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08-05-2010, 10:01 PM #21illegitimum non carborundum
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.The Wiki shows a distinction between the scything and guillotine strokes. In reality there is little difference though, to my mind, the guillotine stroke more accurately depicts how a scythe actually cuts.
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
I don't consider the scything stroke to actually involve a pivot. Yes, using an actual scythe does involve a circular motion but the contact between the blade and the individual hay/straw stem is not circular. The blade is slicing the stem. To see an actual scythe in action watch this
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08-05-2010, 10:12 PM
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Nice video there Ron. You are a lot older than I thought you'd be. Where did you learn to speak spanish?
Is that an escher you are using on that scythe??
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08-05-2010, 10:14 PM
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I thought he'd be a lot older too, judging from his avatar. Looking pretty good for 193!
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08-05-2010, 10:15 PM
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Hey, that's not me, that's my son!
08-05-2010, 10:15 PM
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I actually turned the blade upside down yesterday and it got a little better..but still cactus hairs remained and I used my electric to trim them...but if I ever travel with my str8 razor..how do I get the cactus whiskers effectively?...maybe I should borrow that old guys scything blade to try ;-)
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08-05-2010, 10:16 PM
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More than likely his favorite Frictionite!
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08-05-2010, 10:20 PM
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you might find some help in this thread http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...tus-hairs.html
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08-05-2010, 10:35 PM
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I've been experimenting with scything myself in the last couple of weeks (I might have seen it in one of Jockey's videos?). It seems to be particularly effective in the hollows of my neck when I open the scales out to line up with the blade and pivot ATG from the center/adams apple area of my neck outward, against well-stretched skin, if that makes any sense. Still far from 1-pass BBS, but definitely getting smoother.
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08-06-2010, 12:03 AM
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What exactly are "cactus hairs?"
08-06-2010, 01:53 AM
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These are two diagrams I did for a friend of mine. Just like nun2sharp said, it is like a windshield wiper. You can pivot at the fingers or the wrist.
