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Tag Archives: sharpening
Honing your scythe in the field
I’ve been teaching people how to hone their scythe blade while kneeling for many years. This method is much safer than standing and allows you to work more accurately and effectively. This week, I was demonstrating and came up with … Continue reading
Sharpening a scythe left handed
Scything for left handers.
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Posted in peening & sharpening, scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian scythe, course, left handed, sharpening
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Spoon carving with Gareth
Teaching people how to carve spoons is always a pleasure but it’s great to be asked by an experienced carver to extend their skills. Gareth has been carving for a few years now and teaching too. We talked at Sizergh Greenwood … Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged carving, course, cumbria, green wood, greenwoodwork course, hook knife, sharpening, spoon, UK, workshop
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Crosscut Saw Jointer & Raker Guage
A flurry of posts this week which is unusual. There’s often lots going on but I don’t always get around to posting about them. Anyway, today I got a stage further with my project to start properly using my two … Continue reading
Posted in SteveTomlinCrafts, tools
Tagged atkins, crosscut saw, jointer, raker guage, saw, sharpening, two man saw
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Sharpometer
One of the keys to efficient, easy mowing is a sharp blade acheived through peening and sharpening with whetstones. But how sharp is sharp? This year for the Somerset Scythe Festival there was talk of having a peening competition which, … Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, scythe festivals & events, Scytherspace
Tagged peening, scythe, sharpening
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Sharpening and strickles
As every mower soon learns keeping ones blade sharp is one of the key elements to success with a scythe. After four years of practice I can make a reasonable job of sharpening, but I am not yet satisfied that … Continue reading
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Tagged scythe, sharpening, strickle, traditional tool
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End of season peening & sharpening workshop
On Sunday I ran a peening and sharpening workshop for members of the NW mowing group at Haybridge Nature Reserve in response to a request from one of the members and my own observations at our recents meetings. It’s also … Continue reading