Blacksmithing - Forging a scythe 

Grandpa taught me how to mow - but folks that can make good scythes are very rare these days. Deep respect to your blacksmithing skills!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You make moving metal look so easy. You are an inspiration to all of us. Thank you for your craft and skill!

Awesome!! I loved how you showed the creation of the little rig you had to make for the hydraulic hammer!

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!

Excellent job on the scythe I bet it holds a good edge. Your anvil though can only be described as amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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!

Fascinating. I did never think of how intricate a "simple" scythe is.

I really enjoyed seeing the whole process from formless steel to a functional scythe. Fascinating and theraputic.

Your videos are great, the effort you put into the camera work to show different tools you're using is awesome.

I love how you did the cutting edge ! It is simple and elegant. Not to mention your skill. Well done !

A true privilege to watch you at work. Thank you for allowing us into your home.

Best. Opening. Ever. Oh, and the lighting of the forge was spot on too.

Great work! No commentary, no music, just the sound of tools, perfect video

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!

Loved the theatrics! Great intro! Great job lighting the forge!

I like how your rough work is still clean and precise. amazing work!

I bought and Austrian scythe much like this last year. Definitely a learning curve for efficient mowing!

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

Good to see you're back beating on some steel and reaping the rewards.

Wow, amazing job once again! The sound of sharpening a scythe blade reminds me of my childhood, and now i know how it's made! Great job! :)

Work of art. Pride in what you created. Loved watching you create the scythe out of the piece of metal.

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.

You never fail to amaze, my friend!!

Enjoyed very much!!! I don't think I've ever seen one that thin before Great job making it! Thumbs up

That was stunning work. Thank you. I've been wondering about those indents on the blade of my scythe. Now I know they are tensioning marks.

sir, u are a genius. that attachment for the powerhammer was awesome. just found yr channel. fantastic skills, a real pleasure to watch.

Amazing work as always.. Sword making is hard, but this takes some serious skill. Getting an edge that fine without burning it or cracking it!

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!

The sign of a true blacksmithing making tools to make tools great job and thanks for sharing your wisdom.

My grandfather teach me how to use scythe like that. Great work Torbjorn!

That guide for fullering is brilliant! Awesome work.

Great job! I love the way the blade came out, love the detail. Bravo sir! 👍😀🤘👌👏

This was really cool!!! I like how you had the kids in there too helping. That was really awesome.

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.

My grandfather used to cut hay for his milk cows with one of these when he was young. Good job

impressive doesn't even start to describe your artistic skill in moving the metal

Superb craftsmanship in all aspects. I find your videos very instructive, therapeutic and sublimely satisfying

Fascinating project. So many new (to me) techniques demonstrated. I learned a lot from this video.

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.

A welder/fabricator isn't a blacksmith but a blacksmith is a welder/fabricator. Great work!!!

Gotta like this just for the fact that you used one of my all time favorite pieces of music, Toccata in Fugue.

Молодец, мастер! Отлично сделано! Видно что с душой! Побольше бы таких толковых людей! ))

Your videos are so calming and amazing

Absolutely brilliant opener, thanks for yet another beautiful video.

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!

your sense of humor is epic, and so is your scythe.

Great work Torbjorn, as usual !

Absolutely amazing. To start with such a small piece of metal and end up with something so large and thin.

I ditched my gas lawn equipment for an Austrian style scythe and I have not enjoyed mowing like this for decades! Awesome forge work! 😁✌

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.

1:06 That was a pretty smooth edit there man. Nice Job.

16:52 a helping hand from a young apprentice..nice!

Amazing video! I am glad to see someone forge a truly useful tool such as that. I have always loves scythes, and own a few also. I still have yet to use them tho.. The neighbors here would thing I was a psycho. 😂 Amazing work on that project as always. I really want to forge a an anvil for sharpening the ones I have. They are gust a pleasure to watch in use. So quiet, and efficient. Can't wait to watch you forge the hardware for your own snath.

holy hell?! the way you made/attach the blocking leveling guide tool was a nice touch..

Now that, is a nice piece of craftmanship.

FINALLY ANOTHER VIDEO!!! THANK YOU!! :)))

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.

My scythe is double fullered - equal height on either side so that the raised edges would be a guide for the whetstone to slide across. It looks as though you are making a harvester blade. The "weed cutter was shorter and wider. I still have the harvester blade that raised so much sweat in my youth. Thank you for all of your videos.

You made one of these before, nice job. We had one of those in a pub Mum and Dad bought back in the 60's up in the bush, I tried using it and it worked good, and old timer told me how to use it, swinging from the hips.

Incredible video...thank you ! I had a really good time watching it 😁👌

So satisfying , using tools you’ve made yourself.

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.

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.

Phenomenal use of tooling sir

So beautiful, the ting of that Scythe have me goosebumps! Thanks for sharing your process and work!

Inspiring work, precision forging. Excellent video!

Well done. A privilege for me to watch as always

Brilliant, the Grim Reaper couldn't have done it better himself! LOL

Your videos is a mix of incredible works and funny!!💕

Beautifully done scythe. Better scything than 90% of the videos out there. (not counting the competitions, of course.)

From Fathering to gardening, to wood and steel this guy does it all. Jc

ah it's good to see you again :) amazing project :D

Fantastico! Mi hai fatto tornare indietro di parecchi anni, a quando mio padre mi insegnò ad usare la falce, a batterla ed affilarla. Grazie!

that"s by far the most beautiful video I have ever seen... best way to cut grass!

Great video!! I loved the "Pimp my power hammer" part :)

Beautiful result, thank you for sharing your story

Gotta commend you dude you're way more precise than I even plan to be

I think this is the third or forth time viewing this. A really beautiful scythe blade. Looks like a really difficult task without a power hammer.

Такой инструмент - находка для понимающих и знающих работу людей! Молодец парень! Высоко ценю подобных мастеров! Успехов ему.!

That power hammer die is AWESOME!!!

This is just great. I myself used a scythe in haymaking and harvest time when younger. Never seen it made though. Amazing skill!

Soothing. Brings me back to being a kid, and having to go cut hay for the horses every morning.

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 :)

Is this a This Old Tony video? Holy molybdenum those edits were amazing.

Lovely video. I used to work summers at a museum in Luleå (Hägnan). And that involved using 18th- early 19th century scythes to cut grass. So I can really appreciate seeing how it is made since I have spend quite a bit of time using scythes much like this one. I prefer them over the modern, often bulkier versions we also had available.

I'm still trying to save and watch all of your videos. I'm a 2yr bladesmith that's learning on my own and I really appreciate what you've posted.

Коса клевая, но ручка никуда не годится. Она должна быть длиннее, хват более широким, рукоятка под правую руку должна быть на уровне вашей пуповины(у нас ее так и называю "пупок") - это даст вам более прямую стойку, что повысит вашу выносливость, а расстояние от пятки косы до пупка должно быть равно расстоянию от мыса до пупка - это позволит лучше контролировать скос, коса буде меньше застревать. Удачи, действительно хорошая работа.

Love your work! 👍🏻👍🏻

Possibly one of the best channels on the tube. 👌

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 😇😇

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.

I’ve watched so much of these, my search history looks like I’m planning a murder

Very nicely crafted, and excellent videography!

My weekend isn’t complete until I’ve watched a Torbjorn video. Just brilliant!