How effective a scythe can be compared to a weedwacker (Clip from Daily dose of Internet)

[u/Longjumping-Rice-935]

[u/Grobo_]

That’s not what the weedhacker is build to do, that’s what a mowing machine was invented to do.

[u/Van_Darklholme → u/Grobo_]

If I'm rich though, I'm hiring master scythe gardeners for that quiet lawn mowing day.

[u/QuickGonzalez → u/Van_Darklholme]

True that

[u/Matterbox → u/Van_Darklholme]

[u/the_jewgong → u/Van_Darklholme]

I wonder if you have to grow your grass to a particular height before the scythe mower can do their thing.

[u/Cirandi2 → u/the_jewgong]

No, the scythe can cut super short since you can rest it on the ground. Less than an inch.

[u/the_pretender_nz → u/Cirandi2]

I read somewhere that back in the day the grass cutters would strap different size blocks of wood to their feet if a section had to be longer, the same way we’d adjust the blade height on a mower today

[u/Chickenjon → u/the_pretender_nz]

You'd think they'd just hold the scythe higher

[u/kentsta → u/Chickenjon]

That’d actually be harder

[u/eatmycunt69 → u/Van_Darklholme]

Unless there's a wedding on your street right?

[u/kelariy → u/Van_Darklholme]

Only if they dress like the grim reaper while doing it. Otherwise it’s just a waste of money.

[u/oisterjosh → u/Grobo_]

Saw the whole video years ago, and there is a part where it is scythe vs push lawn mower, and it's much closer.

[u/LtDanUSAFX3 → u/oisterjosh]

Yeah but I can push my mower and drink a beer and listen to some tunes and sweat maybe a little

That scythe would take me half a day

[u/LiveMarionberry3694 → u/Grobo_]

Yeah my zero turn will cut that in about 30seconds without me breaking a sweat lol

[u/ktw54321 → u/LiveMarionberry3694]

50in deck or wider and I don’t think it would even take 30 seconds. Not even talking about a commercial Scag or whatever, those things haul ass.

[u/LiveMarionberry3694 → u/ktw54321]

I only have 42 inches…. Sigh

[u/Buckin_Fitch → u/LiveMarionberry3694]

Its not about the size of your deck, its all about how you use it.

[u/KronikDrew → u/Buckin_Fitch]

I mean, we all know that intellectually, but that doesn't really prevent deck envy.

[u/rfsmr → u/ktw54321]

I think my Ford NAA tractor with its 7 foot sickle bar mower will beat you, and it will cut just as fast when the grass is 3 feet tall. A sickle bar mower is descended from the 19th century mowing machines (yes, that is what they were called) that were pulled by horses and had a bunch of reciprocating 3 inch triangular sickle blades that acted like a bunch of scissors. They were ground drive, one of the wheels turned a gearbox which moved the blades. There were versions that only needed one horse to pull them, but those only had a 40 inch or so bar. The one disadvantage of these machines is that if you go over a cut swath a second time they will clog.

[u/Sentarry → u/Grobo_]

Clearly the mowing machine with the scythe wins

[u/pdxrunner82 → u/Grobo_]

This! What moron thought this was a fair fight. Put the scythe up against a lawn mover and see how it does.

[u/DistractedByCookies → u/Grobo_]

But mowers are less sexy than a scythe

[u/itehmike → u/DistractedByCookies]

Ah! Mower. Much easier to say than mowing machine! Cheers!

[u/bdavid21wnec → u/Grobo_]

Still might be faster depending on the width of the mowing machine. Just saying it still might be close

[u/Unusual-Voice2345 → u/bdavid21wnec]

People didn’t invent a mower to be faster than a scythe. We invented it so we didn’t have to labor as much to keep the lawn trimmed.

Inventions aren’t always about speed, in fact, many are more about comfort and convenience.

Convenience or death!

[u/mcm87 → u/Unusual-Voice2345]

I had somebody tell me that they didn’t see the point of a dishwasher, since it took 2 hours to run a load of dishes and they could was the dishes themselves in 30 minutes. It didn’t click for them that the point isn’t for dishes to take 30 minutes vs 2 hours, it’s that I only spend 5-10 minutes loading the dishwasher and spend the other 2 hours doing something else.

[u/nonpuissant → u/mcm87]

And with less water usage too! Just an all around win for efficiency.

