[TheForge] peening a scythe blade

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Mike,

I have a couple old scythes and some extra blades.  Not very good at it but 
it can be fun, and beats the heck out of using a weed whacker.

I've seen ads for the scythe stakes and hammers but never could figure out 
the process from the ads. They never had very good pictures.  I usually end 
up just putting a 600 grit belt on the sander and using that to sharpen my 
blades.  After hammering the edge was he done, or did he still have to work 
it over with a stone?

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net
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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:51:11 -0300
From: mspencer at tallships.ca (Mike Spencer)
Subject: [TheForge]  Re:Spring steel (and other) breaking in mild acid

I spent most of today at a hand mowing competition.  I wanted to see
if I could pick up some pointers on my style but mainly I wanted to
learn about "peening a scythe blade".