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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> I remember Lynn talking about this back in March.   Lynn, what did you
> end up with and where did you buy it?
I got a straight snath and 24" grass blade from scythesupply.com. I got what 
they call 'the outfit', which includes a whetstone and holder, peening jig, 
and The Scythe Book (interesting book; it's amazing that someone can write 
so much about scythes).

I don't know if I mentioned it, but I have an old (very old)scythe with a 
long, heavy, curved snath and a heavy blade. I could never get the blade to 
hold an edge, and the whole thing was so heavy that I never used it. This 
one is so much nicer. Very lightweight.

Swinging a scythe is a whole-body movement, so is less tiring for me than 
the string trimmer. But it does require some shoulder strength to thwack it 
through the grass.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA