Hi Ty and ODK members,

I couldn't agree more.
If ever there was an anomaly in vintage mower history it was the Rotoscythe.
It was a machine way ahead of its time, and that may be why it was not such a commercial
success.

I so much appreciated your observation that, "in the UK, the cylinder mower was too dominant..."
In fact, that mindset still exists today. They love their hybrid reel/rotaries - the Hayters,
Mountfields and Hondas - that have rotary cutting and roller action.

Here, we rejected it.
Pace Mowers tried it, WA's Ings Engineering tried it, Masport tried it - but none
captured our AUS imaginations.

The Rotoscythe was largely a lost opportunity here.
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JACK

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