G'day Max, Gadge and all slasher lovers
Max, I think that's right.
These 'slasher mowers' followed the British tradition and
borrowed blades from agricultural machinery - the sickle bar jobs.
The North Americans didn't - adopting the bar blade.
The brochures seem to supply an answer - these blades were 'cheap'.
There is no reference to reversible blades that I can find.
Although on slasher mowers, it may have not made any difference at all.
High grass was still being cut and still falling over from the top of the blade.
The blade edge was just a couple of millimeter higher when reversed.
I do not feel sickle blades are the same as the fluted blades
we would see on more modern lawnmowers.
Cheers
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Jack
