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Author Archives: stevetomlin
Heat-treating tools with Robin Wood
During the fire in the workshop, the heat of the flames caused the metal in my tools to soften so the first step in repairing them is to heat-treat them to the correct hardness. I’ve done a little bit of … Continue reading
Posted in SteveTomlinCrafts, tools
Tagged heat treating, Robin Wood, tempering, workshop fire
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Scythe weekend 2-3 July 2011
Following the fantastic response to my ‘Mowing with an Austrian Scythe’ course this weekend, I have added an extra date on Saturday 2nd July 2011. This will be again at the wonderful Sprint Mill near Kendal, Cumbria. This will be … Continue reading
Posted in scythe festivals & events, Scytherspace
Tagged cumbria, learn to mow, learn to scythe, scythe, sprint mill
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My First Fan Bird
Ever since I first saw these fan birds, I’ve been itching to try making them but other projects always seem to have got in the way. Made amazingly from a single piece of wood, fan birds originated in Russia and … Continue reading
FAO Scythe Cradle photos
As promised, here are the photos of the FAO cradle from their ‘Small Farm Implements’ publication of 1953. In the introduction, the authors (our Mr Hopfen again along with Dr E. Biesalski) make an insightful point which, for me, is … Continue reading
Beginners' course fully booked
My first course of the year, for beginners (and folk wanting a refresher) is now fully booked. There’s an interesting mix of people, from those who already have a scythe but are struggling to get the best from it, to … Continue reading
Posted in scythe courses, Scytherspace, Uncategorized
Tagged beginners, course, cumbria, learn to mow, learn to scythe, mowing, scythe
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Scythe Instruction in Iraq
I wish I was blogging to say I’m just off to some far-flung corner of the world to run a scythe course and escape our current dreary Cumbrian weather. Actually Mr H. J. Hopfen Farm Implements Specialist of the FAO … Continue reading
Cumbria Scythe Festival Confusion
Back in January, Paul Kingsnorth and I met up with the Littoral Trust to discuss this year’s Cumbria Scythe Festival. We were all very enthusiastic for it to go ahead and talked over ideas of how we could build on … Continue reading
Mowing for the first time
Mothersday in Austria – a weekend where I don’t need to do anything because the kids are doing the cooking, washing up and all. So what is better than to have all the time you want for what you enjoy … Continue reading
Shaving Mule
I was expecting plenty of response to the post “In praise of the homegrown shavehorse” which is a good thing as I want to encourage folk to debate and think about what they’re doing. I thought the first reply warranted … Continue reading