Peen Scythe Blade Part 2

[drconnole]

chicken 7:50

[ilovebees3]

Great great video - If using a wide anvil and cross peen hammer do you follow same basic Idea but with bevel side up ? Three passes along length of blade each one closer to edge, useing the shoulder joint in motion and elbow locked.

Final pass at edge using elbow joint in motion and shoulder locked.

Thank You

[ndudman8]

@ilovebees3 To be honest I only tried the flat anvil when I first got a cheap fake Austrian blade and really didn't know what I was doing, a friend visited also at the time and I asked her to peen it for me, she was a mower, and she really struggled so something was wrong (our skill level or the equipment I had, probably both :) ) As I've had good results fairly quickly with the pointed anvil I've never tried again with the flat one, I would jpersonally recomend trying a pointed one, but

[ndudman8]

@ndudman8 otherwise I guess the procedure is going to be quite simular. Sorry I can't other more help to to :)

[ilovebees3]

Thank you foe response:

@ndudman8 My understanding is you need a FLAT wide anvil to make repairs with blade right side up as in mowing. But somebody has told me, you can make repairs on a CONVEX wide anvil with blade upside down.

Any thoughts ?

Also, can repairs be made with a narrow anvil ?

[ndudman8]

@ilovebees3 I don't often get damages, only when mowing with the 90cm around the house where there are sometimes concreate/metal things I forget about, but then I just use the pointed anvil, same way up as when I peen and straightem them out, or perhaps file them away abit if they are really bad (havn't done that yet this year). I think it makes sense to use what ever anvil you peen with to make the repair, helps keep the blades edge shape/profile the same. Just my opinion :)

[danodan7]

takymto sposobom si moze klepat akurat tak po hlave. ten chlap asi kosu klepat v zivote nevidel

[Mooody14141414]

mam 23 lata klepie kosy od 10 lat i moim zdaniem to zly sposob klepania jezeli idzie tak  to nazwac ,facet wcale jej nie sklepuje tylko ja lechta!!

[ndudman8]

Thank you for your comments... Tickling or heavy hammer blows are both possible, more important I feel is evenness and consistency. And of course smiling :)

Děkuji Vám za Váš komentář. Lechtání, ale také rány těžším kladivem jsou možné, ale mám pocit, že důležitější je stějnoměrnost a konzistence. A samozřejmě úsměv.

[ndudman8]

Translated to English for those interested

I have been peening for 24 years since the age of 10, and it seems to me it was a bad way, but now Im not peening, but just tickling it.

[ilovebees3]

@ndudman8 I need clarification. Do you do the elbow hinged "hardening" hammer blow s only one time at the very end of the entire peening process or do you also do the hardening blows after a completion of each "line" or only certain lines? Thanks

[ndudman8]

@ilovebees3 Yes only at the very end of the peening process... No problem :)

[mburr3]

You sharpen (whet) your blade every 15 minutes or so when cutting. At some point you will notice that the blade begins to lose it's edge after whetting quicker and the blade begins to cut poorly. Then it's time to re-peen the blade. Most folks seem to recommend peening after 4 - 12 hours of use. My experience seems to be at about 10 hours of cutting. YMMV because it depends on other factors too such as what you are cutting with your blade.

[ndudman8]

:) Good question

Only rule I can think of if thats what we need is "if we aren't cutting with ease". But of course there are other reasons why mowing might not be easy.

You get the feel for it with more practice etc. Sorry I havn't got a simply answer, its not complicated I don't think, just many factors we could consider. I'm really not an expert or anything, I just enjoy it and it feeds my animals :)

Good luck with your practice.

[drstrangeman]

so when are you sopse to peen your blade?