They are quite an interesting machine, the one I used to own had a lot of features that only appeared on Victa's much later, and only on the high end models.
It was a cast base, hi arch, rear catcher model, and it had a high capacity catcher.
It had a self propelled mechanism, with an internal drive system (the rear roller was driven and clutched from inside, unlike the first Victa self propelled or the first Rover self propelled, both driven by friction dogs touching the wheels.
It had a simple, one hand drive control lever, engaged by squeezing, this was not seen on Victa's till the second half of the 70's.
It used a vertical shaft two stroke, had the muffler exhausting under the deck for quiet, had tuned handles for best grip, used replaceable blade ends, had a fan system on the blades, and had handles at a good height for the operator.
Overall, if it were not for it's irregular distribution, and it's price, it may well have taken off here, in the UK, the cylinder mower was too dominant, however here, due to our grasses, the cylinder was having issues for many users, if it had been obtainable, and well advertised, the rotoscythe could have become quite popular, especially with the county model available.
