kelsey2017
Ridin' The Range
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- Jan 31, 2011
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I just bought an Oster shearmaster used off Craig's list. They are older but good quality and were not used too much. They had been used to clip show cattle.
They work great on the heavy matted fleece and clip well, TOO WELL! I must have cut my poor sheep 6 times and even my own hand. I can barely think about it, it was so disturbing the first time a did it and it was not a deep cut but it was the size of a silver dollar. POOR POOR baby! I almost threw up. It really didn't bleed though so it wasn't too deep. I cleaned it and sprayed some blue cote. I was very careful after that but it is hard not to nick them here and there.
SO PLEASE post pics of your blades, I think I just have the wrong bottom I think it is called a guide?
My sheep is very fat and her skin is hard to stretch taught and there is a lot of fleece. I can't bear to finish or even begin on the other ewe until I know what to do. I creeps me out to think of cutting them again! I am being very careful but ACK! please help a first timer!
I will post pics of the blades on mine soon as I can.
They work great on the heavy matted fleece and clip well, TOO WELL! I must have cut my poor sheep 6 times and even my own hand. I can barely think about it, it was so disturbing the first time a did it and it was not a deep cut but it was the size of a silver dollar. POOR POOR baby! I almost threw up. It really didn't bleed though so it wasn't too deep. I cleaned it and sprayed some blue cote. I was very careful after that but it is hard not to nick them here and there.
SO PLEASE post pics of your blades, I think I just have the wrong bottom I think it is called a guide?
My sheep is very fat and her skin is hard to stretch taught and there is a lot of fleece. I can't bear to finish or even begin on the other ewe until I know what to do. I creeps me out to think of cutting them again! I am being very careful but ACK! please help a first timer!
I will post pics of the blades on mine soon as I can.