A special branch is the making of scythes and sickles which are exported in large quantities.
The badge is a blue enamelled cross dependent from a lion surmounted by the ducal crown; the angles of the cross are filled by crowned W's and the centre bears the arms of Brunswick, a crowned pillar and a white horse, between two sickles.
Later, they are winged maidens of serious aspect, in the garb of huntresses, with snakes or torches in their hair, carrying scourges, torches or sickles.
A dishonest man chases after women's genitals; an unreliable man has two sickles.
The curved phyllodes resemble small sickles and are a distinctive feature of koa trees and can often be seen on trees at the roadside.
