"Blade shearing is the old-fashioned way of shearing," said Emily Chamelin, a professional sheep shearer from Westminster. "Everybody has a pair that their grandfather or great-grandfather used ...

Blades are made of High-Quality Steel Gcr15Average hardness between 63 to 65 HRC made specifically for long lasting animal shearing. 1 Cutter Blade set on average can last about 50 head of sheep ...

Jim Davis singled out a sheep from a nervous flock in Diane Stroh’s barn in Homer Glen, and with a wrestler’s grip, he quickly maneuvered the animal into a corner. At more than 250 pounds, the ...

Sheep shearing (electric shears), hands-on spinning and weaving activities, border collie sheep herding demonstrations (weather permitting), rainbow sheep shearing, sheep shearing (hand-held blade ...

Kari Sponaugle, Highland-Bath County Farm Bureau president, recently did just that when she introduced the next generation to the skill during a sheep shearing workshop in Highland County, which is ...

There have been days when he has sheared more than 100 sheep. One day in Lewisburg, Tenn., he sheared 144 sheep, by his count. That day, he sheared sheep for 10-and-a-half hours, by his estimate.

Other activities in the weekend's festivities include sheep shearing, both electric and by blade, goat shearing, fiber processing, spinning and weaving, and other hands-on fiber work. Members of ...

Frazier has been facilitating LU's Sheep Shearing School for about 20 years. It's the only thing he does at the university, and he's taught at least 300 people how to shear through the program.

More than 4 thousand sheep and shearers from all over the world are in New Zealand for the World Sheep Shearing Championships. Categories include blade shearing and wool handling.

After the sheep were trimmed, it was on to the main event: shearing the alpaca herd, which includes animals with coats of several different shades. Each animal also gets its hooves and teeth ...