Introducing the Meadow King Scythe!

After years of development I was finally able to have custom American pattern blades produced, ultimately partnering with Schröckenfux, the very same company that produces the blades for Seymour that I've been so critical of. The design was mathematically modeled to optimize the curvature, and the form that resulted just so happened to be nearly identical to my favorite antique blade, shown below. Intended as an all-purpose grass blade to handle roughly 95% of modern mowing contexts, the blade responds especially well to a right-hand pivot with a drawing action of the left hand, a fine tip that's well positioned for comfortable trimming cuts from the toe, and a broad heel able to slice through thick-stalked weeds and saplings without bottoming out. A 10° angle is preset in the tang rather than the traditional flat configuration, meaning most users won't need to have the tang heated and bent to their proper angle, as 10° is the average angle most users other than the very tall or very short will end up needing. The blade is 30" end to end and weighs a lovely 1lb 9oz. I consider between 1lb 8oz and 1lb 12oz to be ideal for most blades in most settings to give enough mass to carry nicely through the stroke. Other than one very brief period seemingly in the 1950s where Redtenbacher was producing near-perfect clones of American blades, I can safely say that these are the finest American blades ever produced in Austria. And even in those cases, the curvature wasn't as good as on these. In testing, the blade I kept for personal use behaves just like my favorite antique.

Benjamin, DUDE!!! So you've done it, and narrowed in on this American grass blade profile (but really all-around blade)? Suh-weet, man! I've been off and on taking a look at the offerings, but also the educational materials/resources y'all have available over at Baryonyx Knife Co, checking in from time to time over the last couple of years, because I've wanted to eventually wind up with at least one GOOD, really properly fitting, joy to use scythe, to start with anyway, to know what an American pattern scythe and snath SHOULD feel like, and learn and go from there with that first "right" experience being the home base I begin from.

Absolutely lovely blade here. I was first turned on to the scythe offerings of BaryOnyx Knife Co by Josh Stevens of Mr. Chickadee. Very thankful for him doing the scythe modification video he did years ago.

Thank you so much for posting this gem of a blade here to bring to our attention. Hopefully more and more good things to come. I can't wait for when you are able to put out additional how-to, restoration, usage, and scythe related educational resources on your website.