Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Scythe

See also: Scythe in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Man Vested and Maintaining a Scythe §

A human man.

Default posture: statant affronty. Proper coloration: only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair.

Source: OpenClipArt. Artist: J4P4N.

Scythe (1) §

A farming implement used to harvest grain.

Default orientation: handle to base, point to dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges. Artist: Thomas Willement.

Scythe (2) §

A farming implement used to harvest grain.

Default orientation: handle to base, point to dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Opus Insignium Armorumque. Artist: Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Scythe (3) §

A farming implement used to harvest grain.

Default orientation: handle to base, point to dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Aegidius Tschudi's Armorial. Artist unknown. Adapted by Iago ab Adam.

Scythe (4) §

A farming implement used to harvest grain.

Default orientation: handle to base, point to dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Wapenboek van Gent. Artist: Vander Schelden. (Volume 1, page 59.)

Scythe Blade (1) §

A farming implement used to harvest grain.

Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges. Artist: Thomas Willement.

Scythe Blade (2) §

A farming implement used to harvest grain.

Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Wappenbuch des Landkreises Hannover. Artist: Gustav Völker.

Scythe Blade (3) §

A farming implement used to harvest grain.

Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber. (Page 364.)

War-Scythe (1) §

An agricultural implemented mounted to a long haft for military purposes.

Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.

Adapted from a photograph of Polish scythemen during the insurrection of 1863.

War-Scythe (2) §

An agricultural implemented mounted to a long haft for military purposes.

Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Krótka Nauka o Kosach i Pikach. Artist unknown.