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Not rare at all, plenty of skilled bladesmiths. They just don't make scytes because there isn't a relevant market anymore. The shape is easy to form and as you can see here , without much care to the quality of the result. Thus any generic smith can do a scyte. Making an exceptional one (not seen here) would require one of the exceptional smiths, that will use soft and hard steel and a proper tempering for an amazing long lasting sharp blade
In age 74 the grass cutting with the scythe in my garden under the trees is one of my few male pleasures, but I have seen the scythe making the first time in my life and I watched it with the curiosity. Working with the computer need some pause and grass mowing is excellent ecxercise, especially if you do not have to, but still you can . I was working one year in Sweden -in one factory construction project- some 10 years ago and I brought to my country (due to high quality) two their brushes for the floor sweeping. Swedes in Goetheborg airport were looking at it smiling slightly , and I had to pass it through the special procedure for oversized luggage. After landing, I was able to retrieve my brushes only after two weeks, because the airport services were searching the items thoroughly -apparently expecting to discover something more unusual there. I told my wife : do not touch it , it is for me only. So we are using it both up to now, and my wife is thinking to buy the same one or something similar. Today I look with the some sadness when I see , what the swedish politicians did with the Sweden I have seen. Stary
I absolutely love this channel. My favorite forging channel. He actually makes stuff he uses, and not just to cut gallons of milk. And he takes the time to forge it right, instead of where you see other people jump right to milling and grinding. Also, alpacas.
Yea surprised more people don't. Knives and weapons get pretty boring when you can make thousands of other things on a fourge. I'm thinking about making a frying pan, a spatula and a soop ladle, but I've made some very good garden tools that I use all the time. What I don't make much is videos. Sorry. Couple of fourge ones though
Your videos are excellent, Torbjorn, we can see exactly what you are doing without having endless explanations and no intrusive music. In my humble opinion you also are a very skilled blacksmith.
I think it's a very credible scythe and it works well. And it's how I imagine the scythes of old would look. Clearly not as easy to produce as some would like to believe.
When I was younger I used a scythe a lot for clearing. It's really effortless and much faster than a string trimmer. This is a much better blade than these modern stamped ones on the market. Again great work my man your an artist with a hammer.
The high and mighty experts in these comments, wow, yes he's doing some things wrong but god dammit he DID it! He went and made a scythe blade and it works, yes he stoned it wrong and his handle is too damn short but it's a blade, it cuts, it works, he made it and he was proud to show us even with all the little things he's maybe not the proudest of. I for one am proud to watch the video, his creation. This was very cool, thank you for uploading.
@@goblin550 With this kind of scythe you use a dry stone, the sharpening is not by the stone but with the hammer. The stone is only for polishing the edge
@@goblin550 the stone will sharpen more aggressively if it's wet but it can be used dry. the blade is not hardened in a conventional sense i.e. martensitic, so it doesn't matter.
All I can say Is I am impressed that you take great effort to have appropriate PPE on, many people forget working with metals is very dusty. Most have ear protection, some use eye protection but very few use dust protection. I cant even imagine how uncomfortable that must be in a forge with a respirator on but good on you for taking care of your health!
I remember my grandpa scything the grass. He said that grass should be wet when scything, compared to when mowing with the modern lawn mowers. Beautifully crafted as always.
My grandfather said that the bad dancer is prevented from dancing eggs. A good scythe mows any grass in any weather. But with such a handle it will never work to cut grass well. And the blacksmith does not know how to mow.
@@xeonxeon7013 Main reason for cutting wet is not because scythe is not able to cut. Wet grass simply reduces friction and cutting takes less effort. Water also softens older, already hardened hay and yet again cutting is easier.
Мастер своего дела, чаровник и кудесник. Смотреть в кайф, и это наподобие некоторой нирваны, когда смотришь, смотришь и не оторваться никак, пока ролик не закончится.
Love that you included the complete process for building the guide you used for fullering and thinning the blade, and the process for rolling over the back of the blade. I’ve been thinking about trying my hand at a scythe. Yours looks like the right process, with the right result, but in my 100% manual shop with no power hammer in sight in any direction, I have to admit that this much work thinning the blade looks more than a little daunting. Also love that you included whole process of peening and honing, and showed it in action doing its thing. The only things I might have wished for a bit more on were the process of adjusting angle of the tang and fitting it to the snathe.
As a romanian that tool brings back memories. I still use it from time to time although its blade got really narrow in the middle. Thing belongs in a museum if I think about it.. / Edit: Everything you did was proper, you are a true craftsman!
The original weed whacker! Quality work as always! I love watching your smithing and you have a great sense of subtle humor. Thanks for sharing with us!
1:00 "Look, there is no way he's gonna make a full-scale scythe with that little chuck of metal" 22:10 "OK, I've been known to be wrong on occasions..." Great work! It looks like it works well.
Excellent work as always. I have never seen an edge created with a hammer like that just before honing. The scythes I have used in the U.S. had heavier and thicker blades but yours works well. Your shop supervisor has a very steady hand with the chalk.
