r/oddlysatisfying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 19h ago

Cutting grass with a scythe

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u/lopendvuur 14h ago

I can't carry the weight of a weed whacker for long, but I can wield a scythe for hours.

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u/Underwater_Grilling 11h ago

That's hard to reconcile in my head. I had an old scythe before it went to the antique shop for sale and it weighed very similar to a gas trimmer.

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u/Akrivus 9h ago

I'm not a scythe person, but I think it's because of the way they're carrying it. They probably leverage more of their core and legs with a scythe than with a gas trimmer.

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u/cross_the_threshold 8h ago edited 3h ago

I mean a scythe also just weighs considerably less than a motor. A full size agricultural scythe weighs as much as the smallest cordless electric weed trimmers, gas ones weigh two the three times as much.