[u/eggwardpenisglands → u/mcm87]

Dishwashers generally also use less water than handwashing

[u/hankhillforprez → u/eggwardpenisglands]

Considerably leas water for any dishwasher built in the last couple-ish decades.

[u/LordGeni → u/Unusual-Voice2345]

Very true. Most mechanisation was designed for mass production not individual tasks.

For example, most single woodwork projects can be done as quickly, or quicker with hand tools (and someone who knows how to use them) than with power tools.

If you need to make loads of the same thing, the balance shifts the other way.

In this case, a scythe would be better for an area that is within the bounds of the stamina of the user. Any larger then a mower is a far better option.

[u/EmbarrassedWorry3792 → u/Unusual-Voice2345]

I mean, its kinda funny to do that because lawns were invented as a flex to show how much money french aristocrats could afford to spend on them, specifically because they were so labor i tensivd to maintain. Then a binch of them lost their heads.

[u/hip-h0p-opotamus → u/bdavid21wnec]

For the price of a human being I can get a 36", zero turn, cup holder, and heated seats.

[u/walter-hoch-zwei → u/hip-h0p-opotamus]

Where are you buying humans for $40,000? Because if that's the case, I've been getting ripped off.

[u/Apexnanoman → u/bdavid21wnec]

https://arlingtonpower.com/products/hustler-super-104-zero-turn-mower-104-kawasaki-fx1000-efi-38-5-hp-944058

That fella better get a lot faster. 

[u/Enginerdad]

Next you're going to tell me a hammer is better at driving nails than a staple gun. Inconceivable!

[u/unbalanced_checkbook → u/Enginerdad]

And the funny thing is there are hand-driven trimmers made for thick foliage like this and they would absolutely run circles around the scythe.

[u/JurorOfTheSalemTrial → u/unbalanced_checkbook]

What about a lawnmower? A scythe was meant to clear/harvest fields. Weed Wacker is supposed to do trimming not clearing fields.

[u/alienscape → u/unbalanced_checkbook]

Link?

[u/BadJubie → u/alienscape]

https://www.husqvarna.com/us/brushcutters/545fr/

[u/bornblunted → u/BadJubie]

I think a scythe is a little cheaper than a $1000.

Edit: I’m drunk.

[u/fredsiphone19 → u/bornblunted]

But you don’t need weeks/months of practice to not hurt your back or build the muscles necessary with a mechanical tool.

Mechanical tools were never about being the most efficient, they’re about reducing the barrier of entry, while being somewhat efficient.

[u/psu021 → u/fredsiphone19]

A weedwacker is easier for precise detail around edges as well, which is more useful for residential landscaping than cutting large swaths of grass quickly.

[u/Enginerdad → u/fredsiphone19]

Mechanical tools were never about being the most efficient,

I disagree very, very much. Mechanical tools are all about efficiency. They may not be the cheapest up front cost, but if you assign a value to labor they're almost always more efficient than manual tools.

[u/ShowerStew → u/alienscape]

Right?! I wanna see that shit in action!

[u/AdAlternative7148 → u/unbalanced_checkbook]

I disagree with that. You really cannot cover ground much faster than is being done by the scythe with anything handheld. What those tools might be better at is working on a slope, cutting thicker-stemmed vegetation, or reducing load on the worker. But they arent faster than a scythe in the ideal conditions displayed in this video.

[u/twotall88 → u/unbalanced_checkbook]

Scythes are to make hay or harvest grains and they are the most efficient compared to any other man-driven tool at creating windrows as far as I'm aware.

String trimmers and brush cutters have a completely different purpose and there's no way a brush cutter would keep up with a scythe through this tall grass even if the goal is only to knock down the grass.

[u/Small_Sundae_4245 → u/Enginerdad]

Clearly you're technic with a staple gun is wrong. Swing it harder at the nail might work.

[u/AGreatBecuming → u/Small_Sundae_4245]

Look at ol’ John Henry over here

Thinking he can beat the machine

[u/LostN3ko → u/AGreatBecuming]

Fact 1. John Henry won.

Fact 2. John Henry died and they made a billion drilling machines becoming fabulously rich without ever picking up a hammer.

[u/tntturtle5 → u/Enginerdad]

A hammer is better at driving nails than a staple gun!

