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The blade
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What is a grass blade?
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Honing the Blade
Repairing a damaged edge
Consultant’s report on blade hardness
The snath
Improving snath ergonomics
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Making your own snath
Snath and blade fitting
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Biomechanics of hand mowing
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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
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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
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Handcrafted Hay
The Mower’s Artwork
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Small Farmers as the Ark
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A Tool Better than the Scythe
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