Your not wrong about these edgers now being the hottest thing to buy next to a 45, everyone seems to want one and are now paying top dollar. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be as many model 38's out there in comparison to 45's, so for those so called collectors or people who want one just to say they have a set are desperately killing each other to get their hands on one.
Personally I have always used these style edgers and picked this one up in Brisbane while I was on holidays purely for the Kirby engine incase I needed parts for my 45. Silly thing is you can pick up any brand of these older style edgers that do the exact same thing for $20.00-$50.00, I currently have 3 rover edgers and just sold a Jetfast edger. Only reason I buy them is for parts as it's cheaper to buy the whole machine than the part itself.
I'm tempted to keep using my daily rover edger as it's a left sided blade which I think will work better in my yard with certain edging directions due to fences, sheds and other objects getting in the way of the handle bars. As for those other edgers one is equipt with a circular saw blade which I use to cut small tree roots out of the ground and grind small tree stumps just below the dirt and it does the job fine.
I'm not short of edgers so I might keep this one as my EH Holden considering it's a more desirable series with the Kirby engine and white handle bars.
Hope everyone enjoyed this one as much as I did. Below is a pic of the belt pulley system prior to the guard being installed as I don't think I posted any pics of the blade system re-installed
