled hand scythe, but both have their application. The blade is pretty sturdy and came surprisingly sharp. I do think it's going to be a paid to sharpen due to the swoop in the blade, but I do really like the hooked end and were the angle is, there is about an inch of blade moving up the handle which catches anything hitting the angle there. This is super handy for keeping up my trail and there's a lot less strain on my back than the short handled one I used last season.Overall, this works great, and aside from what I assume is going to be a total pain to sharpen it, it's a solid product and I recommend it.