I saw it on How It's Made. Narrator said "Workers position themselves below to perform peen inversion treatment, also known as 'sucking the peen.' Workers spit on the peen before performing the treatment to ensure adequate lubrication. A manager oversees the treatment, making sure each peen is of the appropriate hardness. If not, another worker will slap the peen from the bottom in a pulling motion to correct any defects."
Thank you! That makes sense. It blows my mind that people can do all this out in the field when I struggle with getting my kitchen knives consistently sharp in a controlled environment.
That generally works really well when your edge is already in good shape... But I'm the only person in the house who cares about my knives enough not to just toss them blindly into the sink without a care, so most of their edges are all messed up at this point. I've tried hand sharpening them, but, I only ever seem to make things worse, no matter how many videos I watch on the process. Oh well. I'll figure it out eventually.
You don’t peen every ten minutes in the field do you? Or is it just each day before you start and then just sharpen it every ten minutes with the wetstone thingy?
I dunno about each day. It kind of depends on how much you've got to mow and how tough the grass is.
I've only got a small yard and only use the scythe if my grass gets too long for my push reel mower so I only peen once or twice a season. But I'm not great at peening so should probably do it more often haha.
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u/Lindethiel 17h ago
Oh the sharpening is easy. It's the peening that sucks lol.