Hand-held, muscle-powered cutting tools for reaping a standing crop, including the scythe and the sickle. Belongs here: any harvesting implement operated by hand without an engine or animal-drawn mechanism. Does not belong here: a horse-drawn or engine-powered harvesting machine, grouped under Mechanized Harvesting Implements, even where it replaced one of these tools directly.
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1. Wikipedia: Sickle
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The inside of the blade's curve is sharp, so that the user can either draw or swing it against the base of the crop, catching the stems in the curve and slicing them at the same time.
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