I just shared this with my 14 year old daughter. she's going to LOVE having a "weapon" like this...TO CUT OUR GRASS! I can hear it now, "mom, can I mow the lawn?"
I mow fields as a side job. rather than using a scythe, I will become a shepherd, a grazier managing my herds on people property and moving them around to earn an income.
Aside from the fact that from behind she look fine, a woman that can work like that for an extended period of time is sexy. To heck with these women that want prada and want to do nothing except ask to get it.
Great video. I grew up using a scythe to cut hay for my sheep when I was 11. I also cut wood for my family for a number of years with an ax before I got a chainsaw. I'd prefer to use an ax today, but I don't have the energy I did 40 plus years ago. I noticed you were barefoot. I hope you are still going barefoot. We waste far to much money and oil on shoes that kill our feet. It's the small things like going barefoot and remembering the old ways that are important.
I bought an old scythe from a antique store (SHeffield England), Re oiled the wood, removed the rust, sharpened the blade. Watched You Tube. Now happy to lose some weight, and say a two finger salute to machinery and crude oil. Well done on the vid.
How long did it take you to scythe down all that grass? Also, and I don't mean to pry, but how old are you? I've seen a lot of young people in my country who can't be made to do that level of work. They simply refuse, run away or do such a terrible job that they know they not be asked to do it again.
Also, I knew you would be pretty handy by the way you sharpened that scythe. You've had a lot of practice with that stone. Very good.
I do landscaping, lots of labor in my work. All I think about any more is how will I make it even close to 65 before I am crippled. And how shitty my pay is for how hard I work. I am forced to either live poor or give up honest work to make a decent living as a crook.
@rustyscrapper God knows how hard you work, the suffering have a special place with him. Know that you are above the lazy pricks who "work" all day sitting in the office, guzzling coffee and watching porn on the computer. They wouldnt last an hour doing our line of work.
YouTube! you Suck! Why take the audio out of a video and leave it up? What kind of an asshole business plan is it to ruin one vid with commercials and the others with killing the audio? If this keeps up, I'm going to cancel my account here.
Yeah, it would be cool if it was re-posted with no music. We gotta make sure the NYC money people get their big money so they can live la dolce vida while we're cutting grass.
Don't get me wrong, that was impressive; but, you really do need to put on some shoes. Really, you can wear shoes without betraying your granola values.
Nice form. Makes me want to get a scythe, it looks like fun! Can you post a version of this video with sound to another site? It seems very incomplete since youtube disabled it.
Im so thankful you put this video on. Its the only GOOD reference point i have to the proper posture needed to enjoy the experience. Here in the mountains of North Carolina it has been difficult to find people who are still interested in this way of getting things done simply and on human power only. My husband, and most of the county think im nuts but im glad to know there is other people out there for support in teaching and using this beautiful tool! Thank you!
Nice, going barefoot is a cool hippie thing that I like. Oh, yeah scythes are great. We need to have many in our society now before things collapse. She extreemely good with a scythe, or so it seems to my untrained eye.
Kai, what length of blade is your sister (could be wrong on that, but it looks like Ashely) using here? If there is anything else that you could say to describe the blade, I'd be grateful.
The growth she's cutting looks pretty mature. Would you use it for hay?
Kai, what are the specs on the scythe used in the video? Would you bother using what was cut for hay?
Kai and his father sold me a scythe and accessories about a year-and-a-half ago. They also gave me a lot of advice before and after the purchase.
Last year, I used the scythe to knock down patches of thistle and keep the entrance to our property tidy. Now, I'm making hay for our small flock of sheep and knocking down grass to place electric fencing. More useful than I expected.
Last year I gave up on using a scythe after 1 hour of misery. This year I was determined to learn how to use it. The videos really helped a lot, especially on how to sharpen the blade. Using it properly won't cause blisters. It's much, much faster then using a weedeater for those scrubby lots. I'm still working on technique and slowly getting better at it. It's quiet and doesn't pack down the soil. Give it a try!
Don't you get it? A young White girl can kick ass with a tool like this. We don't need hordes of illiterate third worlders with noisy weed eaters and leaf blowers driving drunk with Mariachi music blasting through our neighborhoods.
Well, that will only happen when our own hordes of intellectually illiterate, soda-guzzling, pizza-hogging, video-game-obsessed, bloated blimps riding in oversize SUVs with hip-hop and soulless pop blasting from their cars either die off, or are deprived of all their "luxuries" that are killing them, and learn to get back to nature.
