Thank you Renaud. It is lovely to hear about other people using Scythes in different places but with similar experiences of quiet and peace.

Thanks for watching. I completely agree. There is something about the shape that make it look evil or corrupted.

I hope it goes well. Make sure you keep the blade very sharp and don't worry if it is difficult at first. It can a bit of time to get the technique. Good luck :)

:D thanks for watching

@iboughtafield you're welcome 😊

Thank you for all your ideas. That's wonderful.

Thank you Robin, I hope to do a separate video on the Polish war scythe. Thank you for the other ideas too :)

Haha, I love it. Coincidentally I did a video on the origins of grim reaper, and where they acquired the scythe if you're interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3bPgaiYn9iaorc

Thank you Sean, I would like to do a video specifically on the Polish War Scythe. Thank you for watching and for your comment :)

The kama?

@@anthonymichaeleardley494 Different blade angles, different outcomes. But both are quite plausible

One of my personal favorites is the war scythe. It's basically a giant sickle on steroids.

@@엘제-k9u You may be interested in the bec de corbin (crow's beak) if you're interested in keeping the "scythe" profile as much as possible.

@@robinthrush9672 Wierdly enough, for visuals I usually go for a quartarstaff. Feels like a monkey king, you know.

Thank you :)

Thank you :)

It takes some time to learn to mow with a scythe, but it makes a fantastic hobby. I have a video on buying a scythe which I'll add a link to when I get on my computer. I also have some footage on buying the cheapest scythe I could find off ebay to compare it against the wooden ones that I use. It will take me some time to put it into a video, but as a summary a cheap scythe can be used to cut well with some work peening (flattening) the blade and it could be worth it if you want to try scything without the high investment, but a cheaper blade may be off-putting due to the extra work required.

Thank you. That is a great description- "To feel the correct position". I may steal that line for a future video :)

Haha, that's an amazing comment :D Love it!

Thank you for watching again and for your kind comment :)

Thanks for the comment. I find it very relaxing :)

Haha :D thank you for watching again

@ ofc! I love your content<3

Thanks. I am planning to another video with a few ideas from the comments and so this will be useful.

Thank you for watching :) If you are interested then I've been creating a playlist on learning to scythe. Going through buying a scythe, setting it up and sharpening the blade. I've almost finished editing a video on mowing technique which I will add shortly. kzbin.info/aero/PL_ppRR9HT8AbK-0yKkwcqpkx1RWuobdt7&si=vs0d65rzRpJIsuZM There are also alot of other videos on KZbin for learning to scythe. I learnt through some of these videos, through some scything books and from trial and error. After a couple of years I went to an intermediate scythe training course, but was fairly advanced from learning online (and from the volume of mowing I'd done).

Thank you :) I will try to be careful.

Thank you for watching and for all your comments :)

I want to play oblivion again now :D

Thank you I will have to have a look. I did try stripping it with a little bit of leaf left on initially, however I was finding that it didn't stay lit. The reed was fresh, so maybe drying it would be easier. Stripping the pith out entirely seemed to light easier in my experiments. I assume that people would have techniques or styles. I like the idea of keeping a bit of the leaf on would keep rigidity and so I'll have another go with drying.

@@iboughtafield Quite right, I forgot to mention that after the stripping it has to be left to dry thoroughly, and THEN dipped in the hot, liquid fat. I have done this and a foot or so of rush will give maybe twenty minutes of light. There is no noticeable benefit in dipping more than once.

Thanks, will definitely try this :)

@@ginojaco I had another go at this with the reed still on and it worked really well. I think I was having issues with trying outside previously and it kept blowing out. Thank you so much for your comment. I may try to do a short to highlight how well this works!

Thank you :)

Thank you. I will have a look :)

In medieval times only rich people could afford beeswax candles. And you would have found it in professional candles workshops. There were some of them in important cities like Assisi

@sergioriggio1769 True, I read that only the Church and the upper nobility could afford beeswax candles.

Haha, you noticed :D Thanks for watching

Thank you :)

Thank you :D

:D

I use Fux and Falci scythes :)

@@iboughtafield фукс яка модель?

@@АндрійБабенко-й7н www.schroeckenfux.at/scythes/scythes-models/

Luckily no bunnies. Quite a few toads and frogs and a mouse once. Far fewer than using power tools, but you see them if you slice them with a scythe, which is not that nice.

Thank you Dave :)

Thank you :) The whole structure has survived the planting and has lots of new growth I've weaved in. I will try to get an update at some point

Thank you Mike. If you want to know any of the process that I went through when getting the field then I'm happy to have a chat - [email protected] . (I don't check the email very often and so may need a nudge on KZbin if I don't reply).

That sounds a really good idea! You made it out of grass... is it woven or a canvas stuff with hay or something else? Really intrigued by this :)

@@iboughtafield Way simpler than that... Every time I scythe, I just fetch a handful of grass, cut it to the desired length if need be, wrap it around the stone and pack all this tight into the holder. It does not get reused.

@@samueldougoud3289 nice, thanks for the tip. I'll give it a go

Thank you, that is a good question. A steep slope does not make too much difference- in fact there a videos on KZbin of mountain scything. Lots of small bumps such has hardened mole hills can be a bit annoying as it will dull the blade quicker if you go through them. The main problem is fencing, metal and rocks which can damage the blade. You may want to increase the lay of the blade so the cutting edge is a bit further from the ground on uneven ground and so you won't get such a low cut, but in general it should be fine.

​@@iboughtafield Oh I see, thanks for responding!

Thanks. Would this be a hardened scythe shaped weapon specifically made for fighting? I have not seen much on terms asymmetric non-straight weapons and so I suspect they may be too unwieldy. Scythes for agriculture are normally used on the floor. With a counter-balance then this may improve it for manevouribility. I suspect a spear or halberd would be your closest weapons designed for this. A Bill Hook on a pole would be a very good tool that could be used to hook and trip. Your scythe imagery has a much greater cool factor and would be great in a film.

Thank you for the comment. Yes, I think the range is one the main advantages of a pole arm.

Thanks Mike :)

Oh no, that sounds like something I would do. What did I mistype?

Thank you for watching as well

@@iboughtafield no, it's a reference to SCP-1207. No worries, nothing wrong in the video:)

@@rareram :D haha, thank you. Just looked it up :)

@@iboughtafield it's one of my favorites. The riddles are nice too

Ouch! :D I want to play a new campaign now :D

Thanks for watching. Good luck finding a new mower :)

​@@iboughtafield oh, and a question - do you have to do anything in this process differently if you're left-handed?

@@obonyxiam thank you for the question. Most left handers will just use the same style of scythe. There are blades that you can get which face in the opposite direction, however they are not very common. I am right handed, but from what I have read then left handed people don't find it more difficult to use the more common right-handed blade. I suspect it is just what you get used to- a bit like some right handed people using a spade in the left handed manner (with the left hand at the top or at least my mother does :D). I would recommend left handed people going for a usual right handed blade, because they are easier to find and it is probably easier learning to mow in the more common direction and having a wider variety of blades to choose from (particularly if they ever try mowing in rows with someone else).

@@iboughtafield cool, thank you so much!

Thank you watching :)

Thank you :)