this channel (of a Canadian scythe maker) has tons of her doing her thing

Hoes (and other farm implements) week!

"The action is in the waist and hips, not in a powered drive from the arms. The waist swivels like a well-oiled ball-and-socket joint, with the arms and hands active just to maintain the proper angle of the blade and its alignment to the ground. Think of pivoting at the waist to say hello to a friend, not of making a chopping swing with a sling blade or machete."


Even scything tutorials sound vaguely erotic, who'da thunk it?

This is damn sexy, don't even pretend it ain't.

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=142784

...still waiting.....
I gave you these stars in advance because I trusted you.

Ok, Ok, yes, i would be the middle of a scythe girl/LBA Girl sammich

so how 'bout dat tag?

Ok Man, geeze quit hasslin me man

I bet her snath has a singular grip, alright.

I seem to have acquired one of these things: it's got a much more fancy handle but the blade is rusted and needs some work. She makes it look so easy to use. It is not. I tried it and stuck with the weed whacker.

I always wondered why the grim reaper had a scythe when he can just touch you. Seems like carrying a big thing like that would slow you down.

It's symbolic, man.

A properly wielded scythe is WAY faster than a weedwhacker. No, really, there are competitions!

I went and had a look at the thing: it's hanging from a rafter in the garage. The handle is grey from age and the ironwork needs some help and a good sharpen. It's frankly kind of intimidating. Serial killer written all over it. Death's weapon of choice.

"She makes it look so easy to use. It is not. I tried it and stuck with the weed whacker."

Part of the appeal to me is, this thing must strengthen the fuck out of your back and hips. I get the feeling the first time I used it, I could do about two arcs and then I'd have to lie down for a nap. But after a season of using that, I'd have a core that could almost literally deflect bullets.

I want there to be workout videos based on farm work, with people in their yoga pants wielding scary farm implements.

That's a good idea! This fall I went over to my parents' just to rake the lawn, because it's a really really hilly big lawn, and the leaf people were coming the next day. My parents are kind of getting up there, still in great condition, but I don't wanna think about that.. I got it done pretty quick, maybe 45 minutes because I had to run to work. My back's still sore thinking about it. If I ever live in a place with a lawn I'll have the most leafless house on the block!

I am seriously about to price scythes: I hate mowing my lawn, but if I have to do an unpleasant chore at least I can do it in style.

Ayup, mowing a lawn with a scythe is apparently a thing, there are videos and tips and so forth.

I've got one of them Fiskars push mowers that has no motor, and it's whisper quiet. It occurred to me long ago that, if I had a lawn service company, I'd probably get a couple such mowers and use them at nursing homes and the like (where the quiet would be appreciated).

A minute ago I had the additional thought that I could also send people out to the nursing homes with scythes. A couple seconds later, it occurred to me that no, maybe that's not a great plan.

To us, the scything is a point of fascination. But any woman watching this video 100+ years ago would be completely ignoring the scythe and wishing they could have that skirt.

oh and the stars because I love people like this.