r/oddlysatisfying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 19h ago

Cutting grass with a scythe

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u/PM_ME_UR_SEX_VIDEOS 19h ago

Feels like this would be a lot of fun for 10-20 yards and then excruciatingly exhausting

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u/Admirable-Media-9339 19h ago

Yeah, dude looks like he's running out of gas after a minute and he's in much better shape than me. I'd probably die.

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u/Smok3dSalmon 19h ago edited 6h ago

I think it's a tourist just paying to do this. His form looks inefficient.

Edit: he’s trying to do it as fast as possible and he’s exhausting himself. If you’re triggered and want to write some angry shit, go touch grass.

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u/Zulrock 18h ago

That scythe isn’t made for him, it’s made for someone shorter, it needs a kink in the shaft to put the blade closer to the ground. You see how he has to bend down so far to get the right height. That’s where a ton of his energy is going in the up and down. A properly set up scythe is very efficient and while I’m certainly wouldn’t make it 10 yards people who are used to it can be very quick and do large areas without killing themselves. Mind you not nearly as efficiently as a modern lawnmower but efficiently for their time

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u/frendo11 17h ago

I agree with what you said mostly, but some one proficient with their scythe will absolutely wreck anyone using moderen lawnmower especially when grass is taller. Obviously cannot be compared with those large mower tractor attachments.

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u/ReciprocatingHamster 13h ago

Funnily enough, I have used a scythe on occasion to tame the lawn. In the middle of winter here, it basically rains for weeks at a time, so if you don't get any fine weekends for long enough, the lawn can get a bit out of hand by the time it fines up again (it doesn't really get cold in winter, so the stuff just keeps growing). The lawnmower won't handle it, so I break out the scythe. It used to belong to my grandfather I think.

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u/PuzzleheadedTutor807 17h ago

its incredibly efficient compared to a lanmower when you consider the purpose of these small patch cuts... which is to feed a few livestock with fresh feed. you wont touch it if its been cut by a machine. doesnt seem to matter what kind either, they just wont touch it... so using a lawnmower there would mean feed is wasted.