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International Directory of Scythe-related Events
Product Catalogue
Essays, Articles and Thoughts:
The Magna Grecia Hoe
Introducing Italian-made scythe blades
Will Europe's scythe industry evade the Reaper's deadly swing?
Of Tender Frogs and Cheap Scythe Blades
Small Farmers as the Ark
The Imperial Meltdown News Network
-- Events of The Long Emergency -- updated 5 Apr. 2009
A Tool Better than the Scythe?
Making Your Own Tools
Four Arguments for the Elimination of Lawnmowers:
1. The Scythe in Retrospect and its Future
2. The Tool with the Restorative Edge
3. Conviviality and the Scythe
4. The Mower's Trance
The Scythe "Buyers' Guide"
The Mower's Artwork
Scythe versus Weed-Whacker
The Scythe and the Lawn Culture
Biodiversity and the Scythe
A Cherokee Definition of Sustainability
Literature and Poetry
Handcrafted Hay- Various Systems of Haymaking:
Ode to Grass
Making Hay in Romania
Making Hay in Austria
Making Hay on Fairy Hill Farm, Canada
Loose Ways of Making Leafy Loose Hay
Hay Drying in Iceland
Weatherproof Haymaking
Chapters from
The Scythe Must Dance:
Introduction
Scythe-related Terminology
Blade Selection
Sharpening Principles
Peening the Blade
Honing the Blade
Repairing a Damaged Blade
Principles of Movement (Mowing Technique)
The Blade-Fitting Challenge
Appendix
Other "technical/instructional" articles:
The "Oregon Snath" by Steve Leppold
Improving Snath Ergonomics
Basic Scythe Troubleshooting
Mowing with Ease
Biomechanics and Hand Mowing
Preparing a New Blade
Blade Peening with Hammer and Anvil
Making Your Own Snath
Snath and Blade Fitting
QuickTime Video
What in the World is a "Grass Blade"?
Articles on Scythe Abuse
A Letter on Scythe Breaking
An Ergonomic Snath
A Discussion on Snath Design
Scythe Blade Hardness Report
The Making of a Scythe Blade
Miscellany:
350 Action!
Report on the Danish Scythe Festival 2008--many photos
Photos from the Scythe Course, June 2007
Photos from the Symposium, June 2006
Retail Division of the Scythe Network
The Scythe Association of Austria
Importing Hand Tools into Canada--A True Story
Letter to Permaculture Chapters
Letter to the Canada Forum on Climate Change
Letter to the Signatories of the Kyoto Protocol
An Offer of Support
Archived pages from the First International
Scythe Symposium and Festival, Molln, Austria, 2004
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