sharpening the scythe

For his birthday present from me this year, D asked for a scythe. He went on a course in Sedbergh, where he learned to use a scythe, and how set it up to fit him, look after the blade and a whole new vocabulary of words to describe it all. 

You can read about it all here. When I looked up "sharpening the scythe" on the internet, some beautiful old paintings came up. It is a very picturesque occupation!