Handmäher
The Handmäher is a type of manual lawn mower that operates through the direct physical effort of the user to turn a cylinder of rotating blades. Unlike powered mowers, it has no engine and relies on the user pushing the machine forward, which in turn engages a mechanism that spins the cutting cylinder. This rotation then chops the grass against a stationary bedknife, resulting in a clean cut.
Handmäher models typically feature a reel of multiple blades that overlap with a fixed blade at the