A Japanese sickle, or Kama, is an excellent tool for cutting grass in tight areas, chopping down cover crops, and harvesting plants such as comfrey, nettle, lemon balm, and mint, to name a few.
In many instances, it is much faster than using a pair of pruners.
An added bonus: It’s easy to maintain and requires no fuel.
It’s perfect for mixed, perennial orchards as you’ll see in the video.
I’ll show you some different ways to use one and offer a few tips and tricks along the way.
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I can't believe you are not wearing blade/cut proof gloves AND that your kid seems to be using a sickle, too! I hope you all have good health insurance!
Thank you for the nice tips😆🙏
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hi i wanna be a farmer can u teach how farmer plz
It’s not a sickle, it’s a scythe. Scythes have long arcing blades, even short hand held variants have the same blade shape. Sickles are C shaped blades.
Super sweet photo bomber in the background!
I borrowed what I thought was going to be a scythe from a neighbor, but it was more like a long handled sickle. It was OLD and not very sharp, but I made it work. Thanks for your video!
Really enjoyed the video!
This time I will use Woodprix plans for this.
Anyone else see the kid behind him with the sickle? 😣
What happens when the child falls and the sickle goes in to his throat, eyes or chest?
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Thats nice tools
what is the cost of this sickle?
Really like the idea of this blade but was totally distracted by the small child looking and showing off at the camera instead of what he was doing with such a potentially dangerous tool!!!!
For precise cutting with a kama, cut at the base, moving the arm from the from the outside-inward while holding or bracing the top of the plant. For general cutting, always cut away from you (inside-outward). This protects you from accidental cuts, as well as moves cut plant material away from you as opposed to gathering it in front of you.
Also, one would never have used a kama or other sickle to carry plant matter. It would have been moved by hand, bundled, and carried with sai or a staff across the shoulders.
Anyone that uses a sickle is a bloody idiot…. They have sythes for a reason, and it's not like ppl have never seen them b4. The grim reaper has one for Fuck sake!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful ❤️ tutorial 👌
Have you got any videos on using the sai as a gardening tool
Your manner is very calming. Thank you!
A ninja turtle 5th member looks more badass with grass stickle than bladed brass knuckles.
I found the kid in the background quite reassuring. I'd been wondering if I could handle a sickle safely. If a 9-year-old can use one, I'm probably fine. Appreciated 🙂
ok so I have old an new vines all along my fence and was wondering if this would better than an electric hedge trimmer weight wise for longer periods of work. Be in mind that some of these vines are thick and dry so they've hardened a good amount.
I've ordered it. Now I just need to figure out how to sharpen it.
i used these for more fighting stuff and i do spinning and stuff not harvesting
Thx…..i learnt a lot🇩🇪👍
Dayum, that sickle turn vegetation to salad in seconds😱thank you mate 👍
Hah, I should have watched your video before I tried using one today. Just chopped my offhand knuckle off, as I was stupidly holding the bunches of grass while cutting.
Sharpening and maintaining tools video?
Just ordered for a old chicken coop, that has overgrown, my husband wanted to use roundup and I said NO WAY!!
I do not think your comfrey is benefited by comfrey mulch, as you point out the plant gets most of its nutrients from a deep taproot. It does not have those lattice roots going out along the ground.
great video but your kid was worrying me and then threw the scythe.. i hope it wasn't sharp >< heh
How that small boy can to use that dangerous tool, and how do you allowed him to do that?
And when u use this stool u dont make steak with insects.
We can easily imagine insects fall of the top of grass 👌👌
Very accurate in a new garden when biodiversity beginn too grow up
Boy check yo ass hole for ticks after being in grass that tall lol