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Category Archives: Scytherspace
A week of courses
I had a wonderful start to my summer of teaching with several different craft courses within the space of a week. Continue reading
Posted in fan birds, scythe courses, Scytherspace, spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged course, fan bird, incised engraving, scythe, UK, workshop
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Seeing is peening
When trying to freehand peen your scythe blade, one of the most important elements is getting the lighting right so you can see the hammer marks on the scythe. Being able to see where your blows are landing allows you … Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, Scytherspace
Tagged anvil, freehand, peening, scythe
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Anna Karenina – just the scythes
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
How's Your Peening?
<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
Posted in peening & sharpening, Scytherspace
Tagged anvil, jig, learn, peen, peening, scythe, scything, sharpen
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Peening Day 2014
International Peening Day this year falls on 6 April, the day to clean off and sharpen your scythe ready for the season. Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, Scytherspace
Tagged anvil, IPD, jig, peening, scythe
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Greenwood & Scythe course dates 2014
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
Posted in greenwood courses, scythe courses, Scytherspace, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged 2014, carving, course, greenwood, learn, scythe, scything, spoon carving, workshop
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SteveTomlinCrafts & Scytherspace together
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
Posted in Scytherspace, SteveTomlinCrafts, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, scytherspace, Steve Tomlin
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Learning to Scythe on Countrywise
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
Posted in scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Countryfile, Countrywise, cumbria, ITV, John Craven, Lake District, Paul Heiney, scythe, scytherspace
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Scything in the rain & sun
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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Tagged 2013, Austrian, course, cumbria, learn, scythe, scythe course, workshop
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Scythe Course at Lancaster Castle
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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Tagged Austrian, course, lancashire, lancaster, scythe, scythe course, workshop
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