Cool find that nearly wasn't...

Overmountain

Overmountain

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I rescued this from being cut up by another 'aspiring knifemaker' and being turned into smaller blades... Would have been a shame.

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Going to strip the gawd awful black paint and touch it up a bit. A little forced patina perhaps, and a nice sharp edge again?

Cheers
-Eric
 
Really sweet find! That thing is way too cool to cut up. I'm sure you'll do it justice with your "un"modifications. ;)

Chris
 
We called them silage saws...same thing as a hay say. I have one on the front porch with the antique tools and forge equipment.
 
Yep, 'silage' saw around these parts too... I happened across it in uniform... And had at least a dozen 'watts dat thing?' questions carrying it away. I think I nearly convinced a few I was going to try and find a way to mount it to my duty belt. For the routine beheading or two... Lol.

-Eric
 
It is swung, not sawn as might be misconcluded by the name BTW. May find a home next to the scythe and other 'grass related' tools... Usually they are absent the wooden handles. These are peened on so hopefully original.
 
Hay saw, hay knife, silage saw, silage knife...all are the same....but the one I laugh at is "Ice Saw."

We use them to cut bales of compressed hay apart for horse and cow feed. For those who haven't worked stored hay bales, they can get really solid. You slice them in slabs, or at least in half.
Old Claude said he used to cut "peanut hay" silage and other bundled crop silage with it when he was young. I can't see any way you could swing any of the ones I have. They are more or less giant serrated blade two-handled swords. I have swung scythes and sickles, but not one of these.
 
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