Don't know why someone would leave a one star rating and not give a reason, it wasn't Lehman's and it wasn't the blade. Had this blade for a year now, I've been scything now in North Florida for 10 years. Have a blade now probably for every year. I cut mainly Argentine and Pensacola Bahia grass here , winter wheat and rye and rye grass and crimson clover that I plant. Argentina can get dense, the best blade I've had to throw at it is a Fux 28" ditch works reasonable all season , a 28" Falci that when peened right does well in fall when the Argentina is dryer and mature. Wanted to try another blade and Scythe Supply my go to for supplies were out of inventory. So I tried Amazon and found Lehman's. Don't know why Scythe Supply never carried this model, beings they sell a lot of Fux blades. But this is the best blade I own now . If I do a double peen it will last 3 days of mowing 3 hours a day, fine stone first day rougher stone next 2 days. I cut my yard with it and maintain a neighbors gas line and power easements and they let me have it for hay. The blade might be good and sharp out of the box but the pointed tip should be rounded just a bit with a flat file and then as you set your pitch and tang , bend that 3 or 4 inches of the tip up little bit to keep it from digging in. Whoever left a one star rating for this blade must not have been happy with shipping or doesn't know squat about scything. A lot has been said if your new to scything stick to shorter blades but I wish I had this one years ago. It's the fastest one I have with the least effort. I've had it go thru 28" Bahia like a hot knife thru butter. And leave a 3 foot windrow. If your new to scything and want to get into it , check out Slattergubben on Youtube he's got some of the best tutorials on setting up a scythe and blade to get it to best performance and some of his videos are in English, He's really helped me reach another level of scything. This guy has been scything since he was a teenager. RIP Peter Vido who was able to keep the design of this blade around. His daughter is the one you see in scything videos swinging it around like she's on the USMC rifle drill team. If you have a small farm or areas to maintain , a few animals to feed hay , need bedding or just need hay mulch for garden beds, a scythe is a good investment . This blade will definately do you well for pasture , big yards , small scale grain harvest, light grasses up to medium weeds , I've put this thing right through mid season dog fennel, blackberry vines ,greenbrier vines and paw paw bushes in the fields and its still keeps an edge to cut the grass. Once it gets to 3/8" dry and hard its time to switch to a brush blade. Note to the novice; you will need to peen this blade to sharpen it as it is an Austrian style blade . You will need a peening jig or learn to freehand peen. Need an excuse now to buy the Fux 331/2 " from Lehman's. Hey honey, I really could use another 4 inches.