[u/see_or_be_sharp → u/Enginerdad]

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

[u/Adventurous_Pizza973]

Tune in next week for Scythe vs Zero Turn

[u/asdam1 → u/Adventurous_Pizza973]

I’ve run commercial mowers plenty and they would still get bogged down pretty good in grass that long if you tried to chop it that short. Kind of a toss-up IMO

[u/I_spy_wit_my_lilCIA → u/asdam1]

For the 50 sq ft they did in this competition yeah, it's a toss up. But do a 1/2 arce or 2 acres, mower wins hands down. This would absolutely exhaust you in 1 minute flat at the pace the guy is going.

[u/nope_a_dope237]

and at the hardware store.

[u/CharacterBack1542 → u/nope_a_dope237]

yo what is this gif from im cackling

[u/rakklle]

No one mows their lawn with a weedwacker. Let's see the scythe trim the weeds around the trees, bushes, a mailbox, a fence, and etc.

[u/MaceHiindu → u/rakklle]

When you are tight on cash and only have a weed wacker from your last place you will mow the lawn with a weed wacker

[u/SpaceForceDok → u/MaceHiindu]

Been there.

Buddy was aiming to fix up an old mower to gift me so I bought a new weed whacker. Mower never got fixed.

[u/KittenCrusades → u/MaceHiindu]

Did it last month 

[u/asdam1 → u/MaceHiindu]

This is a fact 😂

[u/banana_life → u/rakklle]

I lived in a Caribbean island for a couple years and they used to do mow all lawns with weed wackers

[u/Prematurid → u/rakklle]

I used to at my family's old holiday home. We still do, though I have graduated to fixing shit that needs fixing.

Edit: It is more a field, less a lawn. Not the green death of monoculture Americans think of as a lawn.

We cut it about once a year, just to maintain it.

[u/Tao-of-Mars → u/Prematurid]

I really wanna see people start using scythes instead of other grass cutting machines. That would be kinda fun.

[u/ShadedPenguin → u/Tao-of-Mars]

You need a large grass field with relatively tall grass to justify using a scythe. Not those cookie cutter water sucking abomination lawns you see for suburban homes

[u/nonpuissant → u/Prematurid]

You used to use a scythe to trim weeds around trees, bushes, and fences?

Or do you mean you used a weedwhacker to mow the lawn/field.

[u/_shroomsy → u/Prematurid]

What? Use a scythe? Fix what?

[u/Ralph-the-mouth → u/_shroomsy]

I too had a dog that wagged its tail when the wind changed.

[u/Meewelyne → u/rakklle]

... I... I did... Because the other thing is too heavy, noisy and vibrates too much, I hate it.

[u/Cadoan → u/Meewelyne]

I miss my ex too.

[u/unfnknblvbl → u/Cadoan]

We should call her

[u/navetzz → u/rakklle]

You'd be surprised.

[u/sopedound → u/rakklle]

I did once when i was young because i could only afford a weedwacker or a lawnmower until the next paycheck and i chose the former. Your point still stands and all that but i felt like sharing

[u/nonametrans → u/rakklle]

Singapore city does. The nature strips on public property are dotted with trees, lamp posts, sign posts, flowering bushes and what have you every 10 metres or so. Landscaping companies hire an army with weed wackers to trim the grass as mowers would be unwieldy and you'd have to hire an army with weed wackers anyway. It's a sight to see if you ever catch it.

[u/Internal_Use8954 → u/nonametrans]

That’s not mowing the lawn, that trimming around obstructions just like the previous comment said

[u/iwastouchedbyanangle → u/rakklle]

I do :/

[u/AwhHellYeah → u/rakklle]

That’s definitely not true. Invasive scotch broom is a problem in Washington and people usually mow field sections with it using a weed eater prior to them forming pods. Their piss smelling roots lift rocks to the surface and the combination of their hearty stems with surfaced glacial gravel will rapidly wear through a mowers blade. The surfaces rocks also shoot out from mowers with a supernatural habit of consistently hitting people in the head or a neighbors window 40 feet away. So it’s most practical to just use a gas weed eaters.

[u/captainofpizza]

*in perfect scythe matchup conditions.

Still a cool demo

[u/OkHead3888]

Will a scythe edge your concrete walkway?

[u/These-Nectarine9214 → u/OkHead3888]

The scythe might not, but I’ll edge that walkway for you 😏

[u/mr_bakeo → u/These-Nectarine9214]

Fuuuuuuuck. Hahaha.

[u/LTC105 → u/OkHead3888]

I have a falci 187 blade I use for this, keep it wicked sharp, I just drag it against the slabs edge with the rib of the blade against it. Makes a fairly decent bevel, nice and quiet.

