There are sickles (blades) which are designed better, and better handles to make the work easier. Also, sickles are best used for close spaces, or times when you need to take your time in clearing/harvesting whatever you're doing. Scythes are better for larger spaces.
I think of it like a weed whacker vs a lawn mower. If you compare the two on an open field, a weed whacker seems ridiculous. But if you need a weed whacker and don't have one, it's a godsend.
Indeed, that isn't the traditional sickle shape he's using, and I'm fairly certain he's using it wrong as it's the least effective way of using the blade to cut with and wouldn't work on anything more robust than grasses. A sickle was used in particular for herb collection, to cut what you wanted and not damage what you didn't want to cut, I was hoping to find a video showing some proper techniques, but even with only basic knowledge from books I know he's using it wrong. Not only is the technique wrong, he's using it for the wrong purpose, and then feels it's a bad tool. It's a bit like brushing the driveway with a toothbrush and proclaiming that it's a useless tool.
Love my brush scythe for clearing briars. I hated the weed whacker, and it couldn't cut as well as the scythe anyway. Someone stole it and I say good riddance. Oh, teenage son likes the scythe due to coolness factor.
I was researching why the Bible said sickle and not scythe so I looked up the differences and your video showed up so I watched it and you summed it up so beautifully... You said with a sickle you can be far more discriminating and selective not getting the dandelions, weeds, with the wheat. Jesus mentioned this frequently and I can see how God is meticulous in his searching out sincere hearts. And you are right the preaching is not easy it's meticulous and hard on us at times but we're not looking for the masses in doing God's work the easy way, the angels that direct our preaching work are following God's command to search for those who are groaning over the detestable things that are being done in the Earth. Remember the - Angels being obedient - the next time someone knocks on your door. Thank you for this really great video!
4:19 scythes are HANDS DOWN faster than brushcutters, with very few exceptions. If clearing around fence posts or guard rails, the insensitive brush cutter can cut at the base from every angle making progress faster. If working in a place where no infernal human has penetrated the soil with steel and concrete, there is absolutely no use for brushcutters.
One of my friends text me and said “God just showed this to me so I wanted to share it with you as it makes so much sense. Maybe it will help you look at things a little different.--- IF WE DON'T STOP USING OUR SICKLES ON EACH OTHER, WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE HARVEST.” So I got on TH-cam your video is the first one I came across one wanting to know some things about a sickle in the natural realm. But you said something which struck me in the spiritual realm it was this “…So wheat and tears, if you’re doing it with a sickle, it’s not that bad separating them once you’re in the field”. You see, I’m having some difficulty with the leader ship in our church because they simply are not leading, but as you have said and my friend, if I am in the field of harvest then I am paying attention to what is truly important. Thanks so much for your video. you have a new subscriber ; )
Great video, I bet plenty of physios would say that position is actually great for your back once your body has adapted to that position. Also probably great for digestive system too.
2:02 BRUH is that your house!?!?! And great video :). Very educational. I'm trying to decide if I wanna invest money in a good quality sycthe for the weeds in my yard or a sickle.
I'm 52 and probably 10 years ago some my coworkers stopped by after work to borrow a tool. Well, I was using my scythe when they showed up. They still give shit about it . But hey, it works.
I think of it like a weed whacker vs a lawn mower. If you compare the two on a level open field, a weed whacker seems ridiculous. But if you need a weed whacker and don't have one, it's a terrible lack.
So a sickle is like a paintbrush and a scythe is like a paint roller. The sickle is quite terrible at cutting lots of wheat efficiently but it's great for just cut out small pesky areas or cutting around things you want to cut. (Like a paintbrush!) While on the other hand, scythes are very efficient with cutting wheat but it struggles with small areas and it's not ideal if you have to cut around things. (Just like a roller!)
@@fionnmcmahon2894 yeah nah its definitely a sickle with a long handle. The head steel is very thick its not mounted at an angle and it does not have the side grab handle piece. Cheers
The string trimmer has replaced the scythe for weeding large areas (in the first world). I still see a use for a sickle in the garden, though. It can clear weeds and vines out of your way in small, harder to reach places. For example, I have some large plants that my string trimmer can’t reach under.
