Nylon line is fine until you hit something that fights back. Blackberry, lantana, woody weeds along a fence, two seasons of growth down the back — line wears away in seconds and you spend the afternoon feeding more out instead of cutting. This swaps onto the same shaft and gives you six pivoting steel blades instead, which go through stems that stop line dead.

Why It Stands Out

• Six steel blades instead of nylon — they cut woody stems and thin saplings that line simply cannot touch.
• The blades pivot — they swing back on the pins when they hit a rock or a post instead of stopping the head dead, which protects both the blade and the machine.
• No more feeding line out — the single most annoying part of a long trimming session disappears.
• 65 carbon steel, hardened — these hold an edge far longer than the plastic blade kits.
• 245 mm cutting circle — a wide sweep, so you cover a run of fence line faster.
• Standard 25.4 mm bore — the common one-inch shaft fitting, so it goes onto a great many machines.
• Swap back in two minutes — line head on for the lawn edges, blade head on for the rough stuff.

Where to Use It

• Blackberry, lantana and woody weeds — the job it does best, and the one that eats nylon line.
• Along the back fence where a season of growth has gone to stem rather than grass.
• Clearing a block or a neglected bed before you can even see what is in there.
• Thick kikuyu and buffalo runners that lay flat and dodge a line head.
• Around star pickets and water tanks — anywhere line shreds itself on steel.
• Paddock edges and dam banks on a rural block.
• Saplings and whips up to finger thickness, which is where line gives up entirely.

How It Works

1. Six blades pin onto a steel disc, free to swing on their pivots.
2. Spinning at speed, they stand out straight and present a 245 mm cutting circle.
3. On impact the blade folds back rather than transmitting the shock into the gearbox.
4. It mounts on a 25.4 mm shaft using your machine's own cover and nut.

How to Fit It

1. Read your machine's manual first — this matters more than anything else here.
2. Remove your existing head — the nut is usually reverse-threaded, so it undoes clockwise.
3. Drop the disc onto the shaft over your lower plate.
4. Refit your own upper plate, protective cover and nut — these are not supplied, you reuse the ones off your old head.
5. Lock the shaft and tighten firmly, then spin it by hand to check it runs true.
Tip: keep the blade edge at or just above ground level and sweep from right to left. Dropping it into the dirt blunts six blades in one pass and throws a lot more at your legs, which is the fastest way to decide the product does not work.

Care and Maintenance

• Check the pivot pins every few uses — a loose blade is the thing that comes off.
• Wipe the blades dry and give them a light oil after cutting green or wet growth.
• Touch up the edges with a file rather than replacing the whole disc.
• Replace any blade that is cracked or bent, and do not run it one blade short.

Specifications

What's Included

• 1 × Six-blade trimmer head

Before you order: check your trimmer is rated for a metal blade and takes a 25.4 mm bore, and note the mounting hardware is not included.