The Toughest Thing I Have Ever Done! | Scythe Mowing One Hectare in One Day | One Hectare Challenge
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- You asked for it, so here it is - The One Hectare Challenge!
In this video I try to scythe one hectare of grass in one day. This is probably the hardest thing I have ever done so I really hope you enjoy this video and give it a thumbs up! :)
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Let the challenge begin!
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🕒 Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Background
01:39 Measuring day
03:09 The Night Before
07:19 Challenge Day
32:10 The Results
Can anyone in the comments recommend a scythe? To be fair, we have a small tractor but we have quite a few buildings in a close area and this would be better for those spaces, and also on the hills and under trees. Thank you
Schröckenfux from austria is affordable in europe and has a good quality. (The 120cm blade seems to be from them.)
They have a few different options. They recommended a blade with a stone pike for beginners. I started with that a few weeks ago, and I think a 65cm blade and the stone pike at the tip of a blade realy is a good option. Stone pike is to save the blade from damages, while you poke into things (obviously unwanted, but common occurence).
You will need a peening hammer and an anvill, or the peening jig with those two cones for the top.
The Schröckenfux boom is a very ergonomic version if you get the wooden one. Not as nice as this one in the video, but still optimal hand positions. Wouldn't get a steel boom. Never optimaly placed handles.
Have a rough and a fine honing stone as well and use them like he discribed in his video instinctivly. Rough one after peening, than the fine one.
Be aware, the boom has to be for your body hight. They have different length and: They have adaptable handle positions, so you can optimise them. Lower handle on hip hight, upper below chin. 👍 Than check angle on blade while holding it, compared to the ground and off you go. This channel has some real nice videos on how to get started. 👍
Schröckenfux has all the add ons you need for you. I like their fine honing stone from natural stone.
@@sebastianmuller1210 thank you so much! That was very nice of you and I appreciate the details you've included
Hi! The answer you got is correct, except from the stonetip in my opinion. I work very much in meadows with A LOT of stones and the tip of the blade is never damaged. It gets a little rounded after a while but that is just good as it is more safe for injuries caused by a sharp tip. And it does not affect your effectivity. We do sell all the best gear including the Nordic snath I use in the video and my unique ground peeningjigg and ship daily worldwide in my webshop www.slattergubben.se
It is pretty clear in the textdscription in the video but I think it's easy to miss.
@@slattergubben6702 Thank you. By the way- you are a MACHINE. Incredible work, and I look forward to seeing more of your videos (this was my first!).
@@slattergubben6702 I second that!
I bought a nordic snath from Jan and I had a chance to try the eastern style and Austrian snath.
Nordic rules! :D
My father was born in 1926. He worked the war years in the UK on the farm which was a reserved occupation. He was a mighty man for sure & told us stories of working the land with horses & hand tools including the scythe. Around 1995 we visited family in Austria at a farm & he came across an old scythe complete with a stone hanging in a barn. He took it down, sharpened the blade & then proceeded to lay the banks along the driveway to the jaw dropping awe of everyone... in his youth, he said he could cut & lay several acres each day... nobody doubted him that day watching this 69 year old man revisited his youth with the scythe was just astounding...
What a great story. Those old guys knew how to graft!
A strong generation!!, compared to today's woke generation 😂😂 they must look down and 🤦♂️
@@lateagain7116it’s very sad. My generation has revived racism and superficial things and destroyed all things of substance like family.
@@RicardoSanchez-es5wl this generation has not revived racism. It was always there, social media just bolstered it's position.
@@RicardoSanchez-es5wl what the hell are you on about? Racism never went away.
Absolute animal. Running back to the start of the row to release tension in the body isnt something most people would think about but its also more physically demanding. This was fun to watch!
Thanks! Glad you like
If he cut the other direction he'd be pilling grass into his way for the next row.
OK, having watched the video I've changed my mind. I'm empathetically completely knackered now, and won't be scything tomorrow after all...
Unless youŕe fit for world championship triathlon, noone should even begin to try this. Super job. I am really impressed.
Thanks! Swimming is a bit like scything as there is quite much that must fit together in the same time to work. But in scything you can breathe when you want!
6:51 racing to put a tent together before sunset is an American tradition as well 😂
Some people seem to think that watching videos of other people scything is a bit like watching paint dry. 😁 But I love it - it's so satisfying. And it also makes me itch to get out there and do it myself, so very inspirational. I'm sure this video will be no exception, and I bet you It'll inspire me to be out there tomorrow with my scythe. But maybe not a hectare 😉 ...
