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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 4080548" data-attributes="member: 15054">Some spindly grass does not cut well with a dullish blade.I sharpen my blades as needed and angle is closer to 45°Neighbor moved and gave me his non working riding mower and non working push mower.I drained the water from the push mower and welded the frame back together and it started up.Buddy needed a mower and I gave it to him for free and he cut his grass with it.A couple weeks later he called and said mower would not start.I asked him if he left it in the rain and if it had gas or water in it.Anyway he brought it to me and gas tank  was 1/2 full of water.Fixed that and decided to look at the blade.My neighbor is not a mechanic and I found the blade was on upside down.So the cutting edge was the trailing edge and this blunt rounded edge was now cutting the grass.It cut ok but I was told he had to go over it 2 times to get all of the grass the same height.Cuts much better now and is not kept in the rain.</blockquote>