Originally posted by Qurik:

A scythe is used to harvest grass- barley, flax, etc. A scythe would be a terrible tool to harvest root crops like carrots and turnips.

Very consistent actually.

there is no scythe
there is huge 2 handed hammer to collect crops

I want to see irl video of you cutting grass/barley/flax using huge hammer by smashing ground in their proximity ;D