Good idea to mow across the width rather than the length - probably psychologically more rewarding. My wife always reckons that having road distances in kilometres rather than in miles means you get to your destination quicker!
Smurt!
Finally! The video we have been waiting for
Это самый благородный вид спорта. Вы герой!👍✊💪👏🤝
Love scything. No gasoline, no noise. Animals barely bother to move when you approach. Also you save the gym membership expense.
Exactly - and although on a field like this a modern tractor is so much faster there is so many smaller and trickier places and occasions where the scythe is winning.
Also, regardless of whether it's quicker or not, I just like it and find it therapeutic on a small scale.
This is why I use a broom instead of a blower but it's petrol for the rest sadly.
An acre used to be defined as the amount of area one person could mow in a 12 hour day and you mowed 1.77 acres so I think that's pretty good
According to Wikipedia (which as everyone knows only reports the truth 😁): "Traditionally, in the Middle Ages, an acre was conceived of as the area of land that could be ploughed by one man using a team of eight oxen in one day."
I would regard that as a little exaggerated, when working daily it is too much. Who actually said this , and which country. Curious on your source. I would say 0.2 - 0.25 hectares is what you are averaging as a good mower. More of course those days you are mowing a very easy meadow
1 ha is 10000 sq.m.
1 acre is about 4047sq.m so, yr calculation is wrong and he did almost 2.5 acres
1 acre was the amount one man and one horse could plow in a day
@@ebbi19401 He "only" mowed 7100~m2, not the whole 10k. So no, you're the one who's wrong.
This beautiful experiment also provides a strong visual impact on the progress, leaving you to think... how much one single human being accomplished in one day of hard work.
Never underestimate determination and hard work, folks... if alone we can do that much in a day, together we can literally move mountains.
It is worth thinking back to how fit farmers once were and how one man or a small team could cover so much ground in one day.
Gardening Olympics is what we need.
Certainly! Very well fit people who could repair anything and tackle so many different tasks demanded on a farm. And for long ago not a single hour for administration or behind a screen.
I acre was considered a good day's work.
They still are quitte fit but not as fit as they once where. Also depends on what kind of farm he has. Dairy farming I think is todays thoughest job in farming. Just alone caring for them is a whole workout. It still is a lot of manual labour unfortionatly😅
@@smartartification there is the so called "Preismähen" in german speaking countries. Especially in alpine regions this method is still heavily used on steep or rocky fields. Or just to clean up the surfaces you can't reach with modern machines.
I do apocalypse quality backyard blacksmithing with leftover pieces of metal and my gas push mower recently stopped working properly so this is been an inspiring idea to combine a passion and yard maintenance requirement
I bought a European Scythe partly because of this channel. I have 10 acres of overgrown I need to scythe this year so I'm going to have plenty of time and work to learn haha.
Get some friends to help and do it on a good day., you could make a party out of it. Buy in some cider and have a good bbq after the work. Would be good times and it probably would catch on in your area instead of just doing it with a tractor.
Here's an idea: Get a brush-cutter (gasoline or electric) and do it without breaking a sweat 🏞
@@geokon3 lazyness... it is more fun to learn new things and do some exercise
Go easy because this is a workout for your back and you will fill it!
@@geokon3brush cutters ar signifiantly heavier and in each movement sode to side you cover about as much ground. And the maintenance and gas is an issue too.
This is 100% something I go "Oh I bet i could do that." Then probably one minute in, I'd be out of breath and ready to throw in the towel
What a mad lad, absolutely *an animal. Impressive stuff man, congrats on being so healthy and with all the difficulties, still doing so close to the full challenge.
Thanks!
this is the most epic shit i ever watched
Thanks! Glad it is whatchable
man,your power of will is strong as heck
Thank you for doing this. I'm in my thirties, done a little bit of scything im my teens as a hobby, then lawnmowers ant trimmers came up. My parents did much more scything in their life, but as for a necessity to make hay for cows like how you did here, maybe my grandfather did it in his youth. So it is about a hundred years that we no longer use it for making hay, but tools and crafts like these are great. You learn skills, appreciate others people work more, feel more happy when you get some food, water or sleep after work like this, your head gets clear, it is good for your body, does not require expensive tools. In this video I saw how peening is done, thank you for that. Best wishes from Lithuania. After this video I intend to visit my parents and do some scything and some work with my favorite axe
A human mowing machine, with a big heart, a charming smile and a great body.
Thanks, do you also use the scythe?
@@slattergubben6702 Yes, I do. This year I let our lawn grow, to give the insects and wildlife something to feed on (the farmers and neighbours in the surrounding area either cat everything short to 4cms and have a green desert lawn, or the farmers keep their fed meadows very, very fat so they mostly grow grasses and not weeds, wild flowers).
