Not a froe but ?

[Baxter Smith]

Seeing the recent classified for a froe made me think about something I picked up 20 years ago at a sale. Didn't know then and still don't. What do you think this is/or was used for. Doesn't look like it has ever been beat on.

[Stephen Shepherd]

Looks like a hay knife to me.

Stephen

[paul cottingham]

+1 hay knife or sickle

[Mike Null]

+2 for hay sickle

[Baxter Smith]

Hay knife or sickle? Never thought of that. Is there a difference between the two? My Uncle has a couple of hay knives hanging up in his barn and they look more like a bread knife kind of blade. Why would the handle be offset? The convex side is the sharpened side if you couldn't see in the picture.

[Halgeir Wold]

Hi....
I've never ever seen a hay sickle with the edge on the outside.....?

[Tom Winship]

Hi....
I've never ever seen a hay sickle with the edge on the outside.....?

I agree. I was going to call it a hay knife earlier, but the one we had as a kid, had more curve an the cutting edge was on the inside.

[george wilson]

Reverse hay knife:)!

[harry strasil]

It's a Hay Knife, used to cut hay from a stack of hay. Well Worn too!

[Baxter Smith]

You were right Harry. Found some pictures tonight showing different styles. One place dated a similar one about 1830. The serrated ones on the left were the only ones I was familiar with. Thanks, 20 year mystery solved.