Hi David, Blue, Gadge and ODK members,

David, you supplied good fodder for a good story.

Here is a bit more, currently offered on an auction site, it's a reproduction advertisement
for an after-market blade capture system, replacing the early victa bolt, nut and felt washer design.
The seller claims - credibly - that it is from 1961.

I'm not sure how it protected the "blade holder disc from wear"...
I assume/hope the blade was still free to rotate for engine shock protection.

I note that the blade bracket is slanted, explaining the "latest UPDRAUGHT Mowing method"
That feature would have been lost on a utility mower I would have thought...

Anyway, any thoughts welcome.

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