Does everyone still have a syth.

[Greythundercloudys]

Seen a video on the Scottish farmer Facebook of a guy opening a field for a combine with a syth, not many do that these days, lv still a couple in the loft in the barn, one has hardly any blade left, the men that cut with them are long gone, although l do mind an old guy cut the bankings of this farm road with it up until 1992. Hes also dead.

 

[bobk]

Seen a video on the Scottish farmer Facebook of a guy opening a field for a combine with a syth, not many do that these days, lv still a couple in the loft in the barn, one has hardly any blade left, the men that cut with them are long gone, although l do mind an old guy cut the bankings of this farm road with it up until 1992. Hes also dead.

Sything isn't good for your health

 

[Kidds]

I do have an old scythe, in fact I think I have two. The scythe I regularly use is new though, it has an aluminium handle and is a joy to use.
Generally I use it instead of my strimmer because it is just as quick and practically silent. I don't use it for opening up for the combine and don't really know why anybody would these days.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Obviously not, petrol strimmers now a dayz.

 

[Kidds]

Sything isn't good for your health

look it up on Youtube, the guys scything on there look a lot healthier than I do.

 

[bobk]

look it up on Youtube, the guys scything on there look a lot healthier than I do.

Seem plenty of old lads in the mart crippled by hard work

 

[Still Farming]

Old wooden type and newer metal type here still.
Not used for a bit though?

 

[Greythundercloudys]

A round sharpening stone, razor sharp, some of those guys could cut green soft grass nobother, a lost art. I, ll try and find that old one with hardly any blade left, put a pic up,

 

[Still Farming]

These fitness nuts these days got nothing on those from years ago.

 

[hill shepherd]

Granfather used to trail round for weeks with a scythe cutting thistles, seemed to do nowt else all summer

 

[Bury the Trash]

Used a Staff hook the other day, instead of strimmer, its got a steel handle that i welded on when i was younger because i broke the last wooden one by swinging it to vigourously, these days i prefer to sharpen it mor e often
wasnt very long ago it seems that strimmers were unheard of and that's all anyone had. far cheaper and no petrol ( or lithium battery ) used just elbow grease and less lazy.

less fat people around in the old days i reckon.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Remember those bale hooks for wee square bales, remember the first time using one to put bales on a lister elevator, along time ago.

 

[Still Farming]

Remember those bale hooks for wee square bales, remember the first time using one to put bales on a lister elevator, along time ago.

And for moving wool bags

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Granfather used to trail round for weeks with a scythe cutting thistles, seemed to do nowt else all summer

Used to do that in my yoof with my grandad and uncle.
Started with a little short metal handled 1.
Think my predecessor here left 1 in the tallet, but don't have 1 I can claim as mine.

 

[bobk]

And for moving wool bags

That was a man's job , our wool man was dead at 50

 

[steveR]

Remember those bale hooks for wee square bales, remember the first time using one to put bales on a lister elevator, along time ago.

As you followed the bale up the elevator you mean, as you didn't know how to let the hook loose the bale...

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Another old thing wee had was a hay or silage knife, triangle shaped with strange shape handle, don't think it would be very popular

 

[steveR]

Another old thing wee had was a hay or silage knife, triangle shaped with strange shape handle, don't think it would be very popular

I used the thing here once when cleaning out a calf pen by hand when the hay that had fallen out of the rack, had packed down so damned tight, I could not fork it! So cut slices across the race and took it out in chunks.

Next year, I redid the hay rack mountings, so I could clean out with a loader.... sod that antiquated crap!

 

[primmiemoo]

Another old thing wee had was a hay or silage knife, triangle shaped with strange shape handle, don't think it would be very popular

They're still useful for round bales, though. Mum had a scar on her leg from when she slid down her grandpa's hayrick, and didn't notice the hay knife. Ten years old, she said she was, and it was the tallest rick!

 

[Kidds]

^the like was for the old hay knives being useful on round bales