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03-22-2009, 06:10 PM #5
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Thanked: 335Jimmy,
While I haven't used the scything shaving stroke, I have used a scythe, or tried to use one, when I was a kid and again when clearing some ground for my rowing club. It's hard work and to do it right takes practice and a sharp scythe (sound familiar?)
My interpretation of the stroke is different from yours in that I believe one rotates the blade around a pivot point (hinge pin perhaps) in approximately the same plane as the blade of the razor. This would be something like a stroke with a scythe, for a right hander, where you hold the snath in your hands and swing your shoulders from right to left, keeping the blade parallel to the ground and making a semi-circular arc with the blade.
I now whack weeds with a Stihl, does this mean there's a Braun in my whiskers' future?
... guess not
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