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Is it common to use those still? Maybe for wheat? wtf do you do with that thing?
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atyh 9mo ago

the snath (the wooden part) was fitted to my body.

i have two blades.

a long thin blade which i use for mowing. and a short stout blade for clearing brush.

the entire area in the photo used to be covered in blackberries. I used the bush blade over a period of 3 years to kill them. if you cut blackberries in early spring, and fall, they die off.

mowing with a long blade is faster that with a gas mower. your cuts are about 7 feet wide. its more about finesse than brute force. no gas or machinery needed.

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YODL 9mo ago

Hope you had good reason to kill the blackberries, they're so good haha.

Incredible that it's faster than a gas mower. I suspected a skilled user might just prefer it for traditions sake, but concede it's a bit slower or maybe not as close to the ground a cut.

Cool. Another year around here and I'll be a homesteader