It maws, it kills, it makes me lose weight, it keeps me in tip-top shape, it serves as that special extra for my Halloween outfit, and it keeps me and my family closer together. What a great tool!
@philippeorlando74822 ай бұрын
Yeah and if you need to get rid of some undesirable person, all you have to do is dress accordingly with the right costume and use your scythe.
@Marialla.13 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! No noise, no gas or electricity, no cords, excellent maneuverability, excellent speed... This is simply ELEGANT.
@UncleFexxer11 жыл бұрын
Wish this had sound. I love that swishing/slicing sound they make.
@svetlanikolova76734 жыл бұрын
The smell is devine. I love the smell in the morning. Great therapy for people with anger issues. So as chopping wood
@PasqualItizzz3 жыл бұрын
I played some dubstep over the top of it
@tonyserena72986 жыл бұрын
I still have a few of my Dads Scythe's. . .unfortunately they just hang as relics in the machinery shed now. . . They haven't been used since the 1930s. . .He replaced his team of horses and hand tools with a JD model B and No. 5 Sickle mower in 1937. I can remember him hammering/peening the blade with a special stand and hammer he carried around with him in the field. I can still remember the sound. Great video, you brought back a lot of memories for me.
@tanirya84603 жыл бұрын
Да, сейчас этот инструмент забывается. Знаю пожилых уже людей, которые умеют отбивать - править косу. Но они уходят... в вечность
@josefineschonher69042 жыл бұрын
You should use them.
@craigfox8810 жыл бұрын
it does look really calming to watch, strange but I can see my self choosing a scythe over machines personally
@kimskis13 жыл бұрын
I used to mown huge amounts of grass with this tool when I was a teenager at my granddad's farm...it's worth noticing that scythes have to be sharpened regularly and their blade has to be reset with a help of a hammer too. They are also very sharp and any mishandling could lead to a serious injury, so the person using it must be very thorough
@ShushLorraine14 жыл бұрын
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.
@Rattrais13 жыл бұрын
This video is absolutely fascinating. I've never actually seen one used in practice. I am amazed at how fluid and smooth it works even on the nearly shoulder length grass and brush. Very... /very/ neat video, thank you for uploading!
@usa132712 жыл бұрын
this is easily one of the most amazing things i have ever seen.
@bobnancymiller49315 жыл бұрын
Nothing posted for the last number of years. Sure wish you'd return with your inspirational and educational videos
@michaels682111 жыл бұрын
Dear God! If the comments on this page are any indication of the intelligence of the world these days, we are all in trouble. If it's not a comment trying to be funny in a pathetic plea for attention, it's a demeaning or judgemental one on life choices or farm equip.placement. I found it informative and it answered the question that Google got me here with. Grow up haters! These people are experts at a dying art!
@Sionnach16016 жыл бұрын
You are sooooooooo right. I too particularly disdain the "comment trying to be funny in a pathetic plea for attention". They are EVERYWHERE on KZbin. The problem is, is that such thrash distracts from the topic at hand. In this case, it is actually a really important one environmentally, not to mind enjoyable, incredibly economical, inexpensive and gets you outside and moving around and exercising.
@ohtoseemusic6 жыл бұрын
1:05 - It's good to see Willie Nelson working! 😂
@danielthomas67396 жыл бұрын
If you’ve ever used a scythe you would know what back breaking work it is. I must admit that it’s good to see young children learn the old way.
@WildernessTamed6 жыл бұрын
its only back breaking if you haven't set up the scythe properly to suit yourself, if you haven't been properly trained and if the blade is blunt.
@Marialla.13 жыл бұрын
@josh67220 The Grim Reaper first appeared in the middle ages during the plagues. There were pictures of men standing like wheat in a field, and he mowed them down like sheaves of wheat. So I guess the skeletal "reaper" was really the black death or something, rather than just any kind of random death, when it was first invented.
@CMT70511 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for these videos! Just ordered a scythe from scytheworks and will need to keep coming back to your videos to check your technique! These are so helpful to me.
@chemist65315 жыл бұрын
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.
@margieschwartz841310 жыл бұрын
Blades and bare feet. The blade is in front of the mower at all times. Country etiquette is when the mowers would stop to eat, if doing communal harvesting, the scythes would be laid in the unmowed crops, and it was a given not to be fooling around in that area, as to get hurt. You never laid a scythe down where you have already mowed.
@paulineprojectlove13 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to mow my lawn like this!!!!
@kaivido16 жыл бұрын
Yes, they are European scythes and yes, the motions and stances are principally the same for both kinds.
@dixie3162312 жыл бұрын
This is oddly relaxing to watch...
@k.s.3336 жыл бұрын
I guess this guy has no idea how popular his videos are.
@whokilledmydoggie15 жыл бұрын
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.
@rpmartin188616 жыл бұрын
Very nice technique! Everyone always thinks this is back-breaking work, but this demonstrates that it doesn't have to be that hard.
