Description

Summary: scythe, iron blade, wooden handle with two hand grips, used at Milford Nurseries, Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire, early 20th century

Identification note: This sythe came from Milford Nurseries, which was run by the Moggs. "[My father] was very good with a scythe. Many a time I would watch him on a damp summer evening scything grass in the paddock, where it had grown a bit long and wonder how he was able to keep it so level. 'Cuts better when it’s a bit wet', he would say." Geof Durston, Drumduan Farm