Only on the lower edge IIRC.
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Right where her fingers are? Sheâs almost grasping the damn thing. It makes my fingers twitchy.
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Donât watch Sweeney Todd, then. He makes a habit of holding his razors in such a way that if they swung closed, heâd be short a few fingers.
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Itâs different for reapers. Anyway, I think the scythe is more of a staff of office, rather than a working tool.
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You reap an entire field, one straw at a time, with a scythe sharpened by daylight, that splits random air molecules when at rest, and then try to say itâs just a badge.
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Well I guess the gravelings get the sharp sythes. Besides reapers heal fast.
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Is that a thing? Like, âsharpened by the abrasion of photons striking the edgeâ or more like " sharpened in the daytime when I can see what Iâm doing"?
This talk reminded me of my own sickle, which I have no actual use for, but which I picked up because the name gave me a silly grin and made me think of Terry Pratchett.
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Your sickle could use a little sharpening.
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More than a little. Right now itâs as-purchased from the garage sale, but its function is just decorative at the moment. I may hang it on the workshop wall once I find a good blacksmithâs hammer to go with it. 
The other side shows more file marks, and itâs sharp enough to cut 3/8" rope, but not at one stroke. Itâs bevelled on both sides. I donât know if thatâs standard practice for sickles.
I remember reading that sickles were traditionally sharpened by peening* the edge on a small round anvil, finishing with a few strokes with a stone.
*Not what you think.
edit: Here we go.
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I sharpen mine by starlight. Thatâs why the edge is an absolute mess, and so are my handsâŚ
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I use starlight to sharpen mine, with a magnifying glass. Takes a while though.
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Iâve worked for an engineering company for more than 5.5 years now and I still think âshot peeningâ sounds painful.
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I saw that! Of course, I noted to my husband, that we donât really work like that! But still - there is an XKCD for literally everything at this pointâŚ
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Those gingerbread person suits look like the foam suits people wear when theyâre training attack dogs.
I would hope a dog trained for such tasks wouldnât be left loose near crowds of people, but that dog did look like it was attempting to take the gingerbread people down.
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What gender were the gingerbread person suits?
I feel so spiritually neutered now.
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Merry (your celebration here)!
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Not to mention sli / ces a spo / ken sentence.
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