Customized Seymour No.1 Snath Blue Ridge Knives this axe locks positively into

this axe locks positively into the hand the moment you pick it up

and resist clogging when cutting green wood

As such they make excellent blades for the novice scythe user to learn with or for those desiring a particularly light blade of the hardy American-esque pattern

The only thing wrong with these examples is that the tang doesn't quite reach the center hole on Seymour snaths and must instead be used with either the left or right holes

This model has a nice distal taper to it for high strength and lively balance

Customized Seymour No.1 Snath Blue Ridge Knives this axe locks positively intoNote: Due to the custom hand assembled nature of this item, expect a roughly one week lead time before shipping. This may be longer during the peak mowing season. A Seymour No. 1 snath assembled to order for your mowing conditions. While Seymour's currently produced aluminum snaths are essentially good to go out of the box (other than a few minor tweaks we perform on the ones we carry) their No. 1 wooden snath is produced with a fatal flaw: the