It may be that the bladeholder was changed because it was
too difficult to obtain Turner blades. (Turner stopped mower manufacturing
in 1969). Eric would have had a long, active life after that.
Quite possibly. Although Bragg/Jetfast and some SupaSwift models continued to use the Turner blade/disc design, after Turner's exit.
The Turner type blades are still made though;
GA Spares have them.
Note that these blades mount on top of the disc, not underneath as Eric now has.
It looks like Turner was an early adopter of the combination fluted cutting blade, which Victa only introduced in their 1968-9 season models, along with the P/No 9-210 blade disc [9-252 was the assembly with 9-263 combo blades].
Turner had filed a patent for a fluted cutting blade in 1961, which may have had some influence on that...
