ScytheConnection
  • Resources
    • FAQ
    • Practical guidance
      • The blade
        • Blade selection
        • What is a grass blade?
        • Sharpening principles
        • Preparing a new blade
        • Peening with the jig
        • Peening with the hammer and anvil
        • Honing the Blade
        • Repairing a damaged edge
        • Consultant’s report on blade hardness
      • The snath
        • Improving snath ergonomics
        • Discussion on snath design
        • Making your own snath
      • Snath and blade fitting
      • Mowing
        • Mowing technique
        • Mowing with ease
        • Biomechanics of hand mowing
      • Troubleshooting
      • Miscellaneous
        • Notes on Scythe Abuse
        • Scythe abuse – a letter on scythe breakage
        • General advice on tool care
    • The Scythe Must Dance
    • Why Scythe?
      • Four Arguments for the Elimination of Lawnmowers
      • Scythes and Lawns
      • Biodiversity and the Scythe
      • Scythe versus Weed-Whacker
    • Videos
    • Writings
      • Mower of the decade
      • Will Europe’s scythe industry evade the Reaper’s deadly swing?
      • Italian-made scythe blades
      • Scythe-related Literature & Poetry
    • Reaper’s Radical Rants
      • Peening the “Unpeenable” blades
      • Two Scythe Tales
      • Open letter to Steve Tomlin
      • Of Tender Frogs and Cheap Scythe Blades
    • Haymaking, mowing designs
      • Handcrafted Hay
      • The Mower’s Artwork
    • Essential Tools
      • Small Farmers as the Ark
      • Scythe-made garden
      • Magna Grecia hoe
      • A Tool Better than the Scythe
      • Network
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