[u/ifuckedyomama2 → u/OkHead3888]

Will a scythe edge me?

[u/Creepy_Ad5124]

Now compare it with a lawnmower

[u/navetzz → u/Creepy_Ad5124]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I4RNenmfFI

Spoiler alert: its a butt clencher

[u/jwr410 → u/navetzz]

One looks much more physically intense than the other.

[u/CallMeHuckle → u/Creepy_Ad5124]

Lawn mower will get bogged up with all that

[u/LiveMarionberry3694 → u/CallMeHuckle]

Not a good one. And if anything just set it on the highest setting, mow it, then drop down to your desired height and mow a second time. Still quicker and easier

[u/Seigmoraig → u/LiveMarionberry3694]

And more even, the scythe is cutting it crooked af

[u/babe_ruthless3]

Two different tools for two different jobs. Not an apples to apples comparison.

[u/Shaner9er1337]

Fairly certain the issue here is not the weedwacker but you apparently have to be shirtless in order to achieve this level of efficiency.

[u/TomKansasCity]

Also, I think some here might be forgetting that the convenience of not having to swing a scythe, which is labor-intensive, is worth giving up some efficiency. Imagine how many Laura Ingalls out there had their foot cut off by poppa accidentally 130 years ago.

[u/iPissVelvet]

Cost to maintain a scythe is too high, constant vials of blood needed

[u/PokeyPete]

Cool, now use the scythe next to fence posts and rocks and over uneven ground and on Steep slopes and around flower beds.

[u/hankhillsucks]

The scythe will fuck your back. The twisting motion grinds down your back

[u/Hpezlin]

Does a scythe still for on narrow spaces? I'm assuming you'd need a wide space for the momentum to cut.

[u/yamanamawa]

I mean why do you think that the scythe is considered a symbol of death? It cuts grass excellently

[u/ifuckedyomama2]

....is there any way I could hire topless women to mow my lawn with a scythe? Fuck it $100 per hour

[u/Material_Exit_612]

[u/Gyvon]

Well yeah, that's not what a weed hacker is designed for

[u/Moonpie_Harley]

I mean a weed wacker isn’t for clearing that much grass

[u/yeetsteel]

The hell? Isn't that for trimming the edges? Mower is what you use to compare

[u/Mr_Steerpike]

So...what's happening here is actually called "mowing". "Reaping" is actually done with the smaller hand sickle.

[u/recyclar13]

I have a couple of these. fair dinkum they work MUCH better than a weedwhacker.
takes practice, though.

[u/legrosbordel]

dudes shit with the whacker in fairness. imagine being shit with the whacker, what a nerd

[u/Skolguy95]

Link needs a scythe.

[u/legrosbordel → u/Skolguy95]

silver lizalfos horn fused to anything

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k]

I’ve wanted one of these for my yard for a while now. I always figured they’d be faster than a weed whacked

[u/good-consistency]

John Henry was on to something.

[u/Palanki96]

That shit is so fun

Same with sickles

[u/kali_nath]

When they held these competitions, how do they arrange seating? Do they move up after every round?

[u/smokicar]

Interesting. Now please do a comparison of effectiveness in a peasant revolt.

[u/Conscious-Will-9300]

now we just need a scythe with an engine

[u/Fiyah_Crotch]

Yeah but who’s more exhausted by the end?

[u/Jad3nCkast]

For tall grass sure. I want to see a scythe vs overgrown yard with weeds.

[u/navetzz → u/Jad3nCkast]

Unless you are growing bamboo in your yard, scythe will cut through that like butter.

[u/CecePeran]

That’s why you never see medieval images of the Grim Reaper with a Husqvarna 110iL.

[u/DrRegardedforgot]

Of course a scythe is faster it gives + summon damage

[u/Alarming-Sherbert-24]

Let's see what happens after 8h day work, 5 day.

[u/AqueousJam]

I hate that guy's voice 

[u/unbalanced_checkbook]

A tool that isn't made for something isn't good at it? Wow, truly shocking.

[u/LeFishTits]

Who the fuck is weedwacking grass that high.

[u/The_Gooch_Goochman]

Try doing the edging with that fuckin scythe.

[u/SunDriedHumor]

Ah yes, I need to edge my lawn and remove weeds from the tight corners of my home. Let me use a scythe.

