The flap disc worked well for me. I had never sharpened with one. Easily went from the sharpness of a spoon handle to kitchen spatula sharpness.

Cut through easily but clumped heavily because it had gotten high, even though I had the Gator blades with a completely open side discharge.

Ace Hardware, $5 a blade easy peasy....

quote:

Originally posted by HRK:
Ace Hardware, $5 a blade easy peasy....

Dang! I'll have to ask at my local Ace the next time I stop in. If mine does the same, then that would definitely be the way to go.

I bought my lawn mower in 1990 and have never had a problem with it and have Never sharpened the blade and guess what. It still cuts the grass.

quote:

Originally posted by RogueJSK:
With Honda mower blades being relatively inexpensive (~$30 per set), it's not that much of a burden to simply replace them every year.

That’s the advice given to me by my neighbor who turned me on to Honda mowers. He just replaces once a season for $30 rather than trying to mess around with trying to sharpen the relatively light and thin Honda blades.

On my old mower which had a heavy steel blade, I’d clamp to my workbench and use a file then some sandpaper to deburr.

I use a bench grinder and a balancing cone on both my mowers. My Dad used a file, which seems like the hard way to me.

quote:

Originally posted by RogueJSK:

quote:

Originally posted by HRK:
Ace Hardware, $5 a blade easy peasy....

Dang! I'll have to ask at my local Ace the next time I stop in. If mine does the same, then that would definitely be the way to go.

I don't have the tools to do it correctly. My local Ace does it for $8. They balanced it too.

I just switched my mower from the mulching blades to the standard blades and put on the bags for the fall.
I sharpened the blades on my bench grinder. Quick and easy - 3 or 4 light passes per cutting edge.

I don't obsess about it; I'm cutting grass, not performing surgery.
The blade doesn't have to be like a precision cutting implement, it just needs a nice sharp edge.