I think I'm in love! Hey cutie... wanna come over to my place and give my acreage a good thrashing? :)
Seriously, a beautiful video with an inspirational message and reminder that power tools are not necessarily needed or even the best solution for everything - a lesson we sorely need to re-learn IMHO.
I've sat in harvesters that can so that much work in about 10 seconds. Her tool was the norm not so long ago and what she was doing represents a hard life but, then again, that's one fine and fit looking woman.
This girl has a serious work ethic! One time I used a scythe for ~30 minutes and ended up with enormous blisters and extremely sore arms. Very impressive technique, especially the crazy flailing around on top of the tractor. Now we just need to find a way to get grasses to grow in parking lots...
Don't forget that our modern advances began life as being labor-SAVING. At some point the saving shifted to destroying.
balrogthane 6 months ago
I just shared this with my 14 year old daughter. she's going to LOVE having a "weapon" like this...TO CUT OUR GRASS! I can hear it now, "mom, can I mow the lawn?"
paulineprojectlove 6 months ago
I could watch her all day...
paulineprojectlove 6 months ago
audio's back!!! hurray!!!!!!
pyrrhite 6 months ago
Very cool how the scythe leaves the (hay?) plants in lovely neat windrows. Easy to pick up, bale, sheave, or whatever.
Very curious... how long would it take an experienced reaper to cover an acre of land?
Crunchy68 9 months ago
Your family and your farm are simply amazing. What a fantastic example of self reliance . Highest regards!
SurefireWoodsman 9 months ago
I mow fields as a side job. rather than using a scythe, I will become a shepherd, a grazier managing my herds on people property and moving them around to earn an income.
JamesTyreeII 9 months ago 2
Aside from the fact that from behind she look fine, a woman that can work like that for an extended period of time is sexy. To heck with these women that want prada and want to do nothing except ask to get it.
dendog21 10 months ago
Wow well done
thatcheruk 1 year ago
Great video. I grew up using a scythe to cut hay for my sheep when I was 11. I also cut wood for my family for a number of years with an ax before I got a chainsaw. I'd prefer to use an ax today, but I don't have the energy I did 40 plus years ago. I noticed you were barefoot. I hope you are still going barefoot. We waste far to much money and oil on shoes that kill our feet. It's the small things like going barefoot and remembering the old ways that are important.
Canopus68 1 year ago
I bought an old scythe from a antique store (SHeffield England), Re oiled the wood, removed the rust, sharpened the blade. Watched You Tube. Now happy to lose some weight, and say a two finger salute to machinery and crude oil. Well done on the vid.
Hetman1974 1 year ago
She will survive
joadhenry 1 year ago 4
Don't pop the tractor tire!
eacortes 1 year ago
How long did it take you to scythe down all that grass? Also, and I don't mean to pry, but how old are you? I've seen a lot of young people in my country who can't be made to do that level of work. They simply refuse, run away or do such a terrible job that they know they not be asked to do it again.
Also, I knew you would be pretty handy by the way you sharpened that scythe. You've had a lot of practice with that stone. Very good.
colddrake80 1 year ago 3
Just think, she could have spent an hour at the gym instead and accomplished .... nothing.
jhssuthrnmama 1 year ago
Real life SuperGirl? Wow!!!
I wish I lived in the days when everybody could do that....I really do HATE the lazy world of today...
Even more, I wish I knew people like her, that could show me how to do it....
: )
cyclenut 1 year ago
I do landscaping, lots of labor in my work. All I think about any more is how will I make it even close to 65 before I am crippled. And how shitty my pay is for how hard I work. I am forced to either live poor or give up honest work to make a decent living as a crook.
rustyscrapper 1 year ago
@rustyscrapper God knows how hard you work, the suffering have a special place with him. Know that you are above the lazy pricks who "work" all day sitting in the office, guzzling coffee and watching porn on the computer. They wouldnt last an hour doing our line of work.
eacortes 1 year ago
@eacortes
I can imagine
The office peoples' very
Rude awakening.
Di0genesus 7 months ago
@rustyscrapper Me too! It sucks, but it is not forever. Change is happening.
