SCYTHE WORKS blog

… using a scythe can be really contagious, especially when the only other available option is a sickle. In comparison to a sickle, while a scythe is still easy to use, it is much faster for cutting berseem.

I am a yak herder and I have some grass field. We used to harvest the grass with the sickle, as an old tradition in Khumbu…

… And today, almost 60 years later, the same scythes are still being used for harvesting oats, barley and making hay for winter months.

After a few years of dormancy, the Scythe Project in Nepal (SPIN) is making further progress.

At many scythe demonstrations in India, I’ve observed that it is the men who are first to step up to try the scythe for themselves. However, scythes have no gender biases. As Swapnil points out, most of the harvesting is done by women, therefore it’s women who could benefit the most.

A dense toxic smog in New Delhi blocks out the sun. In November 2018, Delhi's chief minister described the city as a "gas chamber". In New Delhi, air quality in recent years is a growing concern. The reasons are numerous, but every November a couple of extra...

… We do this to bring our daily bread to the table to share with our loved ones and sometime we hope for some butter too..

This is a fascinating look at the manual tools and methods used by a skilled craftsman to fabricate a scythe cradle.

As you can see in the video, a scythe dealt with this circumstance quite effectively. It is also evident that technique and skill has a notable effect on the final result.

This short video is a romantic, nostalgia evoking and beautiful portrayal of forging scythe blades at the Falci factory in Italy.