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Over the weekend I went to a local Flea Market because the weeke before a vendor said he would be back with a load of ammunition I mentioned needing. He had a lot of ammunition, but not the stuff I needed and his prices seemed fair enough.
Disappointed that he wasn't there I still looked around and low n behold there laying on a blanket was a Scythe complete with snath (curved pole to hole the blade) but only one nib (side handle) but that was cracked but over all it was in pretty fair condition. Still, at $15, I couldn't resist. But then to get the thing home since I was there on my motorcycle. As I was walking over to figure out how to mount it to my bike, one of the vendors asked "Kind of ominous, isn't it? So I smiled and said "Works for me!" So on with my little story.
I tried in vane to find a way to tie the Scythe to my bike without damaging my bike. Nothing would work. So I ended up strapping the thing to me. I wrapped the bungees around the snath a couple of times each and them wrapped them around me. One around my waist and the other a bit higher and very uncomfortable. I had the thing strapped in front of me so that mean part of the snath had to go between my leg and the fuel tank and to keep from doing any damage, I wrapped a shop rag around the handle where it might come in contact. N off I went.
I couldn't quite say what everyone was looking at, be it me all dressed in black of my pretty flat black bike .......... or maybe it was the combination of the scythe blade suspended above my head with the rest tied to me. Perhaps they thought I was a modern Grim Reaper coming for someone. Going through the small town I live outside of was hilarious with everyone looking, but I kept on going. I live 5 miles outside of town.
Once home I had to test drive the thing so I freshened the blade even though it was sharp (but a bit rusty) n adjusted it the best I could and proceeded to clear the other side of the road which was overgrown with weeds n tall grass. The whole area was about 220 feet in length by 4 to maybe 10 feet wide depending on where I was at the time. Even made a pretty fair windrow even if it was packed with weeds. I can't wait to use the thing again.
Since then I went ahead and added a handle from a DeWalt Hammer Drill. It's that second handle on it that I never used anyway, n moved the cracked nib to the upper position, n then readjusted the blade for a better cutting angle. Of course a thread is nothing without pictures so here's a couple for y'all.
Disappointed that he wasn't there I still looked around and low n behold there laying on a blanket was a Scythe complete with snath (curved pole to hole the blade) but only one nib (side handle) but that was cracked but over all it was in pretty fair condition. Still, at $15, I couldn't resist. But then to get the thing home since I was there on my motorcycle. As I was walking over to figure out how to mount it to my bike, one of the vendors asked "Kind of ominous, isn't it? So I smiled and said "Works for me!" So on with my little story.
I tried in vane to find a way to tie the Scythe to my bike without damaging my bike. Nothing would work. So I ended up strapping the thing to me. I wrapped the bungees around the snath a couple of times each and them wrapped them around me. One around my waist and the other a bit higher and very uncomfortable. I had the thing strapped in front of me so that mean part of the snath had to go between my leg and the fuel tank and to keep from doing any damage, I wrapped a shop rag around the handle where it might come in contact. N off I went.
I couldn't quite say what everyone was looking at, be it me all dressed in black of my pretty flat black bike .......... or maybe it was the combination of the scythe blade suspended above my head with the rest tied to me. Perhaps they thought I was a modern Grim Reaper coming for someone. Going through the small town I live outside of was hilarious with everyone looking, but I kept on going. I live 5 miles outside of town.
Once home I had to test drive the thing so I freshened the blade even though it was sharp (but a bit rusty) n adjusted it the best I could and proceeded to clear the other side of the road which was overgrown with weeds n tall grass. The whole area was about 220 feet in length by 4 to maybe 10 feet wide depending on where I was at the time. Even made a pretty fair windrow even if it was packed with weeds. I can't wait to use the thing again.
Since then I went ahead and added a handle from a DeWalt Hammer Drill. It's that second handle on it that I never used anyway, n moved the cracked nib to the upper position, n then readjusted the blade for a better cutting angle. Of course a thread is nothing without pictures so here's a couple for y'all.