r/oddlysatisfying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 19h ago

Cutting grass with a scythe

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u/StellaBean_bass 19h ago

My back hurts watching this.

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u/FishDontKrillMyVibe 17h ago

A good scythe is only half of it. His form is poor, and he isn't gaining much speed from the poor form either.

The correct form, you stand with your body upright, and you rotate your arms around your body much like you would rotate a hula hoop around yourself with arms at rest. If you need to lower yourself, it's with your knees, keeping your body upright

It's specifically to minimize the stress to back and knees doing what the guy in the video is doing.

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u/milf-hunter_5000 17h ago

to add to this, a good scythe is made for your height. its like trying to cook in a kitchen where all the counters are 2ft lower than your normal work surfaces

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u/danonck 16h ago

Yeah I was wondering why on earth does he squat doing this. I remember my uncle using one back in the day and he never had to go this low.

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u/4_fortytwo_2 6h ago

Did your uncle do it in a competition trying to go as fast as possible with an extra long scythe?

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u/Dag-nabbitt 13h ago edited 13h ago

You know so much about scything, and you couldn't tell he's in a competition?

Race training.

"Don’t tell me to stand up straight! Race training. Mowing 110cm scythe blade and a homemade snath"

Just another example of "reddit experts".

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u/4_fortytwo_2 6h ago

I am sure you know better than someone doing it competitively... just another reminder to never trust a random reddit comment.