PART FIVE - SIGNIFICENCE
The reality is that Platypus mowers were, in most ways, ultra conservative.
To put it politely, they looked �classical�; to put it impolitely, they looked old.
By the 1950s reel mowers were looking modern � for examples: the Ransomes range;
the Scott Bonnar range; the Greens range.
The Platypus looked old-worldly with its fabricated steel handles and frame.
For Platypus, Ball bearings were still considered an extra in the 1950s!
They did have a following though, and they sold in their thousands across Australia.
It is the old-worldly, classic look, combined with the quirky canvas catcher that makes
these Australian machines collectable. It may be that we have under-estimated the desirability
of the Platypus. The last one on eBay failed to sell, even at a fair price.
It is important that we remember Platypus mowers.
They were an early Australian reel mower manufacturer - and they were proudly so.
The rest is history.
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