[Jacob-list] clippers

[Linda]

The A5 is definitely too small for sheep and has the wrong blade.  Clipper blades are different from shearer blades. If you are only shearing two, why not just go with hand shears?  or even a good pair of scissors?  If you're not proficient with electric shearers, it's going to take almost as long with electric shearers as with a good pair of scissors.  I used to shear mine, but when I got more than 10 sheep, I quit.  Every so often I will have to shear one and it takes me about 15 or 20 minutes with the large size Fiskars.

Linda
 
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Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:53:20 -0400, Tom and Judy Riddolls wrote:
> another thing- i did not get organized to shear the two girls
> before i left but now they are really suffering, i plan to buy a
> set of clippers that will last me but i see there are basically two
> types, the ones designed for sheep and the ones designed for large
> animals, the large animal type such as the clipmester and golden A5
> all say they can be used on sheep,
>
> is it a case that the animal clippers will be slower? i will never
> have many sheep and don't mind if it takes a long time, but it
> seems the sheep shears all all twice the price.  what do you
> recommend?
>
> Tom
>
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