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Tag Archives: scythe
Carving & Scythe course dates 2015
Why not learn a new skill in 2015 or buy a course date as a special gift for someone?
Come and learn to use an axe and knives or a scythe in the beautiful Lake District on a short course with a leading UK craft tutor.
Guaranteed fun with like-minded people in an inspiring setting, you’ll take home fantastic memories as well as your new skills. Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, scythe courses, Scytherspace, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged 2015, Austrian, course, greenwood, learn scything, scythe, spoon carving, UK, workshop
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Scythe Poetry
A scythe poem with some lovely imagery for a grey winters day.
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Peening scythe repairs for lost tension
What do you do when the organiser of the UK’s biggest scythe event wants to make a bet over whether or not you can repair his favourite antique scythe blade? Why, hammer it of course! Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, Scytherspace
Tagged peening, repair, scythe, tension
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Learn to peen a scythe workshop
I’ve just taught the second of two Learn to Peen workshops for the Yorkshire Dales National Park. I’ve been teaching people how to mow with scythes in the park for a couple of years so it was thought that some specific peening courses would be useful to give some of those people confidence in peening which they could then pass on and spread through the networks we’re hoping to build here in the NW. Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, course, jig, peening, scythe, UK, workshop
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Scythe vs Strimmer video
A film of a race between a scythe and a strimmer; no competition, surely? Continue reading
Posted in scythe festivals & events, Scytherspace
Tagged festival, race, scythe, strimmer, video
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'Tai-chi' mowing with the scythe
A short video demonstrating the difference between mowing using your whole body to power the scythe. No frogs were harmed in the making of this film. Continue reading
Posted in scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, ergonomic, mowing, scythe, tai-chi, video
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A month of mowing
July was my busiest mowing month ever, a whistlestop tour of some of the nicest meadows in the NW. Lots of sun, loads of nice people and I even had my portrait painted! Continue reading
Posted in scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, cumbria, lancashire, learn scything, nw, scythe, Yorkshire
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Good scythe posture
My mate Dave Oliver sent me this montage of images which he took from the video I made last year of mowing the orchard in order to examine my mowing style. Continue reading
Scything rocks!
I often get emails and questions from people asking if the scythe can cope with cutting grass in what they think are difficult situations. The answer’s pretty much always ‘yes’ so I thought nothing of it when I was invited to teach a day of bespoke tuition for Mike and Rachel who said that the mowing on their smallholding was “challenging”.
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Tagged Austrian, learn, rocks, scythe, workshop, Yorkshire
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Scything for bad backs
Some great feedback from Jen, who I taught how to scythe a couple of weeks ago and who suffers with scoliosis in her back. Continue reading
Posted in Scytherspace
Tagged bad back, health, scoliosis, scythe, scythe feedback, scything
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