Japanese Sickles for Harvesting and Weeding

For harvesting tender greens and herbs, pick asmooth-edge harvesting sicklefor clean, bruise-free cuts. For weeding and grass control, choose aserrated/toothed weeding sickle—it slices fibrous growth and severs roots at soil level. Need to cover area fast? Along-blade grass sickleis efficient; anarrow profileis best for tight beds and around drip lines.

Sickles excel onsoft, green growth, grasses, cover crops, herbs, and young weeds. They’renotdesigned for woody stems or thick, hard canes; use secateurs, loppers, or a pruning saw for those to prevent chipping the edge and to keep cuts clean.

Wipe clean after use, dry thoroughly, and oil the blade lightly. To sharpen, use a medium–fine water stone (or diamond plate) on thebevel side only, following the curve in short strokes; then remove the burr by laying the back flat and giving one or two light passes. Avoid filing the teeth on serrated models, just clean them and touch up the bevel.