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.