What a beautiful piece of human art😍😍. I've never seen an actual blacksmith working right in front of my eyes,and this is probably as close as I can get to see,but boy...what a tremendous amount of time and effort to forge one. Every pound mark shows true human's craftmanship,unlike uniform ones that you get when you purchase from the factory that makes them by machines. I wished I could have one of these coz I've never seen one being sold here in my country,most of them are very short ones and weirdly shape(my opinion) because they use them to cut grass while squatting,whereas European use the scythe or sickle to cut the grass while standing,hence the length matters. Thank you very much for sharing this video. Salute to you 😇😇
i love a good scythe, and that is one very good scythe you made there! my most used and favoritt gardening tool! all so, nice to see the kids helping out and taking an interest in your work! that warms my hearth :) great vid!
It sounds beautiful, and the ridge from the neck into the beard is interesting (and I think a good idea). The post below me describes and American snathe. I prefer a 1-grip because I can move my my hand up and down to adjust if I choose to. Your work is truly beautiful!
That scythe is amazing! I have a European scythe and did not realize the small creases in the blade were to tension it, interesting. This has motivated me to get out and do some scything.
Только не правильнр сделано касовьище, приходится косить раком . Это пол часа работы и дальше ты не работник. И не правильно бруском правит косу , с плоской стороны ( нижней) брусок прикладывается по всей плоскости а не под углом . А со стороны верха прикладывается на уголок. А если править как он то наклёп сточишь за день косьбы.
As much as i love watching these videos, I find myself equally just having them in the background; the subtle hammering of metal is so calm, such like a lullaby almost. The hammer feels like a hand brushing the cheek.
Amazing job! Man, can you imagine how long it would take to draw that out by hand back in the day?! Power hammers are a god send! It would have taken a lot of energy to get that length and thickness!
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing your skills. I too use Boiled Linseed Oil to protect the bare steel. Better that the grass is wet. Dry grass is very tough to cut.
You bring back many memories of working with my Grandfathers scythe. I especially appreciate your proper forging of the edge and the final penning of the edge on the log. No RU-vid sander and grinder to form blacksmithing here! A pleasure to watch you work sir. I learn something new almost in every video.
Видио просто супер начинается с классической музыки и переходит на природные звуки,удары механического молота,звон наковальни и молоточков,звуки работащих механизмов,а в оконцовке звук полотна косы и скошенной травы,разве это не красиво?Мастер который, как дережор и исполнитель,не произнеся и слова исполнил эту симфонию.БРАВО!!! Без конечно,можно смореть,как бежит вода,как горит огонь и как работает человек и слышать музыку природы.Заслуженная похвалы работа и показ видио.
I jumped at 14:33 too! Creamed beeswax works well as a coating on metal to keep the oxidation down too. But then, it doesn't come in large industrial containers like the linseed oil :)
Здравствуйте. От А до Я. Станки о которых мы только можем мечтать. Орудие труда, главный фактор в нашей труде.Вот по чему развита трудоспособность. У нас жаль что не продается такие станки. Способные люди очень много, но они без этих станков. Надо найти путь, как достать такие станки. Кузнецу Спасибо,мастер своего дела.
Человек отковал косу.,даже отбил но не закалял. И он не деревенский косарь. Если закалить и настроить будет намного лучше магазинной. Косу отковать труднее чем клинок сделать. Мастеру респект.
@@Logen23232 не в этом дело, хотя это правда, отбивка косы это и есть закалка режущей кромки, при отбивке структура металла меняется, появляется твердость... все деревенские об этом знают и в древности знали... по этой технологии делается якутский нож...
Me too! I guess few of us will ever know what it feels like to stare directly at it that first time. Feels like a thousand suns burning your eyeball lol. Bet we don’t ever do it again though ;D
Scythes here in Merica are called sickles. And, I invented one with a chain saw engine that damn near does all the work by itself. Yessir, that motor sickle of mine gets attention everywhere I take it.
I love how you use the machines sparingly. I get it they save you time but if you just show a little love to your work then you don't have to use them so much. Especially the grinding... Omg the grinding. Love your work ' not just the blacksmithing but all of what you share here for us.
The only thing I would say you need to change is you need to make a much longer snath. You are too tall for the one you have right now, and it's preventing you from using clean technique. Scything is done standing straight up, but your snath is keeping you from doing that.
+Torbjörn Åhman - Just take a long straight stick for a snath. One handle only. For me it's the simplest and the most convenient one to use in the long run. I also prefer wooden wedge instead of screws for fixing the blade to the snath. It falls apart with one hit from a hammer, no need to screw around (pun intended). Anyway, have you normalized the blade? It looks like there are a lot of stresses in there from forging. It may cause what we call "fishtailing" during peening later on. Overall, great job though. It's definitely a good scythe, whether it has some faults or not (all of them have some anyways). I could see she "wants to" cut grass. You can't fake it. She a good one.
Excellent Craftsmanship. It doesn’t seem possible to get this Scythe out of that small piece of round stock piece of steel, but as this video clearly shows you did fabricate the piece of round stock into a Scythe. I doubt that there are many other Blacksmiths that could accomplish this feat. Love your videos. Keep them coming.
I need a trimmer aaround my rassberries .I am going to make a shorter pole cycle for my needs . Think watching this gets me ideals. Thank you again Sir ...love your teachings.
