Scything - Homemade Handles "Snath" & Correctly fitting the Scythe Blade!

[@davej7458]

Very good. How to build, adjust and fit is priceless information.

[@jesshothersall]

Wonderful to see the old craft traditions are still being used and passed on to the younger generation. I've only just discovered there are several kinds of sythe blade. I'd always assumed, as I've only noticed (& owned) one kind, that there was just 'a sythe blade'. Should have realised there are more, as it's obvious now I've thought properly, that we'll need different blades for grass vs the dreaded brambles. Great video thanks

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

I just ordered a cheap one for like 45 dollars online. Now to figure out what it is that I even bought and piece together what I need to get something that works. I think the first thing that I get will need sharpened and will probably not be in good condition. If I have to, I'm going to make an entire snath and handles and just keep the blade and blade ring. Hopefully something on it is at least usable.

[@gamergirl209]

I have a scythe with a damaged snath and was a little intimidated about cutting off the end and reforming it for the blade

[@philipwischmeyer8417]

Great vid! Making a new snath this weekend.

[@nikhilsukumar23]

Wow you guys are great revolutionary please spread it to Kerala here we have low harvest and food.

[@goosetopher]

Nice bitta Kila in the soundtrack there 👍🏼 just bought a scythe, blade seems good, Austrian made, Fux brand, the handle is tubular steel and not nice to use, any recommendations for wood to use for a snath? I'm in Ireland. Any advice appreciated.

[@nitinmore623]

Hi work with nature, very nice work. Are you in kerala somewhere? I am from Maharashtra. Where shall I get scythe blade and sharping stone?

[@PermacultureHomestead]

WHATS UP JAGGANATH ! love all you guys. thanks for the share. 1st comment the best.

[@georgcantor7172]

Has anyone tried making a snath out of bamboo? I have lots of bamboo growing in my backyard, and the bamboo is strong, flexible, light (when dry), and can be used to make a friction fire (bamboo fire plow) if one doesn't have matches. Also, one can eat the bamboo shoots. Heck, bamboo is very versatile. You can also make cool fighter kites out of bamboo too. :)

[@workwithnature]

Good plan. Might work. Will give it a go. David.

[@georgcantor7172]

Work With Nature - Organic Gardening, Beekeeping & Seed Saving Ok, I'll try it out. And I'll make it into a single grip scythe. :)

[@rubygray7749]

I have made my own two-handled snaith from a suitably-curvy branch of my English ash tree. It has survived several years of extremely hard use, and looks fit for many more. I use it often to demolish large areas of very thick, hard clumps of reeds, as well as heavy weeding, mowing hay, all the usual things. Initially, I did have a problem with the tang knob breaking out the hole in the bottom of the snath, when it was still green. This is the point which takes a huge amount of force. There is no way that bamboo, being hollow, could cope with the torque applied by the knob here.I think it would split first time you used it.

[@georgcantor7172]

Ruby Gray I've been so busy with other things that I haven't had a chance to make a bamboo sithe yet. I, however, plan to make one this coming weekend. And I'll let you know what happens. I'm going to take this from the theoretical to the actual.

[@rubygray7749]

Good luck with that. I suggest a back-up plan. Start looking round for some flexible, tough timber in a scythey shape.

[@branimirs]

Gotcha! But what's the name of the song that's playing in the first half of the video?

[@dokbob5795]

Why weren't they dancing a jig?

[@infinytower3317]

This just what need. Nicely presented! I have one question, though, Is the ring linking the blade to the snath hand made or commercial? If commercial, where can I buy it? Your kind help would be greatly appreciated!

[@freddieg1095]

Those rings are produced by the same manufacturer as the blade (Fux in Austria). You can buy the rings separately depending in which country you are. Or you can use a jubilee clip

[@afrench4683]

Is it in Kerala? Where? I heard the Announcement!

[@narendrakumars8968]

In Bangalore were we get the feel buy please

[@alaaalhadre]

thank you for help pro

[@borap26]

I wonder where to buy the blades? They look like they are mass produced.

[@JohnDoe-zl6ph]

Look on line you can buy them.

