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"NY" wrote:

"Dave W" wrote in message
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I've just had a look at Google images, and it looks like the genuine
FLY008 blade for your mower is hardly bent at all, but it's obvious
that the sharpened bit is on the longer straight edge. So it will be
easy to check that it rotates the right way.

Strange that the place the sharpened the blade didn't bend it back to be
straight, if that's how it's supposed to be. You'd think that a
place which
specialises in selling and servicing lawn mowers would know how it was
supposed to be.

They sharpened the correct side of the blade (ie the side that had
previous
been ground to a point but had become blunt and pitted over the
years) - the
rear of the blade is still full-thickness metal.

And have you checked, as I suggested before, if the blade has a "This
side to mower" inscription? (If you can see it, then obviously it's
been mounted the wrong way up).

Not as yet - laid up in bed with flu at the moment - but I will. But
the fact that there were small signs of wear already on the sharpened
side suggests that it's mounted the right way round. Not so sure about
the kink in the tips, though...
Suggest you got o local shed and have a look at a new replacement.
--
bert