Then I looked into cutting it for the first time in May/June for diversity preservation. Remembered my father cutting our lawn with the scythe years ago, looked into the topic and your videos came up. They inspired me to buy a scythe and give it a try. It's wonderful in so many ways.
Thank you for inspiring me!
Wow, this was a truly herculean task! There are no doubts about your fitness 😊...
@@W4ldgeist wonderful!
Your abs have to be insane
Bro. this is Superman strenght! Well done.
Omfg! Man, that was absolute madness! Take a bow, it was super well done, heroic even. Thank you, as always you are a machine and an inspiration, Diolch yn fawr!
Thanks! It's a so fantastic sport as you use all parts of the body when doing it correctly.
I'd happily give it a shot, although I am only an amateur by comparison when it comes to hours behind the blade.
My great grand father had an old scythe, thats the only time ive tried messing around with one.. Its haaard work.. But I think what surpriced me the most was how neat your lines were.. Great job, and great endurance!
That was a great video! you are a true scything madman! with that being said, I would love to see how much you and your crew could do an eight hour workday. it puts a real perspective on what it was like for people to do this before modern machinery! Thanks for your channel!
Do you think that they worked 8 hours a day???🫢
@@sergiumihai5421 Pure scything? Surely not more than 8.
Of course workdays on farms have been and still are longer than 8 hours but there are always other things to do as well.
Great job. So impressed! A reminder of how hard the average farmer had to work in days gone by. And how hard you had to work to show us this. Thanks and greetings from Canada!
I think if you did it on a dry day and just had a bunch of extra scythes so you didn’t have to fix the blade so much, you could’ve gotten it done much faster. Thanks for the video. Well done!
Might have, but honing you never get away from. And a short 10 min break for peening is quite nice. Just should have done it earlier in the day.
Grandpa used to do this, my brother still does the terrain around the old houses on the family harm. It's not feasible (as time constraints) to do it like this for large fields, but back in the day (and i caught some when i was a kid) 30 men from the nearby village, the land owners and sometimes 10 or more of the stronger women, would gather, and "mow" all the fields. It was an impressive sight, sound and smell. Died out when machines showed up and young people left for new lives (myself one of them, as i followed the other side of the family, becoming an architect).
Women often did the raking while the men did the cutting.
You did a great job with this challenge but thank goodness for the invention of machinery!
So much fun, amazing work!
A man after my own heart . Keep setting the bar higher .
Pure gold!! Hats off to all the boys in on the gag!
Beautiful film. Greetings from Poland.
We're all waiting!
Scythe mowers! This-is-the-man! Great Jan.
Really inspiring! I love working with the scythe myself but this was a huge challenge! Well done and you just got a subscriber!
If my grandpa could have seen this he would have lost his shit haha, big respect from the Netherlands
congratulations!
Well done!!!
Bravo, good work! Rudi.
Crikey! Well done!
It is good to see another video from you my friend! Happy to say i found the answer to my troublesome broomsedge grass, and that is a grass blade with an aluminium oxide stone.
Complimenti! 💪
Fantastic effort!
Lol somehow I've never seen your channel before but now I just got recommended the original video and after finishing that this premieres in 2 hours.
Absolutely amazing! Great videos, very inspirational. I was telling my Swedish niece that they're fantastic, I might have to find somewhere in the UK to try it out.
Fantastic effort and great video. Experience second to none. As for carbon snaths, it might be the future but wood always has something special for me, so I don't know. Can I change? Possibly... Oh, the van's great too!
Thanks!
Well done sir,well done🎉🎉
Very good endurance
Snyggt jobbat!
OMG ... Amazing !!
Congratulation!
You're a beast! I recently put my Great Grandfather's scythe back into service. For a seemingly uncomplicated implement there is a lot going on. Just getting the body mechanics sorted is challenging. Practice makes perfect! Highly entertaining video!
Wow!!! Vilken grej!! Du är ju både smed, atlet och för mig som inte är insatt, känns det nästan som att du är konstnär!! Häftigt!! Och att prestera så mycket och länge trotts att vi knappast är ungdomar längre! RESPEKT!! ❤👍
Tack! 46 är ingen ålder. Inte ens för att komma in i en riktigt bra form igen om man haft en svacka
I'm a really tough guy with good stamina and I've also tried a scythe. I know how hard it is.
I can tell you now that i can't never do what you did.
I'm super Amazed.
I love your reaction when you first see the hectare 'shit that's big actually'
Congrats! It's a great performance. I learnt to mow with scythe from my grandfather, and your moves are quite similar to his.
