Scythe Festival, Rossleithen, Austria 2004. Peter Vido and a Slovakian colleague mowing a steep slope.The snath in the foreground is a traditional Slovakian design.

Scythe Festival,Molln, Austria 2004.Peening the blade. Behind, snaths handmade from wood culled in the wild.

 

Peter Vido mowing an 8 foot wide swath.

 

Scythe Festival,Molln, Austria 2004 Scything course.

 

Below: Scythe Festival,Molln, Austria 2004. Youngster receives tuition . . .

Youngster gets stuck in. Scythe Festival,Rossleithen, Austria 2004

 

Scythe Festival,Molln, Austria 2004. 50 people scything a field.

 

 

 

Austrian hayrack

 

Tilthammers at Schroeckenfux scythe factory, 1923. Blades are still forged by the same process today.

 

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