Doesn’t matter, you can use it as is. They are whipping around at such speed that it will cut grass whether dull, dented, chipped, or sharp. I’ve had blades that rusted/wore down to slivers and they just keep cutting.
If you think about a weed-eater (string trimmer) and how it cuts with a nylon string that should help understand
There would be a difference in certain conditions… Smaller electric mowers going up against thick grass for instance… Or someone who has weed species that are particularly woody, mallow weed perhaps.
I sharpened my small electric mower this spring for the first time since owning it for some years, and the difference is extremely noticeable. Stalls out much less easily.
If you care about the health of your grass, a cut vs being pulverized is significant, regardless of whether your mower of choice can handle plowing through grass.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I’ve been using an absolute hacksaw of a mower blade for years and my grass is thriving, so I have doubts. I think it depends where you draw the line of “significant” but if your standard is “I still have to mow” then I don’t think it matters much
Handheld grass trimmers use plastic cable to cut grass, so yeah, any piece of metal will work, the question is only efficiency (and also apparently grass health, but I just learned about the problem from another comment, so I will read up about it first)
Doesn’t matter, you can use it as is. They are whipping around at such speed that it will cut grass whether dull, dented, chipped, or sharp. I’ve had blades that rusted/wore down to slivers and they just keep cutting.
If you think about a weed-eater (string trimmer) and how it cuts with a nylon string that should help understand
There would be a difference in certain conditions… Smaller electric mowers going up against thick grass for instance… Or someone who has weed species that are particularly woody, mallow weed perhaps.
I sharpened my small electric mower this spring for the first time since owning it for some years, and the difference is extremely noticeable. Stalls out much less easily.
lol no.
If you care about the health of your grass, a cut vs being pulverized is significant, regardless of whether your mower of choice can handle plowing through grass.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I’ve been using an absolute hacksaw of a mower blade for years and my grass is thriving, so I have doubts. I think it depends where you draw the line of “significant” but if your standard is “I still have to mow” then I don’t think it matters much
Handheld grass trimmers use plastic cable to cut grass, so yeah, any piece of metal will work, the question is only efficiency (and also apparently grass health, but I just learned about the problem from another comment, so I will read up about it first)
lol well yea, it usually takes more to outright kill grass, but that doesn’t make it healthy for plants.
Similar to how tree breaks can be healed. If it’s a ratty strayed mess, it’s much harder on the plant to heal.
Does that mean the grass won’t grow as tall? Maybe this can be a strategy
Grass is effectively a weed, so … not really.
You’re a no fuss guy, we got some Hank Hills and even some competition grade lawn people here no doubt.
Different strokes for different folks.
My thoughts exactly. More important is the overall shape, because it controlls lift and airflow.