Go to Ebay and do a search for "antique scythe" for a real, working, very doable, old scythe blade and long handle ..... the original grass mower from the old days .... long ago.
Or better yet, go to the two different antique stores on Main St in Meredith .... 'Waukewan Antiques' and 'Once New Vintage' ..... both, close to Meredith Town Hall, and there is a very good chance for YOU to find a genuine olde scythe in these there them two different stores, which comes completely equipped, ready to use, attached and hooked up with a "human" battery! ..... and go SCYTHE that grass away ......