On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:20:51 -0400, John H
wrote:

I may start driving to Luray for blades. I've been sharpening mine,
but at that price I could put a new blade on every couple months and
forget the sharpening crap. Shoot, I wouldn't even put wear and tear
on my file.
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I had a Snapper riding mower, 11 hp. You could stand it up, vertical,
on the rear end. This made it easy to clean out the encrustion of
grass, and remove the blades. I sharpened them every day.

Casady