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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => ANTIQUE/COLLECTOR TOOLS/BOXES/HAND ONLY => Topic started by: J.A.F.E. on August 23, 2018, 11:27:56 PM

Title: Snath Wrenches
Post by: J.A.F.E. on August 23, 2018, 11:27:56 PM

Some of you may recall this topic from the old site.

A snath is the long wooden handle of a scythe and the snath wrench is used to adjust and remove/replace the blade.

These turn up around here once in a great while and I've taken a liking to them.

rusty over at Tool Talk (different from our Rusty here) made a thread about it:

http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=345.msg1861#msg1861

Quote from: rusty on May 30, 2011, 06:40:58 PM

The scythe, without the blade is the Snath
The snath without the handles is a Snead
The handle on the sneed which make it a snath so it can become a scythe
is a  Thole.

Go ahead, say that three times fast...

Here is the collection I have amassed so far.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1874/43509602654_543dd6a67e_c.jpg)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1889/43321503435_c3aaeeeb4c_c.jpg)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1817/42419488710_19d1850c93_c.jpg)

Title: Re: Snath Wrenches
Post by: DeadNutz on August 24, 2018, 10:04:24 AM

I have never seen or noticed any of those wrenches. Pretty cool and will have to keep an eye out.

Title: Re: Snath Wrenches
Post by: J.A.F.E. on August 24, 2018, 01:32:18 PM

They are neat but they are hard to walk away from once you start accumulating a few.

Title: Re: Snath Wrenches
Post by: strik9 on August 24, 2018, 02:17:01 PM

They are cool.  I have two myself.  DOE of course...

Title: Re: Snath Wrenches
Post by: J.A.F.E. on August 24, 2018, 02:44:42 PM

Of course yours are DOE. You are the banner carrier for DOE.

Title: Re: Snath Wrenches
Post by: coolmercury on August 24, 2018, 03:17:27 PM

I have a couple somewhere, now I will know what purpose they serve.