[@ASANBER]

HI FRIEN U VIDEO IS COOL. I WANT MADE A SCYTHING BUT WITH A MACHETE IS THIS CORRECT WHIT MACHETE. SORRY MY ENGLISH IS POOR

[@workwithnature]

No prob. Might the machete blade be to thick for it to be sharp enough?. I would buy the blade and ring that holds the blade on the handle. They are very cheap to buy.

[@ramajayamful]

@@workwithnature Hi, Thank you, Please give me a link to buy. It will be very helpful.

[@maplesyruppom3185]

Hi, can anybody tell me where to buy this scythe blade?I'm from philippines, we owned an electrical mower but it cannot be fix and the manual mower we just bought last few weeks doesn't cut the small and hard weeds.

[@workwithnature]

Well you can get it from my friend Alexander scytheworks.ca/ Or failing that take your lawn mower blade to a blacksmith and get them to make you one from it!

[@mykaloohkohan921]

Did you find a seller or a maker of this in ph. I've searched in internet until now I can't find any.

[@k.3004]

mykalooh kohan If it's okay for them, have your local blacksmith make it. That's what I am doing. :) I'm just researching all I can for the specifications I need to tell them, because scythes are not a traditional philippine tool.

[@k.3004]

​@@mykaloohkohan921Von Saban Blacksmith

[@georgcantor7172]

The machete seen in 0:59, was that a parang?

[@remibarnes6381]

What song is this

[@humanbeing3913]

live in Kerala.?

[@hoaile3744]

Ở đâu bán lưỡi cắt cỏ.

[@ciaranfinn8174]

Who was the 3rd guy?

[@workwithnature]

I ask myself that all the time

[@ciaranfinn8174]

Lol Do you take on people who wish to volunteer?

[@aneeshjohn5663]

Kerala😍😍😍

[@ramajayamful]

Very Useful!!! Thank you. Please give me a contact.

[@georgcantor7172]

Has anyone tried making their own scythe blades with sheet metal?

[@rubygray7749]

It would just tear up. It needs to be made of forged steel, of a very specific composition, and hammered in a specific manner to graduate its thickness from one side to the rib at the back. Hundreds of years of scythe-making have proven this. Watch some videos on the many processes that go into making each blade. It is a true art.

[@georgcantor7172]

Ruby Gray I wonder if a sithe blade can be made from titanium or ceramics instead.

[@rubygray7749]

I'm sure ceramics would shatter, and it would be impossible to hone it to the super-fine springy edge needed. Titanium, I have not encountered. I think steel is the only thing suitable for the hard work of a scythe blade.

[@georgcantor7172]

Ruby Gray My cousin has ceramic knives from Japan.

[@rubygray7749]

Really! I'd be interested in seeing those. But scythe blades do tend to take a lot of hard knocks, even with the best of intentions. Steel is really the only thing strong and elastic enough.

[@georgcantor7172]

In 2:24, directions are given in locating the placement of the Lower Grip End (LGE) of the Snath (Sn) by taking a String (St), laying the string side-by-side the Sn so that the string is as long as the Sn. Then one folds the St in half, and one lays the St next to the Sn again. The region where the St is folded is the region where the LGE should be. Why go through all the trouble of getting a string, measuring it, and folding it half; when one can just measure out the half way point of the Sn?

[@workwithnature]

Because you got to add a fist to the length of the height of the person that you are measuring against the snath. Your snath may well be longer than the height of the person it is made for. That is your first marking point. To get the point where the grip will go, you just split that measurement in half. Then take your half measure starting from your first mark down towards the blade end. Where your measurement runs out, that's your mark for the grip. This will be different for people of different heights of course and is a guide for the correct placement of your hands on the snath in relation to your blade. Also we only had one tape measure - OK :)

[@georgcantor7172]

Work With Nature - Organic Gardening, Beekeeping & Seed Saving OK, that explains it. :)

[@matthewlavergne5610]

I really like the Woodglut plans.

[@serjasent]

i think i would be happy with a long winding sentence completely made up of the word, snath :-)