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Clif, that was almost a scientific explanation.
Here, until recently, almost everyone could do it. With the development of motorized mowers and the restriction of domestic animals, this art is slowly being lost. This is the only effective method for scythe maintenance. You will thin out the blade, which you can easily resharpen during chopping with a hand sharpener - a whetstone. You can, bird watching, greeting pretty girls..... and not disturbing anyone.
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Awesome, learnt so much.
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Thanks, guys. I just like sharp tools and sharpening them.
Growing up on the farm, we didn’t harvest anything by hand with a scythe. But I spent a lot of time cleaning electric fences with one. 1-2 pieces of thin grass touching an electric fence may be burned off, but too much grass or heavier weeds will ground a fence completely. Then the animals get out. Gramp used a stone to sharpen his scythes, but told me about old timers tapping the edge out with a hammer. Think he did that stuff just to get a chuckle while I tried to figure it out, because he knew I liked doing what the old timers would do. No matter, It was just another way to get good at sharpening my tools. Now you can clean fences with a string trimmer that doesn’t need sharpening…
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It's a peening anvil and hammer for European style Sythe blades.
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