JamesTyreeII 9 months ago
Fuckin' YouTube bastards. It's unfortunate though that we do not see as many reapers out here in British Columbia!
maxrocks1 1 year ago
YouTube! you Suck! Why take the audio out of a video and leave it up? What kind of an asshole business plan is it to ruin one vid with commercials and the others with killing the audio? If this keeps up, I'm going to cancel my account here.
PaulUmbarger 2 years ago
for a semetrical workout i'd recommend getting a left hand and right hand tool.
Gilmourist 2 years ago
The fact is the the sweetest dream that labor knows
My long scythe whispered and left the hay to make
graypj 2 years ago
Yeah, it would be cool if it was re-posted with no music. We gotta make sure the NYC money people get their big money so they can live la dolce vida while we're cutting grass.
loslosbaby 2 years ago
How do anyone compare a scythe to any lawnmower; whether it's a reel mower, gas or electric. Anyone tell me the advantages of those things.
dafranx 2 years ago
This is truly inspirational. I am now shopping for a scythe.
lorilenz 2 years ago
Put some sound on it. Without sound it is not that great.
PolluteLessDotCom 2 years ago
Don't get me wrong, that was impressive; but, you really do need to put on some shoes. Really, you can wear shoes without betraying your granola values.
sferrari81 2 years ago
pfff taka trawe to dziecko bedzie kosić jak by poszła na łąke gdize jest gesta trawa bo gnojuwa była wylana to wtedy trzeba umieć kosić
rolosik12 2 years ago
Ma panna parę ;)
kociak8514 2 years ago
This woman is amazing! Do we know where the video was recorded?
ceraau 2 years ago
Nice form. Makes me want to get a scythe, it looks like fun! Can you post a version of this video with sound to another site? It seems very incomplete since youtube disabled it.
cehualli 2 years ago
it looks like fun! i want a farm now!
RedNoir 2 years ago
Its amazing that we gave up that healty lifestyl for this now sickening world where we now live in.
Thanks for sharing
johnbleeker 2 years ago 12
@johnbleeker
WE GAVE NOTHING!
When the combustion engine was invented the tractor soon followed, and everyone was forced off the land.
ninja25701 3 months ago
Im so thankful you put this video on. Its the only GOOD reference point i have to the proper posture needed to enjoy the experience. Here in the mountains of North Carolina it has been difficult to find people who are still interested in this way of getting things done simply and on human power only. My husband, and most of the county think im nuts but im glad to know there is other people out there for support in teaching and using this beautiful tool! Thank you!
eddieeckel 2 years ago 3
you aren't nuts. This is how things are done in many places still- and life there is more fulfilling by far...
Slovensko1 2 years ago
We need the audio back.
ibelongintheservice 3 years ago
Nice, going barefoot is a cool hippie thing that I like. Oh, yeah scythes are great. We need to have many in our society now before things collapse. She extreemely good with a scythe, or so it seems to my untrained eye.
aNaturalist 3 years ago
Fantastic vid. Inspires me to get our borrowed scythe working. Keep up the good work!
biomikebryan 3 years ago
She is so cute and cool lady.
arlyanagi 3 years ago
i think i'm pretty much in love with that girl:)
wmcdonald76 3 years ago
Wow! Amazing...Thank you!
acylon1 3 years ago 3
I want to marry this woman....
With her scythe and my axe there is nothing we could not accomplish.
BlueOx2277 3 years ago 4
Jesus Christ! She's 14 and what are you? 31?
gschjetne 2 years ago
what kind of shops can i get a scythe at in texas? like a home depot or sumthin?
LittlePyroManiacDude 3 years ago
sell the tractor and everything that hitches to it before no oil.
this woman with her scythe,
priceless.
ichduj 3 years ago 2
nice dress want to go to the barn and dance
blueredfan08 3 years ago 2
Looks like "Children of the Corn: Harvest Time".
Seriously, though, very impressive. Looks like something Natalie Merchant would do.
Be careful twirling that thing around.
minorityop 3 years ago
put on shoes honey.
vaultcracker1 3 years ago
That looks like drudgery. I would not want to have to mow that entire field with a scythe. (Beautiful farm you have there, BTW.)
ressalg 3 years ago
Kai, what length of blade is your sister (could be wrong on that, but it looks like Ashely) using here? If there is anything else that you could say to describe the blade, I'd be grateful.
The growth she's cutting looks pretty mature. Would you use it for hay?
markallanfox 3 years ago
Why is a girl doing this? Is the men too lazy to do the job?
