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We are at an impasse.

A scythe DOES move in an arcing motion. That is the whole point. That was the miraculous technological advantage of the scythe. A rotational physiological swing...

At the risk of seeming like a petulant prick, I'm going to try again because this is important and is not just a matter of semantics.

I guess I find it extremely frustrating that the point of how...

Yup, I've tried to describe it as similar to slicing tomatoes and others have objected.

Below is a very poor depiction of the blade's start and finish position relative to a single stalk of straw,...

If you want to call that scything because it's a pivoting motion, OK, but that is not remotely close to how a scythe actually cuts. That stroke completely misses the point of the huge efficiently...

Hey, that's not me, that's my son!

The Wiki shows a distinction between the scything and guillotine strokes. In reality there is little difference though, to my mind, the guillotine stroke more accurately depicts how a scythe...

This is the problem with describing the scything stroke. It's difficult to make clear which axis of the 3D plane is being described. Yes the axe hit is at alternating angles to produce a wedge cut,...

Sorry, I mis-read (mis-thought) that and didn't notice that is was a contrast not a comparison.

I've never seen that part before. The analogy is flawed in that an axe stroke cuts straight into a tree and it does not correspond with the cutting angle of a scything stroke.