[SingingShearer]

At the moment I'm travelling in my dad's big white van. I do have a corsa van myself but at the moment it's at the garage waiting for repairs, it's been there a few weeks now.

I can sharpen in the evenings on days when I've only done small or local jobs.

[ScotsGirl]

Well I sheared my last ewe yesterday and have to say the Jakoti hand shears are absolutely brilliant and I managed to do the easier risen fleeces in 25 minutes.  Huge word of warning as Philip said elsewhere, these are self-sharpening and VERY VERY sharp so great care needed as even easier to nick the skin than with the electric ones.  Well worth the £20 although I have blisters now after doing 4 within 24 hours!

I had a couple of sticky ones and they still took me 45 mins to 1 hour as had to go very slow to get an average finish.

[andywalt]

I am chearing to the fact that someone else takes 40 mins to shear, but they are hand shears and that takes alot longer than electric !! I have another 3 small shetlands to practice on and a polled dorset, so hoping that the new combs arrive soon.

andy

[SallyintNorth]

And remember that blinking artery they have on the belly up from the manhood and the tube from manhood to testes.

Err, would that be 'tuphood'? 

[andywalt]