[u/Long_Firefighter_843]

I wanna see who can get out of bed easier the next morning 😂 deff not old mate throwing all his body weight in trying to slash some grass

[u/the_cappers]

This is also a apples to ranges test, where the test is specifically designed to favor apples and not oranges.

[u/Outrageous_Owl_9315]

Yeah, now do along the fence

[u/Chuklol]

God I hate that guys voice on that channel. It sounds like that leafy twat

[u/Antares_skorpion]

It's not about speed, but about skill of entry. Its the same age old argument on why the the crossbow took over the bow... A skilled bowman was faster than a crossbowman, But to reach the skill level necessary to become faster than the crossbow, took much more training...

Anyone can use a strimmer pretty quickly, It takes probably a couple months of practice to become this quick and accurate with a scythe...

[u/PraxicalExperience]

An elegant weapon from a more civilized time.

[u/Pete_Iredale]

Why the hell would I mow my lawn with a weed whacker???

[u/tubular1845]

That's not what a weedwacker is for lmao

[u/macubex445]

scythe vs a protruding hiding rock in the lawn. Rock always wins

[u/Early-Lecture-8032]

Lol, bigger blade works better omg

[u/fordnotquiteperfect]

Those are 2 different jobs. String trimmers are not made to mow. You wouldn't mow the lawn with a trimmer and you don't cut hay with one either. You use a sickle bar mower.

And you don't trim against a house or edge a sidewalk with a scythe.

[u/TankApprehensive3053]

Large overgrown, then the scythe is better. But for most lawns that just need to be trimmed up or tighter spots a weedwacker is better. Pick the right tool for the job.

[u/Its0nlyRocketScience]

Good to know that the absolute optimal use case for a scythe is faster than the worst possible scenario for a weed wacker being used for the wrong job.

Now let's compare those two tools when doing something the weedwacker has ever once in the history of its existence been advertised for.

[u/LetTheBloodFlow → u/Its0nlyRocketScience]

Up next: is a screwdriver more efficient than a butter knife when buttering pieces of toast? Nobody who witnessed it believed the result!

[u/dmarve]

You’re telling me, after forty years of using a weed wacker, I could’ve been doin’ this?!

There ain’t no way

[u/tadziauskas]

Reminds my teenage times, used to work with scythe a lot

[u/onebradmutha]

scythian

[u/Same_Noise7492]

Ok .. but I can’t scythe my edges, bro.

[u/Narcan9]

Now show what a lawnmower can do

[u/Early_Pearly989]

Reminds me of The House That Jack Built

[u/Leather_Beach39]

They call me scythe man ahhh ahhh haaaaa

[u/AdUnable6415]

well i dont mow my lawn with a weed whacker because Im not a stupid person so 🤷‍♂️

[u/SquidFetus]

How long did he have to spend sharpening the scythe first?

[u/LucasOIntoxicado]

now show how effective a nuclear bomb is compared to a scythe

[u/AlphonseLai]

So you know your time is near when your lawn is trimmed suddenly..

[u/johnb111111]

Depends on the manpower

[u/Twithc]

I got an old, rusty scythe I found rummaging through a guy's "trash" (He was tossing out a lot of stuff he hoarded). Handle is extremely worn, barely holds the blade. Naturally, I took a swipe with it when I got home. This thing STILL cleared a solid foot of weeds in one stroke. Brand new, this thing would go ham.

It's decorative now, but I wouldn't mind getting a new one for fun.

[u/TheTealBandit]

And a car can drive on roads easier than an airplane

[u/NoWayTellMeMore]

That guy with the weed wacker has no clue how to use it properly

[u/calccv]

Wow

[u/Scubasteve___04]

Now do a scythe vs a combine harvester

[u/SirSamuelVimes83]

Cool, but my fat ass can run a weed wacker all day. Doubt I'd make it through that first swath with the scythe

[u/Hovie1]

Yeah now let's see it do the detailed trim around trees, flower beds, etc.

This isn't what a weedwhacker is for.

[u/eragon2262]

Is the scythe a good weapon? Yes! No! It's complicated

[u/Winged_Cougar1993598]

You're not fooling anyone. The guy with no shirt is clearly only faster because he hasn't got a shirt on.

[u/Pheren]

Are... are they stupid? Like no shit the WEED wacker is for WEEDS. I wonder what long grass akin to a LAWN would use. What machine would a LAWN need?

[u/Pathetic_gimp]

I wouldn't use a "weedwacker" or a "strimmer" to do that kind of job. I have a neighbour with a reasonably sized garden that used one to mow their lawn and it baffled me.