You should check out the American style scythe. There's less maintenance, because the blades are made with hardened steel. This means it holds an edge longer, so you hone less often, and you don't peen, you grind the edge in ( probably 2 - 3 times a year ). fortytwoblades and mr. chickadee have some great information on them, and mr. chickadee even compares them to that european style I saw in this video and explains how they are different. Also, your technique IS rough, lol. You're working too hard, which tells me the blade is either not sharp enough, or peened thin enough.
The scythe and sickle seem to have different purposes. A scythe isn't all that useful in tight spots I guess. They compliment each other as I understand.
Wheat was much taller in the past. Wheat has been bred to be much shorter to make mechanized harvesting easier, and to get plumper berries due to less stalk.
Filmed in Provo Utah... (Little Baldy and Mtn Timp in the background).. side note: it's chronocentric to think less convenience means a shorter life. Past humans had better muscular and cardiovascular health than us -- (compare modern athletes to ancient athletes) it's just that they got wiped out by more tribal conflicts and plagues -- In sum; a greater percentage of modern humans live longer but ancient human individuals were vastly superior physically, I mean when the last time you ran down a deer or walked to SLC? (I never have;)
In general, I like your premise that ancient people were amazing, rather than the deeply troubling view that they were somehow weaker and less clever than we are. In some senses they were certainly more active, and thus physically and cognitively more useful than the average couch-potato. However, I'd be curious as to how you got an ancient athlete to compare with, outside of written records and inferences from bones that is. People are amazing and are very good at dealing with adversity, but the child mortality stats alone justify more than a bit of chronocentrism. JB
While they were more active, they were largely enduring diets that were very much carbo hydrate based, without many sources of protein. That's why they were way shorter, on average, than modern people.
Sickles are too much work unless you are young enough to keep bending down....I'll stick with the scythe...with a European blade and not English or American style too...lol
Lets be honest sickle is used to place it on hammer to make papa stalin proud then go for a thief that thinks that knife is better hit his legs with hammer place the sickle to his neck pull and papa stalin will be very proud he will cry (Its a joke dont take it serious and dont do it its just a JOKE)
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There are sickles (blades) which are designed better, and better handles to make the work easier. Also, sickles are best used for close spaces, or times when you need to take your time in clearing/harvesting whatever you're doing. Scythes are better for larger spaces.
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I think of it like a weed whacker vs a lawn mower. If you compare the two on an open field, a weed whacker seems ridiculous. But if you need a weed whacker and don't have one, it's a godsend.
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Indeed, that isn't the traditional sickle shape he's using, and I'm fairly certain he's using it wrong as it's the least effective way of using the blade to cut with and wouldn't work on anything more robust than grasses. A sickle was used in particular for herb collection, to cut what you wanted and not damage what you didn't want to cut, I was hoping to find a video showing some proper techniques, but even with only basic knowledge from books I know he's using it wrong.
Not only is the technique wrong, he's using it for the wrong purpose, and then feels it's a bad tool. It's a bit like brushing the driveway with a toothbrush and proclaiming that it's a useless tool.
Love how this guy keeps on sickling throughout the whole video
Your delivery, information, examples are concise, interesting and to the point. Congratulations
Thank you. All my life I’ve had scythes and sickles backward.
Thank you for showing me the difference...very good video and info...Thank you!
Love my brush scythe for clearing briars. I hated the weed whacker, and it couldn't cut as well as the scythe anyway. Someone stole it and I say good riddance. Oh, teenage son likes the scythe due to coolness factor.
I was researching why the Bible said sickle and not scythe so I looked up the differences and your video showed up so I watched it and you summed it up so beautifully... You said with a sickle you can be far more discriminating and selective not getting the dandelions, weeds, with the wheat. Jesus mentioned this frequently and I can see how God is meticulous in his searching out sincere hearts. And you are right the preaching is not easy it's meticulous and hard on us at times but we're not looking for the masses in doing God's work the easy way, the angels that direct our preaching work are following God's command to search for those who are groaning over the detestable things that are being done in the Earth. Remember the - Angels being obedient - the next time someone knocks on your door.
