On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 22:30:08 GMT, Ron Hardin
wrote:

Does anyone have directions for sharpening a scythe? I take it there's
a technique as opposed to just winging it.

Mine's gotten noticeably duller, and I read it's common to sharpen them
in the field in fact. Not that they're common in the field, but given
that you have one there, odds are that it's being sharpened.
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Bless google : A couple of years ago I used to watch a gardening
show with husband/wife hosts. In one episode the husband showed how
to use and take care of scythes. I could only remember that her name
was Barbara and they were in/from New England. With a few good
keywords I found it was Barbara Damrosh and Eliot Coleman. Then I did
a search on "Eliot Coleman" + scythe, and following the trail of leads
I found this webpage which has info on sharpening (peening and honing)
with how-to photographs!

http://www.scythesupply.com/links.htm

It seems that there is a lot on the internet on scythes.

Well, at least I accomplished *something* today :

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!