Schroeckenfux now has a new video on how their scythes are made …
Key points from the doco for those who don’t speak German:
- Schroeckenfux manufacture about 1,000 scythe blades a day
- It takes 5 years to become a scythe smith
- The big machinery means the smiths don’t have to hammer as hard, but it is the smiths’ skill that shapes the blades into precision instruments
- Schroeckenfux makes over 100 different styles of scythe blades
- Each blade is tested. If it doesn’t pass the strength and flexibility tests, it is rejected
4 thoughts on “A Scythe is Made”
When is the next scything workshop in 2020?
Hi Amanda, We will be having them again, but not this year. Cheers, Nicole
A pity the you tube video has been removed
I know. It was a brilliant news item, which I should have saved instead of direct linking it.