Price List
For a more detailed explanation of the following items see product list. Complete sets are described towards the bottom of the page.
VAT
VAT is included in the price (17.5 per cent for most items) and all orders are delivered with a VAT receipt. Despite the rise in VAT I have been able to keep all scythe prices the same as last year. The price of some of the accessories has changed slightly.
AVAILABILITY
Most items are currently in stock. Competition blades by request only.ORDER FORM
If you wish to purchase, please print out an order form: ORDER FORM
Though not essential, it will help ensure that you provide all the information, and so avoid delays. If you can't print, please write your order on a sheet of paper, remembering to specify your height if you are ordering a snath.
Description Length cm Weight grammes Price £ BLADES
All blades made in Austria by Schröckenfux of Rossleithen.Standard Austrian grass blade: Rasierschnitt — for grass and fleshy weeds. 60 420 36 Standard Austrian grass blade: Rasierschnitt — for grass and fleshy weeds. 75 530 39 Oriental blade: Luxor model —for very confined circumstances, working between valued plants, eg allotment or row crop work. 40 335 32 Oriental blade: Luxor model —for grass and fleshy weeds in small gardens, paths etc.
50 375 34 Oriental blade: Luxor model —for meadows and lawns. 75 515 39 Oriental blade: Luxor model — for meadows and lawns. 85 560 41 Ditch blade: Styria —for rough grass and tough weeds. 55 440 35 Ditch blade: Styria — for rough grass and tough weeds. 65 480 38 Stone blade: Hahnsense — for rough, bumpy or very stony ground
60 460 37 Bush blade: Fux — heavy duty, cuts woody plants, not ideal for grass.
50 540 35 Competition Blade: Hartstahl (AVAILABLE ON REQUEST ONLY) 110 840 55 Adjustable curved wooden snath (movable handgrips); supplied with clamp for fixing blade and wedge for adjusting blade angle; please give your height when ordering. (Swiss)
1300 approx 49 Extra right hand grip for adjustable wooden snath. Please stipulate size (see Product List for explanation). 12 English-made Snath by Tim Benians (OUT OF STOCK) 38 Bar Peen Anvil (Picard, German) —for use with ordinary carpenter's hammer.
17 Bar Peen Anvil (Czech) —for use with ordinary carpenter's hammer. 6 Peening jig (Slovak).
28 Flat Anvil (Picard, German) — for use with cross peen hammer.
17 Cross peen hammer — with one cross peen face and one flat face (Picard, German) (TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK) 500 15 Table Bar Peen Anvil (Schröckenfux, Austria) 55 Magnifying lens x 10 3 Artificial stone: silicon carbide 24 cm, coarse 24 2 Artificial stone "Silicar" medium grit 26 9 Natural stone: Bregenzer 21-22 cm, fine (300 grit) 21/22 4 Natural stone: Rozsutec 23-24 cm, very fine. (Slovak) 23/24 6 Flat chainsaw file, ( Oregon made by Vallorbe, Switzerland) 3 Round file, 7/32" (Vallorbe, Swiss) 1 Garryflex rubberized sanding block. 120 grit. (UK supplier) 5 Garryflex rubberized sanding block. 60 grit. (UK supplier) 5 Stone sheath (Czech — Copper) 12 Stone sheath (Czech — Galvanized steel) 3 Stone sheath (hand made in the UK, from sweet chestnut wood) 28 Stone sheath (polished cow horn) 24 Stone sheath (waterproofed leather, handmade in UK) 29 Notes on the Use of the Austrian Scythe — A4 booklet of 24 pages (FREE WITH ALL PURCHASES OF COMPLETE SCYTHES) 2 The Scythe Book, by David Tresemer and Peter Vido 13 The Forgiveness of Nature: The Story of Grass, by Graham Harvey, hardback, Jonathan Cape, 371 pages. 12 Managing Grass in Britain with the Scythe, by Simon Fairlie, A5, 44 pages 3 Extra clamp for fixing blade to adjustable wooden snath — hexagonal Allen Key. (A clamp is included when you buy a snath) 35mmx40mm 3 Replacement square Allen Key, or grub nuts for clamps.
