How often do you sharpen blades?

Midnight_Ashes · Oct 13, 2011

Just curious really how often you all get your clipper blades re-sharpened? A friend loaned me her trimmers a few weeks ago to do Alf's feathers and I'm amazed she still uses them, I'd have been better off hacking away with a butter knife! Thankfully she'd gone in so I just said I'd used them and thanks :giggle:

Laura2184 · Oct 13, 2011

I've clipped my hairy cob about 3-4 times with my Lister Legends but on the last clip I could tell they needed doing so I've just had them sharpened.

I clipped him tonight and they were much easier to use!

Must be quite uncomfortable using non-sharp blades to clip!

Demson · Oct 13, 2011

Depends on the thickness of your horses coat and how much you clip,

If I give mine a full clip I get 3 maybe 4 clips before I need to have them sharpened.

eml · Oct 13, 2011

We do a full clip on a hairy or about 2 clips on a TB before sharpening. We have a special set of elderly blades we use for furry legs/hogging cobs which are sharpened about every second use.

If your blades are not sharp it is like using an epilator on your horse....ouch..ouch!

Midnight_Ashes · Oct 14, 2011

eml said:
If your blades are not sharp it is like using an epilator on your horse....ouch..ouch!

My thoughts exactly! Ouch!

I do two clips on my TB types before sharpening, or one clip on a hairy

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