SteveSmith26 3 years ago
Kai, what are the specs on the scythe used in the video? Would you bother using what was cut for hay?
Kai and his father sold me a scythe and accessories about a year-and-a-half ago. They also gave me a lot of advice before and after the purchase.
Last year, I used the scythe to knock down patches of thistle and keep the entrance to our property tidy. Now, I'm making hay for our small flock of sheep and knocking down grass to place electric fencing. More useful than I expected.
Thanks Kai.
markallanfox 3 years ago
Last year I gave up on using a scythe after 1 hour of misery. This year I was determined to learn how to use it. The videos really helped a lot, especially on how to sharpen the blade. Using it properly won't cause blisters. It's much, much faster then using a weedeater for those scrubby lots. I'm still working on technique and slowly getting better at it. It's quiet and doesn't pack down the soil. Give it a try!
Patzee02 3 years ago
Yes it does take a while to master. I currently use a sickle for harvest. It's a bit slower than a scythe, but doesn't take as much skill.
Solechnaya 3 years ago
I have a scythe--never knew it needed to be sharpened--now maybe I'll try it again. Thanks
bestinthepack 3 years ago
Nice form, I always struggle gracelessly with my scythe but now I will do better
fringehead 3 years ago
Kind of ironic since you couldn't even make a scythe without coal to melt the iron and carbon for the steel. Awesome video all the same.
neotoy 3 years ago
Not really, charcoal is fine in a furnace and renewable. There is plenty of scrap steel in that tractor to melt down anyway!
giggleswicksam 3 years ago
Ivory works too.
Solechnaya 3 years ago
Bless you for posting this wonderful video. Would love to see more from this farm, too.
madmarni1 3 years ago
thats how they make crop circles.
CyborgCommando1980 3 years ago
wow ill bet alot of people will stop complaining about all the mexicans here when we have to start doing this again
whiterchocolate 3 years ago
Don't you get it? A young White girl can kick ass with a tool like this. We don't need hordes of illiterate third worlders with noisy weed eaters and leaf blowers driving drunk with Mariachi music blasting through our neighborhoods.
e2718282 3 years ago
Well, that will only happen when our own hordes of intellectually illiterate, soda-guzzling, pizza-hogging, video-game-obsessed, bloated blimps riding in oversize SUVs with hip-hop and soulless pop blasting from their cars either die off, or are deprived of all their "luxuries" that are killing them, and learn to get back to nature.
scientastic 3 years ago 25
I agree! Let's start by depriving them of cheap third world labor.
e2718282 3 years ago
@scientastic Bravo!
Reachwun 4 months ago
whiterchocolate, why not get off your ass and do it yourself? There's a reason why people won't do work for people like you.
Solechnaya 3 years ago
I think I'm in love! Hey cutie... wanna come over to my place and give my acreage a good thrashing? :)
Seriously, a beautiful video with an inspirational message and reminder that power tools are not necessarily needed or even the best solution for everything - a lesson we sorely need to re-learn IMHO.
mburr3 3 years ago
Wonderful, inspirational video.
JeremyCherfas 3 years ago
quite simply brilliant. in every way
johnpaulflintoff 3 years ago
Incapacitated and weak...AND FAT!
Not only would most not be able to endure the physical labor, they likely wouldn't even know how to sharpen the blade. (sigh)
Nice video!
WakeUpNowAmerica 3 years ago
It doesn't take a lot out of you to use a scythe.
Solechnaya 3 years ago
I've sat in harvesters that can so that much work in about 10 seconds. Her tool was the norm not so long ago and what she was doing represents a hard life but, then again, that's one fine and fit looking woman.
charliep3 3 years ago
beautiful landscape, where was this shot?
kitchawan 3 years ago
Lower Kintore, New Brunswick, Canada
kaivido 3 years ago
one of the most effecient tools of man...
we must harnass this power while we still can
Sarnarath 3 years ago 2
The sound and the movement were MESMERIZING!! Incredible video, thank you for sharing!
mlheran 4 years ago 2
This girl has a serious work ethic! One time I used a scythe for ~30 minutes and ended up with enormous blisters and extremely sore arms. Very impressive technique, especially the crazy flailing around on top of the tractor. Now we just need to find a way to get grasses to grow in parking lots...
lispinglatta 4 years ago