Category Archives: Scytherspace

Anna Karenina – just the scythes

Posted on May 3, 2014 by stevetomlin

Sit through 3hrs of frocks just to see some folk mowing a field for 1 minute? Not even if it’s your friends mowing in a Hollywood movie with the snaths you made yourself? Sorry, I always said I’d wait until … Continue reading →

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How's Your Peening?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by stevetomlin

<img class="alignright" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7670707366_e589e367dc_m.jpg" alt="scythe peening workshop" / Well, Peening Day is done for another year; I hope you got your blades nicely cleaned and sharpened ready for the mowing season. If you're struggling, try asking yourself these questions Continue reading →

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Open letter to Steve Tomlin

Posted on April 6, 2014 by stevetomlin

Copied from scytheconnection.com, the website of Peter Vido, which is no longer online. Making sure this doesnt get lost Open letter to Steve Tomlin A brief prelude: On September 15, 2013 we had posted the following on this website: “As … Continue reading →

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Peening Day 2014

Posted on March 24, 2014 by stevetomlin

Peening Day 2013 International Peening Day this year falls on 6 April, the day to clean off and sharpen your scythe ready for the season. Continue reading →

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Greenwood & Scythe course dates 2014

Posted on December 6, 2013 by stevetomlin

I’ve been working on this for a few weeks now so I’m really pleased to be able to tell you my 2014 course dates. I’ve been discussing the scythe dates in particular to ensure that we make best use of … Continue reading →

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SteveTomlinCrafts & Scytherspace together

Posted on November 18, 2013 by stevetomlin

Some of you will already have noticed that I have brought my Scytherspace site and blog into the SteveTomlinCrafts site. As well as making them easier for me to manage this will mean that you now get posts all year … Continue reading →

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Learning to Scythe on Countrywise

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stevetomlin

For any of you who missed it or would like to see it again, here is my appearance with Paul Heiney on the ITV Countrywise programme. I’m pleased with how it turned out and think I managed to put my … Continue reading →

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Scything in the rain & sun

Posted on September 16, 2013 by stevetomlin

One of the advantages of the scythe is that it is an all-weather tool and on my final scythe courses in Cumbria of 2013 we proved this right. On Saturday a hardy group put on their waterproofs and faced the … Continue reading →

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Scythe Course at Lancaster Castle

Posted on September 3, 2013 by stevetomlin

Later this month I will be teaching a ‘Learn to Scythe’ course for beginners at Lancaster Castle. If you haven’t managed to get on one of my other courses this year and you’re keen to learn how to use a … Continue reading →

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Scything for ITV Countrywise

Posted on August 28, 2013 by stevetomlin

I spent the afternoon today being filmed for a piece on scything with Paul Heiney as part of a new series of Countrywise on ITV. It was great fun to do but very busy without the time to really teach … Continue reading →

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