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Author Archives: stevetomlin
Improve Your Peening workshop
I like peening for all sorts of reasons but one of my favourite aspects is the amazing rhythms which are created by several people peening scythes together. The hammering comes in and out of sync in a way I find … Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, Scytherspace
Tagged anvil, course, hammer, jig, peening, scythe, whetstone, workshop
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Skin on frame kayak
Way back in 2008, the guy I was working with asked me to go to the library and look for a book on currachs, Irish fame boats. Instead I found ‘The Aleutian Kayak’ by Wolfgang Brinck and fell in love … Continue reading
Posted in kayaks & boats, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged baidarka, greenland, kayak, recovery kayak, skin on frame
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Damson spoons
The Lyth Valley, close to where I live is famous for it’s damsons which are out at the moment. It’s a good year in terms of the crop but difficult harvesting, I’m told because of the wet weather. I’ve used … Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged damson, greenwood, hand carved, spoon, spooncarving
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Mowing on Romanian TV
Our group of hay-tourists certainly drew plenty of attention from the local media. During the week we were photographed and interviewed by two newspapers and filmed by a local news station, an independent film-maker working with the festival organisers and … Continue reading
Posted in hay making, Scytherspace
Tagged Christiane Lechner, haymaking festival, romania, transylvania
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Haymaking poem
I’ve been sent this poem by Neil Diment, community officer for the HayTime project in the North Pennines AONB. Neil was one of the participants on the Transylvania Haymaking Festival and writes, “Having, at long last, tried my hand at … Continue reading
A well used spoon
Nearly everything I make is designed to be used, whether it’s a chair, spoon, bowl or rake. I especially like it when someone meets me at a show and tells me how they’ve been using something they’ve bought from me. … Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged birch, charlie whinney, green woodwork, spoon, spooncarving
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Leela's rake
Last October I met Miss Kathloon Peart from Bishop Auckland who told me how she’d received her first hayrake when only 3 years old and had been making hay on her farm for the 50-something years since then. So I … Continue reading
Posted in SteveTomlinCrafts, wooden rakes
Tagged cumbria, hay rakes, haybridge nature reserve, hayrake, rake, scythe, wooden
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Romanian Rakemaker
I’ve been in the Transylvania region of Romania taking part in an International Haymaking Festival. During the week we called in to visit Viktor-bacsi (an honorific for older people translated for us as “Uncle Viktor”) who, despite ill health makes … Continue reading
Posted in SteveTomlinCrafts, wooden rakes
Tagged hay rakes, hayrake, rake, romania, transylvania, wooden
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Transylvania Mowing Competition 2011
While the rest of the sports media was focussed on the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea I was making my own debut representing my country on the international sports stage. This was the first Scythe Mowing Competition in … Continue reading
Posted in hay making, scythe festivals & events, Scytherspace
Tagged 2011, Christiane Lechner, competition, festival, haymaking, romania, scythe, transylvania
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Peening Course new date
Due to a clash with the second round of filming for Anna K, I’ve moved the date of my ‘Improve your peening’ course to Saturday 24th September. Still only £45 to learn the why’s and wherefore’s of hammering your scythe … Continue reading