Yes. Scythe technology is part handle, part blade, part technique.
It's also part sharpening. The blade has a rib on it, to guide the traditional sharpening stone. That's the secret. You can dress the thing to a razor edge in the field with no brains at all.
Now that is a women. My Aunt was a beautiful farm gal. Salt of the earth for sure. She had about six kids and the body of a twenty year old. She had three meals a day for her family and about three hired hands, washed clothes with a ringer washer and dried on the line. She was always putting up preserves. If my Uncle got behind she was right there in the barn milking or out in the field on a tractor. Today she is in her nineties and in tremendous health.
From the flowers it almost looks like some strain of clover. I'm probably wrong but that's what the flower looks like to me. The clover I recall was a purple flower but I have seen it white.
Looks like some type of hay for cattle feed. I have done 2 acres with a scythe like that. When I was much younger, of course. And it will kick your ass, at the end of the day, and you have muscles that hurt that you never knew you had. And I agree with Bright Eyes, that is one tough as nails woman.
Step & swing, swing back..get into the pattern and keep going. Still use the scythe(American handle) on occasion. Wonder if the camera recording breaks were during the sharpening session? Also wonder if the sharpening uses a stone, or the peen method?
I tried once in my grandparent's farm in Spain when I was young and fit: I did not last 10 minutes before I gave up. Those things are kept wicked sharp and it has taken pieced of people when handled poorly. Very common I was told were shoulder wounds and even losing arms and the occasional foot. I am no stranger to sharp objects, but a scythe and the blade of a print shop paper guillotine are two things that scared me silly
I think it is clover, white and red clover. The flower beds out front of the house I live in have white and red clover in them as well as a large part of the yard. Great for horses, honey bees and baling for hay. HH. vegcook24@hotmail.com
My grandfather taught me how to use one of them when I was ten years old. He had an old worn out one shortened and all of us grandkids got taught. 60 years later I could still use one for a few minutes but the rest of the day would be spent recovering. Shoes won't help as the the scythe will cut right through them and just make the wound even more ugly. Bill The Bunyip
Wife's Grandma was born in 1896 and was always available to work in the field if needed; she would be sure to tell us that she NEVER wore anything other than a skirt.
That sucker must be razor sharp.
ReplyDeleteYou have no frigging idea.
DeleteYes. Scythe technology is part handle, part blade, part technique.
DeleteIt's also part sharpening. The blade has a rib on it, to guide the traditional sharpening stone. That's the secret. You can dress the thing to a razor edge in the field with no brains at all.
You still need good technique.
Now that is a women. My Aunt was a beautiful farm gal. Salt of the earth for sure. She had about six kids and the body of a twenty year old. She had three meals a day for her family and about three hired hands, washed clothes with a ringer washer and dried on the line. She was always putting up preserves. If my Uncle got behind she was right there in the barn milking or out in the field on a tractor. Today she is in her nineties and in tremendous health.
ReplyDeleteSounds like my Mom, but add chickens.
DeleteWhat is she harvesting that she is taking it right down to ground level?
ReplyDeleteAnyone?
Hay I believe
DeleteFrom the flowers it almost looks like some strain of clover. I'm probably wrong but that's what the flower looks like to me. The clover I recall was a purple flower but I have seen it white.
DeleteI wondered that too, so I full screened it to get a better look, and someone correct me if I am wrong, but I swear that it looks like dandelions.
DeleteTim in AK
Weeds by the look of it
DeleteI believe she just might be cutting the grass.
Deletehttps://youtu.be/URJ31uqH07E.
Fresh grass probably for cows in pens
DeleteProbably just mowing to reduce the risk of fire to the buildings.
DeleteLooks like some type of hay for cattle feed. I have done 2 acres with a scythe like that. When I was much younger, of course. And it will kick your ass, at the end of the day, and you have muscles that hurt that you never knew you had. And I agree with Bright Eyes, that is one tough as nails woman.
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Weeds.
DeleteAnyone who's ever done that for the first time might make about five sweeps before their back locks up solid. It is HARD work.
She’s trying to kill that snake she just chased out of the barn? Barefoot, too!
DeleteLooks to me like she's mowing the weeds. Lot of broadleaf that look like dandelions from the limited resolution of the vid. I'm probably wrong.
DeleteThat is hard damn work. I've tried doing that at camp a couple times. Didn't last 5 minutes. Much easier with a gas powered weed whacker.
Nemo
She is mowing the lawn.
DeleteI don't think she's harvesting. That looks like Foxtails (?). Chop 'em down.
DeleteScythe faster than weed-wacker in some story or other.
She is mowing the yard.
ReplyDeleteBarefoot !!!!
ReplyDeleteShe rocks !!!
Good work-out for strengthening her pectoralis major muscles.
ReplyDeleteI believe the statement was "more precious than rubies"
ReplyDeleteGod bless John Deere, Briggs and Stratton, Ford, and a host of others that made it possible for me to never ever do that.
ReplyDeleteStep & swing, swing back..get into the pattern and keep going.
ReplyDeleteStill use the scythe(American handle) on occasion.
Wonder if the camera recording breaks were during the sharpening session?
Also wonder if the sharpening uses a stone, or the peen method?
One way to cut the lawn. Posture seems a bit off though. Agree too that scythe must be razor sharp.
ReplyDeleteI tried once in my grandparent's farm in Spain when I was young and fit: I did not last 10 minutes before I gave up.
ReplyDeleteThose things are kept wicked sharp and it has taken pieced of people when handled poorly. Very common I was told were shoulder wounds and even losing arms and the occasional foot.
I am no stranger to sharp objects, but a scythe and the blade of a print shop paper guillotine are two things that scared me silly
I'm sure she's taken men.
ReplyDeleteAnd she is available?
ReplyDeleteI’ve goot to get a sickle for the exercise. My ride-em mower is fun, but there is no workout.
ReplyDeleteI think it is clover, white and red clover. The flower beds out front of the house I live in have white and red clover in them as well as a large part of the yard. Great for horses, honey bees and baling for hay. HH. vegcook24@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteRice maybe?
ReplyDeleteShe's just trimming the grass to ground level - not really harvesting.
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That's why I've always preferred country girls--look good, & built to go all night (I don't mean with a scythe).
ReplyDelete--Tennessee Budd
I'd probably wear shoes.
ReplyDeleteLooks like forage for the farm animals.
ReplyDeleteWhere's my sammich?
ReplyDeleteDo not ask her if the dishes have beenn washed.
ReplyDeleteshe's mowing the lawn
ReplyDeleteCan probably open her own pickle jar
ReplyDeleteFarm girls are the best!
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather taught me how to use one of them when I was ten years old. He had an old worn out one shortened and all of us grandkids got taught. 60 years later I could still use one for a few minutes but the rest of the day would be spent recovering.
ReplyDeleteShoes won't help as the the scythe will cut right through them and just make the wound even more ugly.
Bill The Bunyip
Wife's Grandma was born in 1896 and was always available to work in the field if needed; she would be sure to tell us that she NEVER wore anything other than a skirt.
ReplyDeleteI want her to have my babies.
ReplyDeleteToo bad she took her available cash and bought a bra instead of shoes.
ReplyDeleteSo THAT'S what that thing's for... I thought it was just a decrapitator.
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