Thank you for this really great video!
4:19 scythes are HANDS DOWN faster than brushcutters, with very few exceptions.
If clearing around fence posts or guard rails, the insensitive brush cutter can cut at the base from every angle making progress faster. If working in a place where no infernal human has penetrated the soil with steel and concrete, there is absolutely no use for brushcutters.
One of my friends text me and said “God just showed this to me so I wanted to share it with you as it makes so much sense. Maybe it will help you look at things a little different.--- IF WE DON'T STOP USING OUR SICKLES ON EACH OTHER, WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE HARVEST.” So I got on TH-cam your video is the first one I came across one wanting to know some things about a sickle in the natural realm. But you said something which struck me in the spiritual realm it was this “…So wheat and tears, if you’re doing it with a sickle, it’s not that bad separating them once you’re in the field”.
You see, I’m having some difficulty with the leader ship in our church because they simply are not leading, but as you have said and my friend, if I am in the field of harvest then I am paying attention to what is truly important.
Thanks so much for your video. you have a new subscriber ; )
I need a steel or chain mail gauntlet, many a time, nearly chopped my index finger off.
Great video, I bet plenty of physios would say that position is actually great for your back once your body has adapted to that position. Also probably great for digestive system too.
2:02 BRUH is that your house!?!?! And great video :). Very educational. I'm trying to decide if I wanna invest money in a good quality sycthe for the weeds in my yard or a sickle.
Got an older sickle @ thrift $5/ ice to see proper way to use it. Years ago I got an American style scythe & extra blades. It was $25. Good hunting😊.
I'm 52 and probably 10 years ago some my coworkers stopped by after work to borrow a tool. Well, I was using my scythe when they showed up. They still give shit about it . But hey, it works.
Ignorance is bliss to them it seems haha
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Very brave of you to teach us sickle and scythe in the midst of a thermonuclear explosion.
j/k I enjoyed the video and welcomed the education :)
I think of it like a weed whacker vs a lawn mower. If you compare the two on a level open field, a weed whacker seems ridiculous. But if you need a weed whacker and don't have one, it's a terrible lack.
So a sickle is like a paintbrush and a scythe is like a paint roller. The sickle is quite terrible at cutting lots of wheat efficiently but it's great for just cut out small pesky areas or cutting around things you want to cut. (Like a paintbrush!) While on the other hand, scythes are very efficient with cutting wheat but it struggles with small areas and it's not ideal if you have to cut around things. (Just like a roller!)
I wonder if a sickle could cut off only the top tips of the grain, just the seed heads, while you're standing up, leaving the straws behind.
You can indeed. Less efficient, but both possible and historically practiced. We did that with the king of random Collab. JB
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Subscribed. Great video!
Thank you!
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Nah cool video Though I Learned some new stuff thank you good sir God-bless you
That little bundle of harvest is called a "gavilla" in Spanish
Wow, for all my life my favorite thing was the scythe. And for many years I thought it was a weapon 😂😂🤣
Actual scythes are absolutely terrible to use as weapons. They have battle scythes but don't look as grim as the original scythe
You are also wrong.
That is not a sickle. That is a Kama. Sickles have longer and more curved blades than Kamas.
A kama is a type of sickle used in Japan. Same principle, used the same way. JB
Good to know.
I feel like your back would get strong this way.
I have a sickle with a long handle what would that type be traditionally be used for?
If it has a long handle its probably a scythe
@@fionnmcmahon2894 yeah nah its definitely a sickle with a long handle. The head steel is very thick its not mounted at an angle and it does not have the side grab handle piece. Cheers
@@Dmaher1111 so it's a small blade with big handle?
@@fionnmcmahon2894 possibly the handle is 1300mm long the head is 500mm around the back curve.
Is it a sickle or grass hook? Either one will do well on grass, as that's that they are used for!
