Hay knife
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A hay knife is an agricultural hand tool: a long-bladed knife which may have large rounded serrations on the edge, or a smooth edge used for sawing off sections at the end of a stack or compact pile of hay or silage.
Hay knives are needed as hay or silage becomes compacted within a stack: a vertical cut through the intertwined stalks is needed to facilitate removal. The offset handle allows the user to work down a face. Once one section has been removed the worker starts again at the top creating another section to be removed.
