Category Archives: tools

Sheaf Fork

Posted on September 21, 2010 by stevetomlin

I would deny being a tool geek but I do like old tools, know a bit about them and am constantly amazed by the ingenuity of folk  who worked by hand in designing efficient tools for specific jobs. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Scytherspace, tools | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Mowing wheat at vintage weekend

Posted on August 24, 2010 by stevetomlin

This week I’m getting ready to mow wheat in Lancashire as part of Whitey’s Working Weekend.  The hosts, Margaret & Andrew Webster, came to the Cumbria Scythe Festival with their family to see if they could find someone with a … Continue reading →

Posted in cereals, Scytherspace, tools, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Rake making with Brian

Posted on August 9, 2010 by stevetomlin

Once your grass is cut you need to do something with it.   Hopefully that means enough warm dry weather to make sweet-smelling hay for the winter but at the least cleaning it from the meadow so as not to … Continue reading →

Posted in Scytherspace, tools | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment