No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.
See also: Scythe in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.
A human man. Default posture: statant affronty. Proper coloration: only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair.
Source: OpenClipArt. Artist: J4P4N.
Source: OpenClipArt. Artist: J4P4N.
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.
Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges. Artist: Thomas Willement.
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.
Source: Opus Insignium Armorumque. Artist: Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
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 Illustrator. Adapted by Iago ab Adam.
Source: Aegidius Tschudi's Armorial. Artist unknown. Adapted by Iago ab Adam.
A farming implement used to harvest grain. Default orientation: handle to base, point to dexter. No proper coloration.
Source: Wapenboek van Gent (Volume 1, page 59). Artist: Vander Schelden. .
Source: Wapenboek van Gent. Artist: Vander Schelden. (Volume 1, page 59.)
A farming implement used to harvest grain. Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration. This depiction may be considered poor style as the July 2025 LoAR held that a notch in the blade was a defining feature of the charge.
Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges. Artist: Thomas Willement.
Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges. Artist: Thomas Willement.
A farming implement used to harvest grain. Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.
Source: Wappenbuch des Landkreises Hannover. Artist: Gustav Völker.
Source: Wappenbuch des Landkreises Hannover. Artist: Gustav Völker.
A farming implement used to harvest grain. Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft (Page 364). Artist: Vigil Raber. .
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber. (Page 364.)
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Adapted from a photograph of Polish scythemen during the insurrection of 1863. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Adapted from a photograph of Polish scythemen during the insurrection of 1863. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Krótka Nauka o Kosach i Pikach. Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Krótka Nauka o Kosach i Pikach. Artist unknown.