@reedy_9619 Жыл бұрын
Yeah reminds me of i movie i saw some time ago. I think it was about a french soldier leaving his newfound gf/wife for war and ending up in jail. The guy is shown clubbing the shit out of a patch pf grass with a scythe like he playing golf. (It didnt work great but apparently was supposed to be his job)
@GPCster8 жыл бұрын
I notice that the scythe does not have to move fast, nor with much force, in order to cut effectively. I have to re-tool my approach to this.
@martialme846 жыл бұрын
Same here, haha... XD I should finally ditch my cheapo scythe with alu snath aswell and finally get a good one thats also adequate for my height...
@maxdecphoenix6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I found I was under sharpening my scythe. Even though it was 'sharp' and 'worked', after reading some material on blade sharpening, I found that 'sharp' really isn't sharp. I jig peened and stoned the blade to the point I could push receipt paper across the blade and slice it, and at that point the blade severs the grass with almost no momentum at all. The duller the blade, the user tends to compensate with a more energetic swing.
@martialme846 жыл бұрын
Uh-oh! After reading how goddamn sharp you make your scythe..... seVERELY undersharpened scythe RIGHT here!! Will have to buy a peening jig. Up until now, my scythe was pretty sharp when compared to a sharp knife, but no way NEAR as sharp as you describe! Jesus...
@katewizer27366 жыл бұрын
maxdecphoenix ; Thank- you for sharing that with us. It's good to know.
@maxdecphoenix6 жыл бұрын
martialme84 no, you don't want a jig, you need a peening anvil and hammer (if you have a European-style scythe). The work required to use a jig to get anything approaching a usable blade for grasses with a jig unnecessarily high. I just used that as a means to convey the story to explain how sharp sharp must be. The anvil is actually much faster and produces a superior result in a fraction of the time. Sorry for the confusion.
@Jefferdaughter13 жыл бұрын
@hellzanetruesdale - How safe? You mean as opposed to a rotary lawn mower? Any idea how many emergency room visits each year from both push & riding mowers each year??? Or a string trimmer? It's pretty difficult to hurt yourself with a scythe as the stances and motions never put a body part in the path of the blade.
@katewizer27366 жыл бұрын
They sure made short work of that chore, (and not a drop of burned motor-fuel!). Nice to see a family project instead of all on one person.
@Polizmatt13 жыл бұрын
Das ist die umweltfreundlichste und nachhaltigste Familie der Welt.
@napoleonescobar42259 жыл бұрын
well my first time to post my ideas with thje scythe tool i have seen this video today and got we dont need the motor or oil to cut the grass. we are ready to plant the cleaned fields. thanks to scythes. no fear for snakes and no problems with the stones.
@atyketu37943 жыл бұрын
Amezing, strong girls, welling to work and full of joy. In Albania this tool is called KOSA. In Albania we do the same thing. What country is this? 🇦🇱👍🇽🇰
@JimKuback200916 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating... and strangely beautiful to watch.
@maryandsam210 жыл бұрын
Fabulous, thanks for posting this just what I needed to see.
@kaivido16 жыл бұрын
Yes...the peaceful farmers' weapon!
@JanColdwater6 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with the Vido family since I saw Living Lightly! They are living my dream! Please tell me this is their channel??? I think it is now that I see the videos! Please update us with some new videos! 👍
@DavidKingSeedman12 жыл бұрын
Sorry you lost your sound... I know this stuff can be frustrating! Lord. But I loved the video - I just got my scythe and the blade seems to be pointed too upward, I think I need to bend it a bit and also bend my knees a lot more. Can't wait to learn it! Thanks for the video... david
@scrutateur23693 жыл бұрын
A full Scythian army ? Great work !
@rleemassengale813912 жыл бұрын
Love this video. good work.
@anthonymcbride8554 жыл бұрын
Who ever finishes last doesn't eat tonite..👏😅👏
@DinnerForkTongue15 жыл бұрын
It's an art, friend. The art of mowing.
@sansalka6 жыл бұрын
I love your work......Amazing!!!,....Thanks from Peru
@Dave5126215 жыл бұрын
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!
@aaronready113 жыл бұрын
a day with willy nelson and his family....i love it!
@HolyTrinityArmy12 жыл бұрын
great video!! I'm learning how to use this tool :-)
@a2zhandi11 жыл бұрын
6 oil barons are pissed your not using a "gas" mower~!
@akyramoto15 жыл бұрын
very cool. great core workout too!! imagine if everyone used one! you'd be as trim as your lawn!
@kaivido13 жыл бұрын
@Andreas748 Of course!
@cyclenut14 жыл бұрын
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...
@SgtMac8012 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@dennismoural80603 жыл бұрын
I have one of those scythe things, I am not good at sharpening it plus at 76 years old I make two swings and I am tired.
