Bunton Company

the story begins in 1935, when leonard goodall was frustrated with the buckhorn plants growing outside of his coffee shop in warrensburg, missouri. the conventional reel-type mower wouldn't touch them, so goodall had the idea of attaching an electric motor to a deck and putting sharpened steel blades on the shaft. goodall found it also cut grass well, and replaced the electric motor with a 2-cycle gas mower from his wife's washing machine. thus was born the rotary mower. it caught on because it required far less maintenance than reel-type mowers and because of immense demand for consumer products following world war ii. (for the full story, read the rotary power mower and its inventor: leonard b. goodall.) the mower also proved perfect for kentucky blue grass, since it didn't cut it too low. this brings us to louisville, kentucky, best known as the home of the kentucky derby, kentucky fried chicken, and louisville slugger baseball bats. it was also home to w. price bunton, who