The scythe, an efficient tool

The scythe, a sustainable and resistant tool, allows you to work efficiently, comfortably, and in peace and quiet, with the sweet smell of freshly cut grass, while respecting nature and with your food as your only fuel.

​What a wonderful way to combine work and pleasure!

Whenever I see anyone cutting his grass with his scythe, I know that he is practicing awareness.

​- Thich Nhat Hanh in his book "Peace Is Every Step"

The cut, much cleaner than that of a machine, seems to favour the regeneration of vegetation and would therefore be more respectful of biodiversity, provided of course that the other key factors are taken into account. Amphibians, reptiles and other small animals are not often victims of the passage of the scythe.

Tall grass, brambles, thistles... all can be cut with a scythe.

It can even be used to maintain lawns. The vast lawns of castles were once maintained with scythes!

Mowing with a scythe does not require protective equipment/clothing aside from maybe a cut-resistant glove for sharpening the blade, and the maintenance of the scythe is done by the mower himself. Its use is most often less tiring and generally as fast, if not faster, than the brush cutter. See for yourself!

​Woman of the Haslital, Returning from the Hay Harvest, Carl Diethelm Meyer, 1876