A Good Scythe at Work

[hellzanetruesdale]

just curious but how safe is this to use actually?

[JustAnotherVisionary]

So that’s how these things work.

My back yard can easily get that bad by the Spring’s first cutting, and the ground is rough and uneven too. Using a scythe can’t be any harder work than pushing the wheeled weedwhacker over that ground. Wouldn’t need ear or eye protection either, and could reach higher for those thrice-cursed berry briars…

Man, I want one of these now.

[aaronready1]

a day with willy nelson and his family....i love it!

[weichao2000]

A figure commonly used to represent death. The Grim Reaper is a skeleton or solemn-looking man carrying a scythe, who cuts off people's lives as though he were harvesting grain.

[Melanchomin]

Really does look like a good work out...Calming too :)

[ThePerrytheplatpus]

i wish i could cut my grass like this. :(

[Andreas748]

Can I cut my grass with these?

[kaivido]

@Andreas748

Of course!

[turuanu]

Sheesh, now I passionately hate weedeaters and whoever convinced us that they are better, with that noise, stones jumping at you, smell of fuel. Aahhh modernity..

[revenant3154]

So THIS is how crop cirlces are made, I NEVER WOULD'VE GUESSED!

[1crazyfocker]

going to be having my family doing this in a few months, moving to ME and starting a totaly green farm, from solar heat to boi ponds for methane, using only human or animal power for everything, need to start looking in to good scythe for mowing and harvesting, what do you requamend? what type for mowing, what type for wheat harvest?

[darmokandgalad]

That's great. I used to mow my back field with a hand tool, I don't know what it's called but it's like a wooden handle the length of an ax handle and at the bottom is a semicircle with a deep toothed blade running across the diameter and you swing it like a golf club. It was one of my favorite experiences. It makes you feel in touch with nature and its really pretty fun. If everyone mowed that way people would be a lot thinner and we would save a lot of pollution (noise and air), and money.

[Skumpaj]

Can anybody tell me what type of scythe is used in the video, the handle looks more efficient than on any other scythe I've seen.

[gusto1978]

Scythe VS whipper snipper........ lol imagine me taking this to work on my Lawnmowing bussiness, no customers would never complain LMAO

[repkhmvkf8o]

Wow beats a mower!

[dudejo]

officers consider a scythe as a weapon?!

and a chainsaw isn't?

[josh67220]

wait how did a farmers tool....become a skeleton's weapon the reaps souls?

[shittyfuck]

i think grim reaper was a famer

[Jadandlud]

@shittyfuck a farmer of souls my friend.

[falstoffe]

@shittyfuck He was. He reaped what was sowed--the content of souls. Google 'Saturn God' and 'Father Time'.

[battletoads22]

@shittyfuck Aye. He harvested souls.

[SakoTGrimes]

I was using a crappy weed wacker to knock down grass today, and all I could think about was how much I would rather be holding a scythe.

[cyclenut]

I have dreams of living in community of people living like this.. Taking care of the land that they live off. I didn't think that there were any places left like that...

[alansmisclass]

1:05 Is that Willie Nelson?

[filmitfilmit]

How hard is that on your lower back?

[JonathanZeidman]

@filmitfilmit I have a back that, ahem, needs a lot of careful attention. I don't find scything to be a problem. Hard work through brush can be hard on the shoulder, but low back isn't generally an issue. In the long run it is probably good stretching and exercise...fairly gentle. Peter (Willie Nelson, :) ) told me his back got better over time.

[epicnessinacan]

This shows how symbolic the scythe is (referring to the grim reaper)

It's reaping (harvesting) crops

Like how the reaper harvests souls...

[ohiovr]

That looks easy! Maybe easier than it looks...

[falstoffe]

@ohiovr It's easy for the first 50 strokes. After that the muscles kinda get tired, but you get way more tone than with push ups ;).

[cosy18]

u will get a 8 pack very fast lol

[yosefes]

Amazing tool!

[NOXXism]

Now that's a girl you don't want to mess with

[rocker9904]

WOW!!!! get me one of those!!!!

[locoyogui]

some tips for avoid the slashing? this tool seems very sharp, and the feet run in a great risk

[R3v0luti0n1]

Now we know how the grim reaper cuts his grass :)

[ShushLorraine]

I am so glad to see this! Ever since I read the book, The Scythe Book from our library, I have wanted to get one, but didn't think husband would go along with it. I think when he sees this he will want one.

He is getting right under those logs and farm equipment! And, what? He's barefooted with that sharp blade! Yet, with control over the blade, he's safe apparently. Thanks! I'm going to go watch all your other scythe videos.

