Got a stone from a farmer, they had used it for chytes

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Originally Posted by Einar

Aha, good to now:)

Imagine it's the larger type. But I know that farmers were particular when sharpenig scythes, same with woodworking axes. They need to be polished and razor sharp:)

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Really? I'm very interested, really. My father grew up in a German village in Yugoslavian in the 30's and it was very 'middle ages'; by what he tells me. Really interesting stories about how the village operated, with the swine herd and stuff; I'm sure he would have used a scythe. I wish we could go back to some of those things; it would be so fulfilling, but I'm too old for that now...If I had my time again I'd seek out some sort of Amish community, I really would...Really, I would...

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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Really? I'm very interested, really. My father grew up in a German village in Yugoslavian in the 30's and it was very 'middle ages'; by what he tells me. Really interesting stories about how the village operated, with the swine herd and stuff; I'm sure he would have used a scythe. I wish we could go back to some of those things; it would be so fulfilling, but I'm too old for that now...If I had my time again I'd seek out some sort of Amish community, I really would...Really, I would...

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Using a scythe aren't hard work at all. My uncle find's it alot less fatiguing then using a petrol one(with the spinning tread). So get one of ebay and give it a go, important that it's laminated and good steel of course:)

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Using a scythe aren't hard work at all. My uncle find's it alot less fatiguing then using a petrol one(with the spinning tread). So get one of ebay and give it a go, important that it's laminated and good steel of course:)

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Oh no thanks, though I do use normal 'manual' hedge trimmers to trim my ivy hedge, great work for the pecs and front deltoids...

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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Oh no thanks, though I do use normal 'manual' hedge trimmers to trim my ivy hedge, great work for the pecs and front deltoids...

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Hehe, you use it on the grass next to the hedge, think it will have a hard time with wood;) then u also can exercise the abdominal oblique muscles!

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Originally Posted by Einar

Cool, we don't have tobacco farms here, to cold. Imagine the plants are hard? Like corn?

Totaly O,T do you know if lucky strike aditive free, realy are "pure" tobacco? My favorite smokes now;)

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Tobacco stalks aren't really anything like corn stalks. Corn is largely hollow while tobacco is solid. Corn is also very fibrous unlike tobacco stalks.

I don't really know if they're additive free. The manufacturing has changed a lot since we had our farm almost 40 years ago.

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Tobacco stalks aren't really anything like corn stalks. Corn is largely hollow while tobacco is solid. Corn is also very fibrous unlike tobacco stalks.

I don't really know if they're additive free. The manufacturing has changed a lot since we had our farm almost 40 years ago.

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Ty, learn something new every day:) Never seen tobacco in the wild.

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Hehe, you use it on the grass next to the hedge, think it will have a hard time with wood;) then u also can exercise the abdominal oblique muscles!

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Yes, of course, I realise that :-)

IMHO the stone is a jaspis.

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Originally Posted by Margeja

IMHO the stone is a jaspis.

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Wow, cool, thank you:)

One can not know everything. It is good to know who to ask.