Threshing with hand flails – two men threshing
A hand flail is a simple tool for threshing cereal grain. Sheaves of grain are laid on a wooden floor in two…

Made by Andreas Stihl AG & Co, Germany.
Model Stihl KM 130.
Petrol-powered brush cutter with removable mowing head.
Displacement 36.3 cm3, engine power 1.4 kW, weight 4.9 kg,
Andreas Stihl AG & Company is a German chain saw manufacturer. Stihl was founded in 1926 by Andreas Stihl and the firm is still a privately held company owned by the Stihl family. Nowadays their products cover wide variety of forestry and landscape equipment like handheld trimmers and blowers.
Sound recordist: Leena Ahonen
Video recordist: Leena Ahonen
Photographer: Leena Ahonen
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