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Author Archives: stevetomlin
Curach painting
While I’ve been away on holiday in Austria raking a hay meadow Edward and Romola have been busy at Sprint Mill painting the curach with bitumen roofing paint ready for the launch in Windermere on Sunday March 25th. Fingers crossed that … Continue reading
Posted in kayaks & boats, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged bitumen paint, boat, building, curach, currach, curragh, irish
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Skinning the Curach
The day finally arrived last week to skin the curach. To be honest, this is one of the parts we’ve had some trepidation about; the instructions we’re working with get a bit vague at this stage and sewing isn’t a … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, building, curach, currach, curragh, irish
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Meadow raking in Austria
I’m on holiday this week in Austria and, with spring well on the way over here, Christiane and I spent a few hours together raking the meadow she mows. This is public land by the apartments where Christiane lives and … Continue reading
Posted in Scytherspace
Tagged Austria, Christiane Lechner, grass, meadow, preparation, rake, scythe
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A DIY Peening Bench
Only two weeks now until International Peening Day on April 1st so, in preparation, I thought I’d offer some instruction on making a simple and lightweight peening bench. While the best support for a peening anvil or jig is probably … Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, Scytherspace
Tagged anvil, bench, jig, make, peen, peening, scythe, sharpen
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Scything with Susan
Last summer my friend Susan came on one of my ‘Learn to Mow’ courses. A few days later I went over to her house to help her mow the grass on her own land. This gave me the opportunity to … Continue reading
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Tagged cumbria, grass, learn to mow, learn to scythe, mow, scythe
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Curach hull complete
Another full day of work on the curach and suddenly it’s all come together. It’s amazing how long it’s taken to tie on all the laths and we’ve put quite a bit of time into getting the curves of the … Continue reading
International Peening Day 2012
It’s not a joke; this year I am planning International Peening Day to take place on Sunday 1st April – clear your diary. After 6 months languishing forgotten and unloved in the shed does your scythe need some loving care … Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, scythe festivals & events, Scytherspace
Tagged anvil, jig, peen, peening, scythe
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Curach progress
We’ve had a couple more meetings together to work on the curach project which is coming along nicely. To bend the hazel couples into shape for the ribs we discussed the use of steam and bending formers. As the width … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, building, curach, currach, curragh, irish
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