Re: Reel mowers

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My local True Value hardware does it. They also sharpen power mower blades  
too. 

We have a local "sharpener guy" in a van that you can book for your  
neighborhood event as well. I fear he is the last of his breed.

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In a message dated 1/24/2010 5:26:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
hamptongar@aol.com writes:

You  can sharpen the blades on your own but it's an art that's  pretty much 

lost...and somewhat dangerous as the blades get very, very   sharp.  If you 
have a local golf course see if you can find out who  runs  the shop...they 
may be able to do it for you as they probably  use reel  mowers on their 
greens.   In your area there are  probably local small  machine/mower 
shops...maybe 
even an Agway that  does it.  You might also  give a call to your nearest 
Cazenovia  Equipment dealer as they may be  able to do it also (  
_www.cazenoviaequipment.com/_ (http://www.cazenoviaequipment.com/) )   If 
they don't do 
it by hand they need to use a lathe and most of  those  disappeared when 
commercial reel mowers such as the Locke were  replaced by high  speed 
rotary 
mowers.  Cazenovia is a Deere  dealer and Deere still makes  some reel 
mowers 
for golf courses  so......

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener is a  registered  trade mark and is published every 
Thursday in The Southampton Press,   The Press and the Easthampton  Press

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