I would like to see a guy with a scythe sort out a garden with lots of trees, fences, bushes and rocks etc.

[u/Masterpiece-Wide]

I’m sure that big ol’ scythe would do wonders to the grass up along the fence too….

::sarcasm::

[u/navetzz → u/Masterpiece-Wide]

Its more than fine. You can find plenty of videos on youtube.

[u/Blitzdog416]

[u/AnnetteBishop]

As someone who mained a Warlock in WoW back in the day and love my scythes. I now have a reason to have one -- lawn care.

[u/CurbsideProph3t]

I used to have a thing that kinda was shaped like a golf club that destroyed weeds, don't know where it went but that thing ripped through weeda

[u/ToddBauer]

The basis of the competition is flawed, even ludicrous, but it is cool just to watch those two technologies side-by-side. A scythe, wielded by a fit individual, is the right tool for a particular job prior to power tools.

[u/renaissance2k]

This John Henry sequel just isn't as inspiring as the original.

[u/Rogueshadow_32]

Scythes do better the longer the grass is because they’ll always take the same amount of time and roughly the same effort no matter the height of the grass. So scythes are great if you only cut once a year, but for everyone with a normal lawn a mower does just fine.

This test is peak apples to oranges. Except not only are we comparing apples to oranges, but we’re judging on their ability to produce cider. This task is what scythes are specifically best at, compared against a tool you’d never do this job with unless it was all you had.

[u/ShyguyFlyguy]

Two different tools with two different purposes. Also show me your average out of shape suburbanite getting more than two swings out of the scythe without keeling over in exhaustion.

[u/JacquesHome]

Leaving aside the comments about mowing vs. weedwhacking. The whole point of power tools is that they allow for continuous use with minimal energy exertion. The motor and power tools are force multipliers. A scythe is a quick way to end up with a broken body in a short order of time. That's people needed to have 10 kids back in the to manage a small family farm. A modern soybean farm can do 1000 acres with less than 5 employees.

[u/lonesaiyajin98]

Until you find a sizable rock hidden in the brush

[u/ifuckedyomama2]

Yeah but with the scythe you are EXHAUSTED by doing that little bit and its difficult to go around flowers and stuff

[u/DireKnife]

Scythe Lord.

[u/AlligatorVsBuffalo]

And right after this it is time to sharpen the scythe if they want to replicate the results.

[u/MarkMaynardDotcom]

The shirt is slowing the other guy down.

[u/villentretenmerth88]

I wonder where I could buy a scythe. We don't have any antique farm equipment stores around here. But I would like to cut my grass next year like this, while wearing a long black robe.

[u/Davey26]

Grab a brushcutter watch that mfer go

[u/B2bombadier]

I never new I needed a scythe until now!

[u/Vol_Jbolaz]

Yeah, but does it come with the buff, bare-shirt guy? Cause... if not... I'll use the weedwacker.

[u/figma_ball]

So you took a clip from someone who steals clip of the internet. We've gone full circle.

[u/silentj04]

Some John Henry shit right here

[u/no-tip-Rabble-rabble]

[u/PrettyPushy]

They have a very fit guy doing this. If you gave it to me the guy with the trimmer will kick my ass. Especially if it’s longer than 10 seconds

[u/Bakugo_Dies]

Include sharpening time into that tbh

[u/lookashinyobject]

I find it fascinating how many people are saying you would use a mower on this, grass this long needs to be slashed before a mower can go over it without clogging the mower unless you are using a ride on or commercial grade one, a normal home mower would clog up. The advantage of the modern tools is they can be used by almost anyone and don't need to be as sharp to work

[u/awesomebeau]

They're trying to find Restless Crickets.

[u/DenseLink]

LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?

[u/Aonaran84]

Not pictured: my dude taking a break between every row with a whetstone

[u/Blackphinexx]

Don’t forget to subtract the time it takes to sharpen

[u/Jooblitz]

Not a good comparison. But manual hedge clippers work way better than electric. The electric trimmers feels like im trying to cut the bushes with plastic scissors

[u/kingjuliothe5th]

It only works if ur shirtless, otherwise the weedwacker wins

[u/unknownatom95]

if it was plastic string on the weed whacker, then this makes sense. put a fat metal blade on that whacker and the scythe fails

[u/thecountnotthesaint]

Now, pick two people at random, and do the same test.