I agree with the epic comment earlier. Gripping, amazing. You will make a phenomenal Grim Reaper some day! Also - love the plaid pants on the camera guy.
Love it! I will take on the challenge when i buy my hectare of land, hopefully this year. Only i will give myself 5 days for it. Thanks for the inspiration!
Impressive effort and stamina; excellent viewing, well done 👍👍👍!
That blade is huge! Good technique is critical and it sure looks like you have it!
Thanks! I would say as it is my profession since many years
Great work. Proud of you.
@@SpycoLordOfFire thanks!
I'm knackered just having watched that
Good job! Very enjoyed :)
at first I didnt understand why you did a row and went back to the starting point, but I realize otherwise you would could into the grasspile you had already cut. Very good job, 1 hectare is crazy much! Sure you will get it next time
At the end it looks perfect.
I love mowing this way, great escape for the mind.
RESPECT!!! WOW!!!
Imponerande, sjukt bra knegat respekt.
Super great job!!
amazing work!
Wow , great job !
I love the Scandinavian mindset. It's like a superpower. That was an amazing accomplishment😄
I guess Guiness Book of World Records has a brand new catagory.
Wow!😂 Mad, and amazing to even try!!💪 Respect!
Thank you!!
Amazing, what a renaissance man.
Gott jobbat Janne. 🎉 gillar dina tokiga idéer
That was a huge amount of mowing in one day, i know that i couldn't do that not even close😂😂
Well done for your massive effort 👍
Impressive! I can almost mow an acre in a day with my scythe, but our ground is stony and has some thicker weeds sometimes, so that slows me quite a bit. Such a nice field would be like a dream, but that is still a massive area! If ever I come to Sweden I will try to line it up with one of your workshops. I am sure there is much I could improve and of course the Kungsleden is high on the list of trails I would love to hike!
Awesome video buddy. I always love seeing a scythe in action
Thanks! One day it is yourself standing behind one!
well this brings childhood memories i would like to use scythe again thank you for making this channel im very much impressed with the amount of equipment you have 💪💪
Thanks! Yes, always continue scything !
Wow! 7000 sq meters is almost exactly what I have to deal with ... I think I'll have to plan for a bit more than 14 hours, though :) Cool video, thanks for sharing!
Fantastic work! I often tell people that the scythe isn't nearly as inefficient as they've been led to believe, and this kind of demonstration really helps to show that. That long grass bunching up on the blade in the beginning was curious. It would also explain why so many people used a grass bar to cover that junction. Overall, a magnificent showing and you should be rightly proud of the accomplishment.
What drink did you make? You mentioned that it was "herb water", but what does that entail? Here in the US, we used to drink what's called "Switchel" as the world's first sports drink. 1 gallon of water + 1 cup Apple Cider Vinegar + 1 tsp Ground Ginger + Honey, Maple Syrup, Molasses to sweeten it. This makes a fantastic restorative drink that goes down very smooth. Switchel is often called "Haymaker's Punch" because the men would drink it while they were working their scythes through the tall fields, making hay. From what I've learned the drink originated in Europe, but really got it's reputation here in the States. Why it fell out of favor is a mystery because it's absolutely delicious and I've found nothing else that eases the tired muscles after a day out in the yard or smithy.
Congratulations on such a great achievement! You are a true hero!
Here in Slovenia we don't have lawns that you have. I think your lawn is great. The last time i had two 3 hours cut the gras at home, i mowed about 4 ares in 3 hours with pauses. Slowly. And i almost started to get blister. I wonder where you can get such handles?
Good vibes for a successful event!
Respect from germany! 💯
Awesome achievement 👌🏻🏴🍺
Thanks ! Do you scythe as well?
well done great job
I approve the field that Jonas chose!
A challenge perfect for me 💪👋🦫
In the old days I think people used to work 1/4ha per day (because there are other things to do in a farm and not to die from exhaustion). Here in southern Brazil there is a local area unit called "morgo" that comes from the German word "morgen" = 2500m2.
@@pu5epx I agree, that what we use to calculate with nowadays as well!
Cuando quieras terminar ya tienes crecido el principio para volver a empezar😂🎉🎉🎉
Vilket imponerande jobb. Jag hade varit död innan jag hade kommit till hälften 😊. Jag besökte er när ni var i Malmö och fick testa lite på tekniken
incredible feat! respect from italy
I will stick to my humble 500 square metres thank you! Hats off to you sir, fantastic effort.
This channel is going to explode, I called it.
Thanks!
I do some scything but not as much as I like, awesome video
Just found this channel. Amazing