@BillionNames15 жыл бұрын
very good training for arms
@locoyogui14 жыл бұрын
some tips for avoid the slashing? this tool seems very sharp, and the feet run in a great risk
@trbo2na16 жыл бұрын
of-course!
@johannesprassler71193 жыл бұрын
Top. Good work!
@sethmarrs33278 жыл бұрын
1:01 Willy Nelson?
@epicnessinacan14 жыл бұрын
This shows how symbolic the scythe is (referring to the grim reaper) It's reaping (harvesting) crops Like how the reaper harvests souls...
@czg201212 жыл бұрын
wow, better than an expensive lawn mower.
@Gardensnog14 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT !!! I'd like to know more about these people....!
@ElenaHaskins11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Thank you.
@hottytogals13 жыл бұрын
Long grass, good job man u are prepared for any pokemon battle u are encountered with good work.!
@patrickpou13979 жыл бұрын
very nice
@MariAnKenobi16 жыл бұрын
Now, unless I'm mistaken, these are European scythes. Do the same motions and stances apply to the heavier British scythes?
@lazygizmo10 жыл бұрын
they are doing it wrong, you suppose to use it on people while wearing a black robe. not wasting time and dulling the blade on grass.
@sephiroth8793216 жыл бұрын
wow the scythe is an ingenious tool wow
@heismyhightower12 жыл бұрын
Very informative , my favorite , Thanks for posting blessings~
@falstoffe13 жыл бұрын
@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 ;).
@TheBrradsullivan13 жыл бұрын
....and i cant even get my wife to sit on the riding lawn mower ) :
@ianmiscool696915 жыл бұрын
why is this so hypnotizing to watch? lol
@BaseballFreak146814 жыл бұрын
it looks fun but must also be very tiring and time consuming
@raccoonmatinginyour15 жыл бұрын
Anyone know a good store I can get one with a wooden shaft (handle, pole). I can only find a metal one.
@yosefes14 жыл бұрын
Amazing tool!
@doyleL66613 жыл бұрын
dude, long grasss...could encounter a fight with a pokemon man, really gotta watch it.
@1crazyfocker13 жыл бұрын
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?
@tkjazzer9 жыл бұрын
How tall (how long) is the grass in inches after cutting with the scythe??
@valleyoftheheart6 жыл бұрын
tkjazzer depends on the curve of the blade, most average around 1.5 inches (3-4cm)
@jlasud14 жыл бұрын
@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
@SakoTGrimes14 жыл бұрын
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.
@Riscet4ever15 жыл бұрын
very good
@thorsbomber4444213 жыл бұрын
guys what should i do if some one in a hood is walking with one of these?
@rocker990414 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!! get me one of those!!!!
@Tenzintheyak12 жыл бұрын
thanks
@Skumpaj13 жыл бұрын
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.
@nigelross61236 жыл бұрын
Skumpaj, looks kind of like the Austrian style with the raised middle handle but they also look kind of home made from thin branches
@baabaaer11 жыл бұрын
Never knew it works in that way. interesting.
@rm427498 жыл бұрын
Now rake it up!
@dumb789015 жыл бұрын
my job does not want us to use machetys to clear brush thay are afraid we will use them for wepons
@plowmaster12066 жыл бұрын
Willy Nelson?
@barnabyvonrudal1 Жыл бұрын
Didn't know he knew how to scythe 😂
@racoon96513 жыл бұрын
@kaivido against the hordes of evil grass?
@ChaosWolf198213 жыл бұрын
Lord, what can the Harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man?
@repkhmvkf8o14 жыл бұрын
Wow beats a mower!
@filmitfilmit14 жыл бұрын
How hard is that on your lower back?
@tonybarbosa89002 жыл бұрын
Ti AMO 💗
@Sionnach16016 жыл бұрын
Unreal!!!!!
@MrCntryjoe7 жыл бұрын
sharp tool. a smart man works the tool, the tool works a dumb man
@thorsbomber4444213 жыл бұрын
sycthe of the reaper!
@ohiovr14 жыл бұрын
That looks easy! Maybe easier than it looks...
@danz40915 жыл бұрын
i have a few blades laying around. any suggestions to where i can find replacement handles?
@charlieoocharlie9466 Жыл бұрын
You dead?
@LauraDeBunbury13 жыл бұрын
i need one!!!
@Reddebt11 жыл бұрын
The fact that this is silent makes it all the more terrifying.
@nerdmom92013 жыл бұрын
@akyramoto That's the kind of exercise I can get into
@yksnimus12 жыл бұрын
is it just me that are trying to see if a scythe would be good as weapon?
@adun4013 жыл бұрын
sweeet but since i can't have one i still preffer my old and rusty machete acapulqueño
@lancecarroll8110 жыл бұрын
Wow barefoot and all. Snakes must not be a problem there or he's fearless.