Free, send sae. Sickle 255 16 Sickle — Left Handed 22 Bush Knife 420 24 COMPLETE SETS (easier to order and a bit cheaper )
The Cautious Beginner's Set — With Peening Jig ..... £120 plus £19 p&p • One Adjustable wooden snath with clamp • One blade (any kind except the competition blade) • One peening jig • One Bregenzer sharpening stone (medium fine) • One synthetic sharpening stone (coarse) • One steel stone sheath • One round file • One copy of Notes on the Use of the Austrian Scythe The Confident Beginner's Set — With Freehand Peening Anvil .... £138 plus £19 p&p
• One Adjustable wooden snath with clamp • One blade (any kind except the competition blade) • One bar peen anvil (German) • One Rozsutec sharpening stone (extra fine) • One Silicar synthetic sharpening stone (medium) • One synthetic sharpening stone ( coarse) • One copper stone sheath • One flat file • One sanding block • One copy of Notes on the Use of the Austrian Scythe
A SECOND BLADE IS CHEAPER
Add £33 for a second blade in a set .OTHER MAKES OF SCYTHE
If you are looking for an English scythe, I sometimes have secondhand items in stock, or can advise you where to buy a new one. I can also direct you to suppliers who sell cheaper scythes with metal snaths, usually made in Eastern Europe, whose quality reflects the price.
POSTAGE AND PACKING
You can save on postage and get some basic tuition by coming to the store, less than a mile from the A 35 in Dorset. The store does not follow regular shop hours. Please phone or e-mail to make an appointment and avoid disappointment.
UK (INC N IRELAND) : By Royal Mail: one blade 55cm or under £3; ; one blade 60cm or over £5; two blades £8; one snath £9; one blade, plus one snath (with up to two stones) £13. By Parcel Force: one snath and blade plus up to seven other items, or else complete sets including up to three blades £19; other multiple orders up to 10 kilos, and with no more than two snaths, £21; for larger orders please enquire.
Small items other than blades and snaths : magnifying glass £1; book £2; sanding block £2; one stone £2; two stones £3; one sheath £3, one jig, anvil or hammer £5; bush knife, sickle, or scythe-sickle £5. For combinations of small items, either add 20 per cent to the cost price and round down to the nearest pound, or if that looks excessive phone or email for a precise quote.
Please allow a week to ten days for delivery. At the height of summer, when I am busy with shows and demand is high, it can take longer than this. Delivery by Royal Mail or Parcel Force and normally takes two or three days. Many thanks to the staff at South Petherton Post Office, who deal with these cumbersome parcels with good humour and patience.
Express Delivery. If you need your scythe in time for a birthday or other event, please phone or e-mail and enquire whether I can do it. There may be a premium of £5-£15 if I have to go out of my way to get it to the Post Office, or use 24 delivery. Or you can order your own courier company to collect.
ABROAD, please contact me. As a rough guide, to send a scythe set to Southern Ireland costs about £36, and to Europe about £50. Delivery costs beyond Europe are prohibitively expensive. If you are in North America, you will probably find what you need at Peter Vido's website http://www.scytheconnection.com/ or else http://www.scythesupply.com/ Peter Vido provides a scythe buyers' guide at http://www.scytheconnection.com/adp/retail/guide.html
PAYMENT
PREFERRED METHODS OF PAYMENT: My system works quickest if you pay by cheque, money order or postal order; or else by cash sent by special delivery. PLEASE MAKE CHEQUES OUT TO "SIMON FAIRLIE". (I appreciate that cheques are "on the way out", but that's what they said about scythes).
BACS PAYMENTS: I accept BACS payments by arrangement, but reluctantly for individuals, mainly for organizations. BACS take longer than a cheque because I am not informed immediately when they have arrived in my account; and it can be problematic relating the payment to the order, since they arrive separately.
PURCHASE ORDERS: I can supply on the basis of purchase orders from local authorities, quangos, established conservation organizations etc.
CARDS and PAYPAL : Sorry I can't take cards; I bank with the building society in my village, which doesn't handle them. (This year's annual report fom the Bath Building Society is entitled "Small is Beautiful" and quotes EF Schumacher — that's why I bank with them). I don't use Paypal, because it would put my prices up by 3 per cent, whereas sterling cheques enter my account free of charge.
CASH PAYMENTS: For Royal Mail advice on sending payments by cash, click here for the relevant page at www.royal mail.com You will receive a VAT receipt.
EUROS I accept payment in Euros, either cheque, cash or (for larger orders) electronically. Please phone or e-mail for details. I use the HMRC exchange rate which you can find here .
S IRELAND: A sterling money order, or Euro cheque, or electronic transfer are convenient methods of payment.
MONEYGRAM: This is cash transfer updated for the globalized economy, and sounds quite efficient. It is mostly used by immigrant workers. I haven't used this yet but am happy to try it for overseas payments.
OVERSEAS: Please e-mail or ring for details.
POSTAL ADDRESS: Simon Fairlie (Scythes), Monkton Wyld Court, Charmouth, Bridport, Dorset DT6 6DQ, UK
PHONE NUMBER: 01297 561359 . . . . . E-MAIL: chapter7@tlio.org.uk
ORDER FORM
Please print out an order form: ORDER FORM
It will help ensure that you provide all the information, and so avoid delays. Your details are not given to any other organization.
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