Pukka,
I tried to walk this line when I first posted, but we DO have to be a little careful when talking about religion on this site. We have people of many beliefs on this site (including pagans, atheists, agnostics, and others). We have people from communities where minority religions are widely tolerated, as well as people from communities where minority religions are suppressed or strongly discriminated against.
In such a diverse environment, it's easy to start a conflict over beliefs. That's why I think it's better to focus on the artifacts, rather than use them as cover or pretext for a discussion about what we think about religions we don't subscribe to.
As for the druids I do know, they're quite open about their lack of connection with the ancient druids. They also see the divine out in the natural world, and that's the real basis for their beliefs.
The original artifact was actually a rather interesting combination of a 19th Century horn carving knife handle with a Victorian-era sickle blade attached, for sale on eBay. Personally, I hope that it was picked up by some druid somewhere, because it substantially more stylish than most of the cruft sold as "druid's sickles" today.
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