Scythes, Does anyone use them?

I wanted to ask about the sharpening. You sharpen the blade differently on each side. Would you explain the method?
Thanks

I used one when i was a kid in England, but just today had a small contract to mow a hill outside of a clients house.. wild carrot about 4 feet high, so i borrowed a scythe and made short work of it. It was so nice to use since the alternative was a heavy, noisy and uncomfortable gas weed wacker!
Mine is a light aluminum one and i have decided that i will practice so i can mow my lawn with it. Not a lot of work to use if you get it good and sharp and let the blade do the work.

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SueMc, not sure what you mean by sharpening 'both sides'. Are you referring to the American scythe ('grim reaper' style) or the Austrian scythe (straight snath, triple-curved blade)? The AmScythe is sharpened (full-hollow ground) on a whetstone measuring at least 24" in diameter. Takes two people, or one person with a pedal or treadle stone and an EXTREMELY good grip. The Austrian is peened with a hammer to thin the edge, then honed with a handheld whetstone, which is also carried along with you as you go.

I love my Austrian scythe, now that I have a better idea of how to handle it. I mistreated it badly in the first few years, then let it sit for about 4-5 years while we hunted for a homestead. Used it a little at our old place, but have really been using it a lot here in the MOzarks. I need to make a new snath for it, I've about beat the old one to pieces!

I can get right in next to plants I want to keep, and cut out weeds and undesirables growing RIGHT next to them- try that with a strimmer! I can cut succulents without getting sprayed with green gore. I can cut on BOTH sides of a barbed wire fence, simultaneously! Try that with a lawnmower! Also, I can cut grass and weeds regardless of height, whereas a mower (or even strimmer) would bog down, and a brush hog can't fit.

I do own an AmScythe, but by the time I found it, it had already been ground past the point of usability. It's going to be relegated to 'wall art'. I understand they're great for grain, not so good for grass and weeds.