Kay Lancaster wrote:

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:58:22 GMT, Ron Hardin wrote:

Incidentally, I think a scythe-cut lawn looks much better
than a mower cut, but it's not
at all the same style.

And then there's the Central American style machete-cut lawn... oh, my
aching back....

Kay



A scythe is designed to cut on the ground with the least effort.

The chief physical constraint is running out of breath, but then you cut at a pace
that allows pauses to sharpen the edge give you exactly the breather you need ; so
the real constraint is that you have to keep the edge sharp, and you work at a pace
that accommodates that.

(Pauses vary depending on grass condition, but may be as short as ten strokes, or
as many as a hundred, before sharpening is adventageous. The edge has to be really
sharp for cutting short grass.)

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Ron Hardin


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