Arguably the best educational video I've seen regarding honing. Keep up the good work and more like this video, please.

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad some people cope with the long format!

@skywatcher6864

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jan and Jen! You're both excellent tutors! I'm going out to put into practice what I just learned and then going to introduce the business end of my scythe to the tall grass in my ditch. May I give you a word of encouragement and caution? Do NOT carry your cell phone in your pants pockets; the radiation from them are causing testicular and bowel cancers. Fact, not a theory; the warning against doing such is actually found somewhere within each cell phone. Women shouldn't carry them in their bras either; causes breast cancer. Carry them in a separate pouch, preferably one lined with aluminum or a thin lead material. Keep up the great work!

Still is the best honing video on KZread, so far. And longest.

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, we might try to shorten it a bit in the future. But first many more new videos!

@lekjacekbujko

Жыл бұрын

Don't shorten, as a beginner I don't think there's anything to cut out from this long video

@Amanda-Miranda

Жыл бұрын

Don’t shorten! ❤

Thank you - thank you - thank you THANK YOU Jenny and Jan for an extremely informative video. As you say in the video "honing is so, so, so important". I have been scything since last year, but I could never get a well executed cut, despite viewing countless video tutorials on scythe setup, lay of the blade, mowing stance, peening and hafting angle. But, after watching your video and applying your knowledge, I an thrilled to say that I finally got it! I honestly feel like a kid who is finally able to ride his bicycle without the training wheels! It feels so good to be able to execute a clean, effortless cut. Problem, I was not honing correctly, nor was I using a coarse stone after peening. But now, it is like a hot knife through butter. I sincerely appreciate all your efforts to pass along your hard earned experience and knowledge. Very much appreciated.

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad to hear! Now you are like a surfer who finally caught a wave! Once you been there you don't want to go back! Ride on that wave in whatever conditions you mow in and when you are really skilled you can hone often but very gentle in a correct angle - you know I can go with a blade with full sharpness for two full workingdays, sometimes more , between honings.

There are details and levels of mastery in this presentation that are humbling. I still have so much to learn! Thank you for an excellent video on a topic that most barely describe.

@slattergubben6702

Ай бұрын

Thanks, yes it is nice to deepdive in the details!

And it is the best scythe honing video.

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

I'm honored! Thank you

@BesoChili

Жыл бұрын

@@slattergubben6702 And the longest ! (c) 😄

Seriously loving these videos! I'm so happy that you explain every minute detail: where to place your hands, how to face your body, how to face the scythe, your hands, fingers, literally everything is covered, and the WHY behind it. It's SO helpful. Maybe this sort of thing is taught at in person scything courses, and I've yet to do that. But all of the videos I've watched to learn this skill have told me WHAT to do, but not why I'm doing it. Please keep these coming! (I know you are 🙂)

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I am glad that you perceive it that way. I am personally allergic to besserwissers who do not know what they talk about, they know very well what to do but never why!

You guys make a great duo when teaching. Great details covered, I've got some experience but still learned some things. Thank you!

@slattergubben6702

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching! :)

@slattergubben6702

10 күн бұрын

We are thinking of doing more videos together, anything you want us to cover?

This is the first video I've seen that addresses my reality mowing on less than ideal terrain with things that dent the blade...constantly. Thanks for sacrificing the blade to show this!

I really enjoyed that, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@slattergubben6702

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Absolutely Awesome tutorial!! Thank you! :)

Good information, I can’t wait to get mine and do this

Absolutely! That was great! I'm going outside now to put into practice what I just learned! Thank you.

Thank you both.

This really helped me, thank you both 💚❤️👍

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

That's lovely to hear! Let us know if you have any questions :)

Very informative, thanks !

Looking you from France Normandie great honning lesson. thanks you.

@slattergubben6702

6 ай бұрын

Happy to hear it!

@barnabyvonrudal1

Ай бұрын

Do you do any scything? I'm in normandie very often

@barnabyvonrudal1

Ай бұрын

I think the tip is called apex

Посмотрел Ваш фильм. На мой взгляд, в наше Время есть смысл делать для камней (оселков) ручки из пластиковых трубок. Я ими пользуюсь много лет, также их используют и на Балканах.

Excellent film! I'm glad you took the time to go into details and let yourself talk about stories around your scything experiences :) I will humbly get my knees wet to feel the edge of the blade better before getting up and trying those nice movements from generations of mowing practicionners. Do you have anything to add to this film? Updates on the techniques or the theories for why the "up then down" technique is better at getting the scythe sharp? I would gladly watch a follow up if there is a point to making one!

@slattergubben6702

15 күн бұрын

Thanks ! Glad you took your time watching! I am thinking about doing a serie of similar films with Jenny regarding the different arts and aspects of peening. Would you like that format?

@slattergubben6702

15 күн бұрын

No, nothing really to add. On the courses we now teach the more simple technique of honing that Jenny shows with the snath in front of the body instead, sitting on your knee or if you can't, standing and having the blade resting on a chair or what is available.

@UnPremierSouffle

15 күн бұрын

@@slattergubben6702 I would love it and someone I know would too :) You're a blessing

My understanding from first two minutes: Each thinks they have authority or authorship and then science and bone joint with variations in rotations of axis and different metals and placements of fulcrum type points of scythe design. Thanks There was an American who presented differently. Thank you for teaching it is not just American versus Austrian scythe.

You speak better english than the english. Superb teaching.

Very good detail. I will be trying out this honing method the next time I am out. I loved her face when you damaged your blade on purpose. I made the same face…

@slattergubben6702

9 ай бұрын

Also love too see that faces! We do it at the end of the day on all scythecourses - with the blades they have peened and then learned how to hone and scythe with. It's of greatest importance to understand this dimension of caretaking of the blade! And that damages do happen, smaller often than bigger.

