[Whyhaveyoudonethat99]

Does anyone have a recommendation for manual, non-electric sheep shears at all please? Ones similar to pruning shears that you can sharpen with a stone and use without noise?

[Fleecewife]

Burgon and Ball do excellent shears and daggers. They come in various sizes to suit different operators so best advice is to buy them in person so you can try them out and see whether they fit your hand and are nicely balanced.  If they don't fit you correctly then you will end up with blisters and the sheep will end up with a dodgy do.
Some people prefer the kind that work like scissors but for me the old type shears which have been in use since the iron age, or well before the Current Era anyway, properly wielded are superb 

[chrismahon]

We bought a pair of B & B spring bow type shears. Tried them in the shop and found the double spring bow were easier to use as they required less pressure to close. Take some paper with you to check they cut properly.


My it's slow work. 20 minutes and both my patience and Lauren's (the ewe) was spent. Ended up shearing her a quarter at a time, so for 3 days she did look a mess. Next year she was taken to a local farm at shearing time.

[Chris01]

I don't know the exact brand of mine but I find the smaller one to be much easier to use, I would do a handful each year with this along with dagging but similar time frames to you for clipping; anything from 10 - 20 minutes depending on the ewe. Tough work, but very satisfying all the same  I wonder does anyone have experience with the cordless hand pieces on the market, they may be a quiet and inexpensive option for a small number of sheep ?

[twizzel]

Jakoti shears are really good, very sharp but great for crutching small numbers of sheep.

[landroverroy]

Jakoti shears are really good, very sharp but great for crutching small numbers of sheep.

Couldn't agree more. Jakotis are amazing. Best I've ever used.

[vfr400boy]

Jakoti shears are really good, very sharp but great for crutching small numbers of sheep.

   I was recommended a pair of jakoti buy the man at the agri shop and they are very good quality and extremely sharp ,

[Whyhaveyoudonethat99]

Thank you all so very much, think we are going to go with the Jakoti. We had a hand-held electric and it was absolutely rubbish.