Peter Vido passed away on Saturday, June 23rd: http://scytheconnection.com/updates/ I described – in a limited word count – the ways in which Peter gathered and shared his knowledge in the...
Learn MoreAnd here’s me thinking we’ve been running this business for the last five years because people are learning that actually, yes, scythes work. The comment was from this article, which came in...
Learn MoreWhen I bought Chewie from the University Geology department, the guy running the workshop looked behind him and said, “I don’t suppose you’d want that one as well?” I looked at what I...
Learn MoreHere at Bladerunners, we aim to provide tools that you’ll pass on to the next generation. Hand tools are what float our boats, but we’re realists as well – we’d never be able to keep...
Learn MoreMy experience with pruning raspberries with a scythe, and subsequent discussions, gave me an idea… Here I’ve removed the lower grip and fixed the upper grip to the lower position, and pointed the...
Learn MoreLate last year we had an enquiry from Fiji about supplying a scythe. I admit my response was rather lukewarm – we generally have very little interest in importing gear just to fly it out of the country...
Learn MoreWe’re now out of stock of snaths, which will slow everything down a bit – many of our customers are first timers and need a snath. We’ve ordered more and now that Canada is heading into...
Learn MoreFollowing on from my review of the Arctic Fox whetstone, a customer pointed me in the direction of another fine synthetic whetstone. It’s made in Czechoslovakia from carborundum. And it’s a...
Learn More(and a more general discussion of natural vs synthetic) Introduction & summary In 2014 we commissioned production of our ceramic scythe stones with a local potter, and Benjamin Bouchard of the Baryonyx...
Learn MoreI’ve been through our raspberry patch and plaited the stronger canes together for this year’s harvest. I’ve dug out and sold hundreds of the excess canes that were impinging on the land...
Learn MoreI’ve been trying a couple of different cut proof/resistant gloves over the last few months, but this pic from Jeff Keys, a.k.a Man With Scythe, takes the cake for personalised protection. Jeff...
Learn MoreA frequent warning given to beginners peening is to not “overpeen”. If you hit too hard, too deep into the edge, trying to move too much steel at once, you can open cracks in the steel. You can...
Learn MoreWe’ve tried out several likely-looking contenders but none have fit the bill. The Falci covers are a great bright red which makes them easy to find, but they’re fairly flimsy and can actually be a...
Learn MoreA gent contacted us to ask whether we could supply a snath to fit an old Austrian blade. “Probably”, I said, but we’d need to see it. Here it is: The owner believes it came out from Italy...
Learn MoreA customer dropped in today to buy a rig and accessories. He was disappointed with the last Tassie Tiger I had in stock, a fairly mottled specimen, in contrast to the stripey whetstone on the product listing....
Learn MoreSome time ago, Benjamin Bouchard of the Baryonxy Knife Company suggested using a “whipping stick” instead of honing with a stone. The idea here is that the timber realigns any teeth from a...
Learn MoreThe following was written for The Windrow magazine (and then judiciously edited), of which the March 2016 issue has just been released. Contact Simon Fairlie to subscribe to this very informative publication....
Learn MoreI had a great weekend at Kyneton, mainly due the company of friends. I finally got to meet Mr. Jeff Keys, a.k.a. Man With Scythe, with whom I’ve been corresponding for a couple of years, and we both...
Learn MoreAnd here I was thinking I’d done some pioneering work producing a Tasmanian whetstone. Now to hunt down the history… https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/52a9a00e2162ef1a74d6f536...
Learn MoreAh, we never get tired of introducing you to new stuff. Actually, full credit for this find goes to Jeff Keys, a.k.a. Man with Scythe, who sent us one he picked up while holidaying overseas, and even did the...
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