Old sickles!! Have a look guys,,...

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Old sickles!! Have a look guys,,...

Post by sikandarfawad » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:14 pm

Hi friends, have a look at these sickles which i have with me.
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Post by prashantsingh » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:22 pm

Reminded me of the erstwhile USSR minus the hammer.
Are the straight ones also sickles?
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Post by Priyan » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:55 pm

prashantsingh wrote:Reminded me of the erstwhile USSR minus the hammer.
Are the straight ones also sickles?
They remind me of FPSRussia, the fake Russian. BTW seeing these pictures makes me wonder if am I the only one who actually uses sickles to harvest crop. Speaking of the straight ones at the bottom, they look like 'dao' to me. We use them to chop wood, bamboo etc.
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Post by Katana » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:10 am

Interesting to see someone collecting sickles!
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Post by Moin. » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:14 am

Intersting to see the older ones, always thought sickles to be more circular in shape.
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Post by ckkalyan » Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:14 pm

Nice collection of sickles - sikandarfawad! :)

The last two look a lot like the South Indian 'Aruvaal'
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Post by Bruno22 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:22 pm

Very nice and unusual collection. The line between agricultural tools and edged weapons often blurs when one becomes the other. Cold steel is a perfect example of a manufacturer that makes a full range from hard working machetes to sophisticated knives we collect. Condor Knives is another example.
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Post by sikandarfawad » Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:19 am

Thanks for your appreciation friends.... i hope to add many more to this collection.
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Post by Happy » Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:26 am

In Maharashtra the straight ones are called "Koyta".
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Post by bodhijobs » Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:46 am

In west bengal, the straight ones are called "daa"...used to cut tender coconuts and similar.

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Post by aji_kappil » Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:03 am

The last two looks like Billhooks to me....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook

They are called Koduvaal / Vaakathi in Kerala....
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Post by sikandarfawad » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:34 am

Happy wrote:In Maharashtra the straight ones are called "Koyta".
yeah... we too call them KOYTA here. and in kannada they are called "macchu".
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Post by sikandarfawad » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:44 am

aji_kappil wrote:The last two looks like Billhooks to me....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook

They are called Koduvaal / Vaakathi in Kerala....
you are absolutely right... those are bill hooks...
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Post by Olly » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:14 pm

Wonderful... !!! Nice collection there...

Guess, if we are talking of sickles, I'll add a couple of pics too...
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Post by Olly » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:20 pm

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