The string trimmer has replaced the scythe for weeding large areas (in the first world). I still see a use for a sickle in the garden, though. It can clear weeds and vines out of your way in small, harder to reach places. For example, I have some large plants that my string trimmer can’t reach under.
Thats why I'm considering buying one right now, a Japanese Kama specifically. To clear out weeds and harvest large patches of herbs.
Looks like a good leg workout.
Never skip leg day again! Feed yourself at the same time!
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is that timpanogas in the background???
I got hayfever watching this video!
Right?! You should see the one where we threshed it! JB
What about the slaves that did it by hand???
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You should check out the American style scythe. There's less maintenance, because the blades are made with hardened steel. This means it holds an edge longer, so you hone less often, and you don't peen, you grind the edge in ( probably 2 - 3 times a year ). fortytwoblades and mr. chickadee have some great information on them, and mr. chickadee even compares them to that european style I saw in this video and explains how they are different. Also, your technique IS rough, lol. You're working too hard, which tells me the blade is either not sharp enough, or peened thin enough.
Who's here after hearing the parable of the Wheat & Tares from Christ in the Bible?
Im here from reading Rev 14:14 NASB
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Man’s living in a 1940’s movie
That's actually a kama.
Agree. Never heard anyone riding a motorscyth
I did enjoy that. Thank you
Hi can scything be used in place of rolling and crimping ?
No idea. JB
Seems I've been using mine wrong, I'll get a scythe too
Looks like a training Kama
Sharpened for the present application. JB
thats what I was gona say also,
It's actually a cresent-shaped blade
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Great
The scythe and sickle seem to have different purposes.
A scythe isn't all that useful in tight spots I guess.
They compliment each other as I understand.
Wheat was much taller in the past. Wheat has been bred to be much shorter to make mechanized harvesting easier, and to get plumper berries due to less stalk.
That's true. This is wild rye. Similar. JB
Berries???? It is grain always has been.
Yikes 😳this reminds me of something that they might have used to lop off one female's hair now that I think about it.
De Weeding around corn 🌽 plants .
I usually use my sickles with hammers
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Good way to starve to death
communism?
Filmed in Provo Utah... (Little Baldy and Mtn Timp in the background).. side note: it's chronocentric to think less convenience means a shorter life. Past humans had better muscular and cardiovascular health than us -- (compare modern athletes to ancient athletes) it's just that they got wiped out by more tribal conflicts and plagues -- In sum; a greater percentage of modern humans live longer but ancient human individuals were vastly superior physically, I mean when the last time you ran down a deer or walked to SLC? (I never have;)
In general, I like your premise that ancient people were amazing, rather than the deeply troubling view that they were somehow weaker and less clever than we are. In some senses they were certainly more active, and thus physically and cognitively more useful than the average couch-potato.
However, I'd be curious as to how you got an ancient athlete to compare with, outside of written records and inferences from bones that is. People are amazing and are very good at dealing with adversity, but the child mortality stats alone justify more than a bit of chronocentrism. JB
While they were more active, they were largely enduring diets that were very much carbo hydrate based, without many sources of protein. That's why they were way shorter, on average, than modern people.
U shud use sickle like a scythe
To test out? That's not how they were used historically our by the people who still use them. JB
"Sickles are not scythes"
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I was trying to tell my dad a sickle is not a scythe
sickles are awesome! I love my war sythe too, but sickle is more than you show here,
for GOD's sake wear a glove- for little protection from blade or a snake-
You look Dutch
Sickles are too much work unless you are young enough to keep bending down....I'll stick with the scythe...with a European blade and not English or American style too...lol
Sickle are Kama
Great video, but it’s so over exposed it distracts from the lesson
Yup. Was still learning how to adjust that setting. JB
Lets be honest sickle is used to place it on hammer to make papa stalin proud then go for a thief that thinks that knife is better hit his legs with hammer place the sickle to his neck pull and papa stalin will be very proud he will cry
(Its a joke dont take it serious and dont do it its just a JOKE)
not for harvesting. f0r grooming
Thank you!