You are both great. Believe me if I say that right now I am going to spend few hours "attacking" some long grass I have, that I have left growing because for me the scythe was a mistery 😄. Now I understand I wasn't getting the honing right. I also found an antique pinning hammer here in the house we bought, but I haven't found the little anvil. Thank you for the channel, you're welcome to visit Cantabria, Spain, anytime.

Посмотрел Ваш фильм. На мой взгляд, в наше Время есть смысл делать для камней (оселков) ручки из пластиковых трубок. Я ими пользуюсь много лет, также х используют и на Балканах.

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, need to translate to English for me to understand

Hello Jan and hello Jenny, thank you for this fantastic video. I had learned a lot and I'm already practicing some technics. My question: ist there also a video coming in the future about collecting the gras in an effizient way? (Or is there a video you already made and I haven't found ;) Best regards from Austria, Michael

@slattergubben6702

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! It is planned

Tack så mycket för videon Janne. Det australiska gräset ar lite hårdare än det svenska gräset.

@slattergubben6702

Ай бұрын

Ok! Then go more with a course stone as it will make the cutting edge a bit toucher teethed. That grabs hard and dry grass better

@craigfield9447

Ай бұрын

@@slattergubben6702 tack för budskapet

Those with experience have stories to tell. The devil lives in the details and you went there to wake him up. Thank you very, very much for this video.

@slattergubben6702

2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped you!

Would honing with leather and a polishing compound make any difference in shaprness

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

In theory yes, but the issue here is that you immediately after honing start to mow many square meters where you push the blade down in the ground meaning that it goes through dust, antpiles, some soil, through a tussock ....and then you need to hone again BEFORE you actually starts to feel any difference. The extremely little extra sharpness you achieve from a leather is simply not worth the effort.

If you wanna see old school scything, you should visit Romanian mountain villages during summer on hay gathering for winter times

@slattergubben6702

9 ай бұрын

I know! Would be very nice to join!

@Wyzy89

9 ай бұрын

You're always welcomed to give a hand to people there, especially cuz they're short on work hands at this sort of things

where do you get the yellow honing stone belt holder from? i can't seem to find one, i am from England.

@slattergubben6702

9 ай бұрын

I know you can buy them from a couple of good webshops in UK. I can find out if you do not find

@truckertom3323

9 ай бұрын

@@slattergubben6702 ok thanks for your help.

A "honing" steel would be a better thing to straighten a bent or folded edge than the honing stone. I imagine it isn't worth the inconvenience unless there are a lot of stones. (it's called a honing steel but it doesn't really hone at all, it just straighten the edge of blades that are designed to have a very sharp, acute edge that is soft.)

@slattergubben6702

9 ай бұрын

Of course you can also use other hard round things like a screw-driver or your Allen key. But the honingstones you are anyway carrying and they are very good at repairing. This is my profession in daily life so I have tried and have experience from many ways of doing it!

I´m a bit sad I never had my grampa teach me to hone. The only thing I´m sure of is he only moved the supporting hand once, doing most of it from the base grip and only moving to support the last decimeters.

@slattergubben6702

Ай бұрын

Then you lose counter-force and control.

45:45 Posterior deltoid

@slattergubben6702

10 күн бұрын

What do you mean? Not native English speaker you know

@sethmoking

10 күн бұрын

@@slattergubben6702 That's the name of the muscle group mentioned. The muscle group doing the work.

I'm in the process of writing a piece of fiction. How long does a scythe last, being used seasonally on a farm? Is it something that could be passed down from father to son, or do they eventually wear out and need to be replaced after some years of frequent use?

@slattergubben6702

11 ай бұрын

A grinding scythe that has been used in Sweden and the Nordic countries I would say only last one season. A god peening scythe maximum 10 years of working use. Often less. A good snath - yes could last for decades.

@ThePrimith

11 ай бұрын

@@slattergubben6702 Great info, thank you!

I've watched this video like ten times and still can't get even a passable edge on my blade. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

@slattergubben6702

8 ай бұрын

Perhaps not peened thin enough?

@Nanako52

8 ай бұрын

@@slattergubben6702 that was for sure a part of the problem! Double peened and it's cutting well enough. Need more practice honing, I think. Thank you!

Joy Division!

Ihr macht eine gute Wissenschaft aus dem Umgang mit der Sense. But: it is horrible to see that you scratches the apex =Schneidkante at any strike of the stone. You should lift the stone before you reach the top end of the stone. Never slip the cutting edge by the top oft the stone!! Es ist schrecklich zuzusehen dass ihr den Wetzstein am Ende jedes Striches über die Schneidkante rutschen lässt!! Damit macht ihr die feine Schneidkante mit jedem Abgleiten mit der Spitze des Steines kaputt. Horrible to see this. Best greetings Thomas

@slattergubben6702

22 күн бұрын

Ok, I hear what you say and heard it before. But give me a good reason why? Especially in the context of teaching how the honingstone is used. I have quite thoroughly arguments to every detail I teach. After teaching 100ds people on courses and in the company where we mow professionally.

The devil is in the detail of honing it seems.

@slattergubben6702

Жыл бұрын

Definitely!

Since the banning of children slaves in swissyland this must be a new cult-ure.lmao

scything is not for women

@slattergubben6702

9 ай бұрын

There are lots of women taking our scything courses actually, as well as working on our team and teaching courses. They're all awesome and they can decide for themselves if scything is for them or not. Let's not dictate what others can or cannot do.

If you edit the description from At mm.ss …. to mm:ss … Then YT will make the timestamps into clickable items

@slattergubben6702

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

500th like. 😀