[hehsus]

I'm reading Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina. In the novel, there is a beautifully written chapter on mowing. At first, I didn't know what mowing was, but now I know. Thanks for the video!

[Meese3Cheat]

i want to make a martial art based on the sycthe

[BaseballFreak1468]

it looks fun but must also be very tiring and time consuming

[xgreedxx]

hmmmm could i use one to mow my lawn? XD

[Ganthir]

I wish I had property.

[BillionNames]

very good training for arms

[ianmiscool6969]

why is this so hypnotizing to watch? lol

[whokilledmydoggie]

We use a cross between a sickle and scythe where I come from, called a "sundang". Looks like the scythe would have been a better tool, less back-breaking. You'll have a few inches head start if you end up uncovering a snake too.

[raccoonmatinginyour]

Anyone know a good store I can get one with a wooden shaft (handle, pole). I can only find a metal one.

[latina2707]

Great for crop circles no?

[dumb7890]

that looks faster than a weedeater

[Riscet4ever]

very good

[HeavenlyDismay]

Like any other tool. You let it do the work for you. Just gotta know how to use it. I'd like to learn to use a scythe some day. I've never even seen one being used properly until now.

[snoflaked]

How often do they need sharpening?

[chemist653]

I have a quinta in central Portugal and need to mow a small field. This video shows me exactly how to do it - I think! Thanks so much for making it.

[VergilGrimm000]

Ive got my own scythe and still use it to mow my lawn. cuts are always nice and clean. and theirs never any lines left.

[danz409]

i have a few blades laying around. any suggestions to where i can find replacement handles?

[welderman1987]

kai is there going to be another scything symposium in the near future?

[thechief49]

Looks pretty cool although i can't see how people used it as a weapon. Just has too much of a weird curve for it to be practical.

[Dave51262]

Cool! I have never seen one used. Great demo of many types of situations. Better than a smoke spueing weed wacker. My lawn mower is shot and I need to replace. This would be great to learn how to do instead. Thanks!

[akyramoto]

very cool. great core workout too!! imagine if everyone used one! you'd be as trim as your lawn!

[FatGermanBastard]

@akyramoto

I mow my lawn with one and I am not particularly "trim" :D

[nerdmom920]

@akyramoto That's the kind of exercise I can get into

[Kurt2424]

looks kinda fun... :)

[aznkidd26]

it does, strangely..........i want one : )

[JimKuback2009]

This is fascinating... and strangely beautiful to watch.

[Gunner193]

It's an art, friend. The art of mowing.

[sephiroth87932]

wow the scythe is an ingenious tool wow

[rpmartin1886]

Very nice technique! Everyone always thinks this is back-breaking work, but this demonstrates that it doesn't have to be that hard.

[jlasud]

@rpmartin1886 I've seen 80-90 year old man scything...and they worked with them all their life.But they were living a natural life,someone who makes phisical movement only by opening his laptop 3 times a day and opening his cars door 10 times a day and eats youknowwhatkindof food will not be able to do that

[kaivido]

Yes, they are European scythes and yes, the motions and stances are principally the same for both kinds.

[ConnyCornNStoneWall]

I found a scythe in the woods far behind my friends house....we took it home...but there parents yelled at us for brining a "weapon" back home...Ignorant eh?

[Solechnaya]

Yeah no kidding, ConnyCorn. I got into trouble with the popo once for having a sickle in the back of my jeep. I was coming home after collecting wheat for homemade bread. They were just doing routine checks for drunks. He saw the sickle and gave me a warning for "possessing a dangerous weapon".

[dumb7890]

my job does not want us to use machetys to clear brush thay are afraid we will use them for wepons

[MariAnKenobi]

Now, unless I'm mistaken, these are European scythes. Do the same motions and stances apply to the heavier British scythes?

[wmschaefer]

Your videos on scything are very inspiring. I can't wait to start.

[agraeen]

This reminds me of when I was a little girl - I cleared a field full of buck thistles in a morning while my grandfather sat on the brow of the field. My grandmother cut the legs off him that evening!!!! This is brilliant - using a scythe is so easy--I wish I could swing a scythe again in a field of Irish wheat'

[trbo2na]

scythe as weapon?

[kaivido]

Yes...the peaceful farmers' weapon!

[trbo2na]

of-course!

[Solechnaya]

Weapon of the people, of the workers. Or the Grim reaper perhaps. :p.

[Astrolounge]

@trbo2na Yes, scythes were used as weapons, but the blade was adjusted so that it stuck straight out – more like a lance or halberd. It was apparently quite effective against both infantry, and for unhorsing cavalry.