I explicitly remember from school in Poland on the subject of polish uprisings in XVIII century, that peasants used modified scythes with blades turn upward. I remember it specifically because i grow up on farm, and used scythe myself to cut grass. It was always funny to me when in games scythe is presented as weapon and its blade is not turned upwards, as if someone heard about war scythes and imagine it was being used to mow people like grass lol.
Here is image from Raclwickie panorama about Kosciuszko uprising, which saw use of scythemen (kosynierzy):
I explicitly remember from school in Poland on the subject of polish uprisings in XVIII century, that peasants used modified scythes with blades turn upward. I remember it specifically because i grow up on farm, and used scythe myself to cut grass. It was always funny to me when in games scythe is presented as weapon and its blade is not turned upwards, as if someone heard about war scythes and imagine it was being used to mow people like grass lol.
Here is image from Raclwickie panorama about Kosciuszko uprising, which saw use of scythemen (kosynierzy):
http://fotoforum.gazeta.pl/photo/4/le/ja/2v70/PLf1GCgJInNLb3Q8aB.jpg
And some other pictures featuring kosynierzy (most from polish uprisings):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Che%C5%82mo%C5%84ski_Modlitwa_przed_bitwa.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Bitwa_pod_Raclawicami.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Emila_Plater_conducting_Polish_scythemen_in_1831.jpg/1024px-Emila_Plater_conducting_Polish_scythemen_in_1831.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Kosy_i_piki.jpg/220px-Kosy_i_piki.jpg
edit: There is info about scythemen in english wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythemen
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Thank you. This makes a lot more sense