At vintage machinery rallies, there is always a vast range of interesting, rare and unusual machinery to look at. There can be so much to see that you may become blasé, and start skipping over things that really deserve a closer look. However, there is one display that I have seen at many shows in the past few years, and it stops me in my tracks every time.

The display that keeps catching my attention, is a collection of vintage chainsaws belonging to Wayne Edmunds, who lives south of Perth, in Western Australia. He is a regular exhibitor at machinery and automotive shows, and takes along about 30 of his intriguing chainsaws. They are displayed on shelves, in a special trailer made for easy visibility. On the ground, he puts a few amusing attention-grabbers, like a chainsaw with a whiskey bottle for the fuel tank, and a copy of the US Army instructions on how to destroy a chainsaw to prevent enemy use.