They're sickles, not scythes

[Maka.Bones]

24 minutes ago, rapt0rman said:

Not saying I don't believe you, but I'm finding 0 reference or evidence of kamas being anything other than sickle sized.

Well, I found some modern ones at least, 

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But I don't think these are the "scythes" that people are asking for.

They DO come in varying shapes and sizes.  But no, that's not what people re asking for. Neither is this (which is what original war scythes look like) 

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or this, which is the "peasant combat" version for people who couldn't afford to even alter a scythe (or didn't have one handy)

 

https://www.quora.com/Were-scythes-ever-used-in-combat-and-if-so-how

 

There's no actual *real* use of a large european scythe, for combat. All of that has been fantasy-altered in popular modern media/fantasy/sci-fi content.

 

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by Maka.Bones

[rapt0rman]

8 minutes ago, Maka.Bones said:

They DO come in varying shapes and sizes. 

Had to reverse-image search that pic but yeah, now I'm finding references.

That said, I still wouldn't consider Warframe's scythes to be similar enough to large kamas to make it any more accurate then the the OP calling scythes sickles.

Edited July 31, 2019 by rapt0rman

[Maka.Bones]

Just now, rapt0rman said:

Had to reverse-image search that pic but yeah, now I'm finding references.

That said, I still wouldn't consider warframes scythes to be similar enough to large kamas to make it any more accurate then the the OP calling scythes sickles.

I edited the original post, check it out. 

[Temen_Eldritch_Ni_Gru]

On 2019-06-27 at 10:32 PM, NanoSum said:

DE, technically the in-game """scythes""" are actually called sickles and real scythes should be added....

The difference is that sickles are held in one hand and are smaller than scythes, and scythes are held in two hands and meant to be used while standing.

If real scythes were to be added, then they shouldn't be called "two-handed scythes", shouldn't be classified as polearms, and should get their own classification and stances.

Also, it'd be easy to introduce a scythe zaw by just rotating the Cyath or Balla strike on the head of the two-handed grips.

At the moment, the only weapon in-game that aesthetically looks like a real scythe is a heavy blade Dokrahm zaw, so it could also be a scythe but that would also remove the only heavy blade strike... However with the sheer amount of swords that are in-game, a larger version of the Mewan strike (or simply a normal Mewan strike that became big through the use of °•☆Ostron Magic™️☆•°) with a one-handed grip should become the new heavy blade zaw.

I realize this is a weird time to be replied to but, while the scythes in warframe are not long enough to be scythes they are still not short enough to be sickles, they are a weird size that nobody likes...