[Fleecewife]

Hi I have just joined the accidental small holder and I would suggest trying the not so good fleece through a swing picker , we have just purchased a minty model and it is very aggressive with the fleece so what would have been impossible by hand is truly easy . It also removes an incredible amount of VM .

I think at nearly 400 quid to rescue substandard fleece.... I pass....

But if you already have one then yes, ideal.  I would use it on my white Shetland fleeces as my 2 wethers are so popular with the tups they share a field with, that their fleeces are often muddy and a bit matted, but still lovely.
I've found it on Fibre Hut  https://www.fibrehut.co.uk/products/wool-picker.  It looks petrifying but very useful.  Have you used yours much yet [member=175850]simonoakley[/member]?  Hello and welcome by the way 

[simonoakley]

as anke pointed out they are expensive (£299 if you go direct to minty products) and it wasn't purchased to save sub standard fleece it was a suggestion that it may make more of the wool usable that would have been thrown away . It may also be worth speaking to your local weaving spinning and dyeing guild as they may have one to borrow . Fleecewife i have so far put 3 jacobs , 1 mohair goat and 2 south down through and have another 7 south down and am working towards quite a large amount more jacobs . Thank you for the warm welcome to the forum i will hopefully post some useful information as we (Mrs O) learn the end to end process of wool preparation .

[Bionic]

I have a friend who made a fleece picker. She got a wooden wine box and fixed some savage looking nails on the inside of the lid. Slide the lid backwards and forwards and you have a picker if sorts

[simonoakley]

There are plans on the internet , if anyone is interested I can dig the link out . I costed it at about £35 to build from plywood. Or if you have a local import company the pallet topers are free .