Scythe Vs push mower

[Anonymous No.1858527]

So as not to hijack the battery mower tread:
I'm growing a lawn in my micro garden (~100m2, of which about 60m2 will be lawn). Obviously it will need to be mown.
I have used scythes to keep wild grass at bay, but never maintained a lawn using one (not aiming for a golf green tier lawn, just up to 10cm is fine, any flower that isn't a dandelion is welcome)
I know scythes can be used for actual lawns and it would be more "fun" to deal with (I'm a knife-snob and maker) however for the size I'm afraid it'd become annoying as it's pretty small and there will be some obstacles as well.

Alternative is the push mower, hated them as a kid, though we had a beaten up one and I know maintenance of sharp tools is something my parents didn't (and still don't) understand at all.
Definite downsides would be that while the lawn is not fully developed yet, the wheels will dig in. Also I'd throw it ver the fence if it can't deal with some blackberry branches here and there.

[Anonymous No.1858529]

Don't forget the sling blade. Some folks call it some other shit, I call it a sling blade.

[Anonymous No.1858530]

>>1858527
To basically the question is: which one would be better, does anyone have experience using both?

[Anonymous No.1858533]

>>1858529
kaiser blade
some folks call it a kaiser blade
some fella at the nervous hospital said so

[Anonymous No.1858684]

I have a scythe to clean the unfinished field next to my house. It does a reasonable job, as long as you keep the blade sharp. It can make short work of smaller woody plants, but anything thicker than a golf ball is too much for it without a lot of chopping.

[Anonymous No.1858760]

>>1858530
I do only scything, it takes practice. In Eastern-Europe it's traditional so it's still used by older people sometime so it's easier to get help with the setup. But once you get going and learn the know how, it's really relaxing, the sound of the blade whooshing through grass is sublime, also the grass won't have that mower odor which you get with other mover, which is basically mauled plant goo. I live in a gentrified neighborhood were everyone has a big garden ,the neighbors are pushing and pooling a making noise all weekend, meanwhile et it done in a morning. I don't have to eat up the fumes oozing from mowers, I just hate the two stroke smell. When the blade hits a rock I just repeen the scythe. I don't have to worry about a fucking bent crankshafts like the neighbors do with their weed-wackers, when they hit a rock with a fixed blade Maintaining a scythe is pretty easy when you aquire experience with it. I think i cut tdown the lawn pretty fast also, the yard is pretty bumpy has lots' of low fruit trees, bushes, an old sled, a veggie garden, so I got a lot of shit to navigate around. If your scythe is sharp your technique is descent and your lawn is flat, no obstacles, you will be much faster than those fucking mowers. Cheaper to maintain to. Also if you have a lot of obstacles a over can't even deal with that so 2-0 for the scythe for me.
Get a Russian steel rolled blade or an Austrian or Italian forged one, the finest whetstone you can get,

[Anonymous No.1858815]

>>1858533
Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade. Got a long wood handle kinda like an ax handle with a long blade on it shaped kinda like a banana. Sharp on one edge and dull on the other'n. It's what the highway boys used to cut down weeds and whatnot.

[Anonymous No.1859013]

My first experience mowing a lawn was actually with an old scythe I had laying around and a small push mower. As the eastern european anon said it is pretty satisfying. However my scyte was made for a small early 20th century dude and I had to bend over a bit to get close enough to the ground, so make sure your scyte is your size.
Push mowers can't do tall grass so I shortened it with the scyte before mowing. Worked but was miserable enough for my 500m2 of grass that my next buy was an electric mower. For your small garden it should be fine.
You will still need something like a weed wacker or hand scyte for the edges.

Try it a few times and see if it works for you, if it doesn't a corded or batery mower should do fine for such a small lawn.

[Anonymous No.1859119]

>>1858815
French fried pertaters... mmmhhhmmm

[Anonymous No.1859132]

>>1859013
Thanks, I guess given the price of scythes it's definitely worth giving a try.
Though an appropriately sized handle might be a problem (I'm quite tall).

I have a weed whacker and was thinking about getting pic related for the small corners.

[Anonymous No.1859136]

>>1859119
Based Billy Bob Thorton vanquisher of Dwight Yoakam.

[Anonymous No.1859151]

>>1859132
get one with a longer handle that will be a pain to use.

[Anonymous No.1859979]

>>1858527
For 60m2 getting a push mower is overkill. I imagine it would take like 10 minutes with a scythe to cut it

[Anonymous No.1860273]

Anyone had any luck with one of these? No gas or battery needed. Just push.

[Anonymous No.1860387]

>>1860273
sure, just dont let the grass get too tall, or get a scythe for when it does. Those are the ideal mower for little lawns deep-innawoods.

[Anonymous No.1860554]

>>1860273
They are good for up to a quarter acre. Any more and you're going to hate it and yourself

[Anonymous No.1861206]

>>1860554
just remember to sharpen those blades anon, also weed wacker with plastic bottle sourced line. bonus solar/wind charged.

[Anonymous No.1861282]

>>1858527
It depends on the yard, if you have obstructions like trees/fence/house to work around and or the ground is not all that flat, a push mower will win every time. Scythes work best in large flat open areas and can make short work of it in capable hands.

Don't fear the push mower, they do the job well if it is well maintained.

[Anonymous No.1863132]

>>1858529
my dad always called it a mexican lawnmower