WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- A hundred years ago, most sheep shearers relied on scissor-like blades to cut the wool off of sheep, before motorized clippers took over as the primary method. "Blade shearing ...

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 ...

South Canterbury shearer Allan Oldfield headed a field of 32 as he started his bid to regain the bladeshearing title he won in France in 2019, and rookie international Marika Braddick, of Eketahuna ...

South Canterbury farmer Tony Dobbs has shorn so many sheep a lack of recent practice barely seemed to matter in Waimate tonight as he became the first person in the World to win 100 Open bladeshearing ...

Doug Rathke of Hutchinson was one of two people who represented the United States in blade shearing at the World Sheep Shearing Competition, July 4-7, in Le Dorat, France. The USA Blade Team placed ...

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