Who else uses a scythe?

Hmmm....if the hardware is in good shape and there aren't any cracks in the stone, it could be worth it. That's a BIG wheel and surely cost more than (the equivalent of) that back when it was new.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Hmmm....if the hardware is in good shape and there aren't any cracks in the stone, it could be worth it. That's a BIG wheel and surely cost more than (the equivalent of) that back when it was new.
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saw one for $65 - bicycle style with seat...

and something for $290 that has a motor, and a proper tank (W & B model 00)

seems like they are out there ... now i have a new obsession :D
 
Heeheehee--we need more folks rescuing the poor things! Slow-speed grinders are some real workhorses that need to come back just like all of the hand tools they were used to maintain! :D :thumbup:
 
I still have to take some photos of mine. Meanwhile can anyone id the either of the stones In the photo attached!

 
For some reason I can't open the image larger--when I click on it the page it goes to has links for the image but not the image itself.
 
Well, normally ImageShack works just fine. Not sure what's going on with that exactly.
 
Here it goes,photo bucket worked. Now the fragment is a man made stone that was given to me when I was a child. The larger stone is the last stone my grandfather used for his Scythe. It is deff man made. I thought he said that the older one was made in Italy. Any help would be appreciated.



 
Utican said:
Here it goes,photo bucket worked. Now the fragment is a man made stone that was given to me when I was a child. The larger stone is the last stone my grandfather used for his Scythe. It is deff man made. I thought he said that the older one was made in Italy. Any help would be appreciated.



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I bet the fragment says "carborundum", and you should still be able to find one very similar today. The other one doesn't look manmade to me, but that is hard to tell in a picture. It looks like it was cut on one end to insert into a handle.
 

And here is the Scythe. I beleive its made in Slovenia. The wood hardware is all homemade as I could not teach myself to use the northamerican set up. This is the only tool that was not available in left hand where I grew up. I had to teach myself how to use it righthanded and it took a while. Let me know what you think





 
And sorry for crappy photos, this time of year it is hard to find good background, I also found another stone and maintenance hardware.
 
Also ,yes that was a complete typo on my part. Bigger stone is deff a natural. I have been browsing and I cannot find a photo of carborundum stone that had the five pointed star insignia. The stone is circa 1980.The natural is probably medium in grit if that helps. It works on my knives pretty good
 
Oh I've seen that logo before. Give me a bit and I'm sure I can dig it up if Steve Tall doesn't beat me to it. :D
 
Sounds like Silas Lamson to me! :D

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just snagged one of these:

DELTA 23-710 1/5-Horsepower Wet/Dry Sharpening Center with 8-Inch Horizontal Wet Wheel and 5-Inch Vertical Dry Wheel

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now, have to test it up, and slow it down - it's "high speed (low drag)"... in theory i can buy a speed controller. should be just the thing to put a nice hollow grind on a scythe?
 
Bladite said:
just snagged one of these:

DELTA 23-710 1/5-Horsepower Wet/Dry Sharpening Center with 8-Inch Horizontal Wet Wheel and 5-Inch Vertical Dry Wheel

41HRYt30ttL.jpg


now, have to test it up, and slow it down - it's "high speed (low drag)"... in theory i can buy a speed controller. should be just the thing to put a nice hollow grind on a scythe?
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Hate to break it to you, but that probably won't work so hot for scythes. The wet wheel on that one is for flat bevels on things like chisels etc. and the other wheel is way too small and doesn't have suitable clearance from the housing. For a cheap option Harbor Freight has a wet grinder with good clearance for long blades for around $60 but I'm not sure what the quality is like. I've heard tell of folks using a flap wheel on an angle grinder (and using a soft touch) as well, though that's far from my first choice of options! The Angelo B. manual grinder is a good high-quality unit at a reasonable price, and the Grizzly G1036 is the best powered one I've found. For a bit over $200 I plan on cobbling together a purpose-built belt grinder so I can restore heavily worn or damaged edges on vintage blades faster and easier.
 
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