Blade sheep shearing demonstration

Part of the immersive farm tour will be a blade shearing demonstration
Before modern motorised sheep shearing machines, all the work was done by blade shearing with a large clipping blades
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[@LumosX]

Lovely story, and a brilliant demonstration of blade shearing. Keeping one's traditions alive in the current times is nothing short of noble. I salute you, sir, and wish you all the best. Regards from Bulgaria.

[@Kath-Erina]

Wow, i just realized how much skill and experience you need to shear a sheep that way... Not only being able to handel the sheep and shearing without hurting or atressing the sheep, you also have to blindly know every singel curve and skin fold before you even get to it. Very very impressive! Also great story of your daughter's hats ❤

[@davidwebber8028]

Very calm and trusting sheep there. Back in the day in school in Somerset we collected wool from the hedgerows and fences - then carded it, spun it, and weaved it by hand. Making Welsh woollen hats clearly takes a production line approach with some proper tools...

[@uz7442]

I've seen current day sheering and I know the process of back in the day blade sheering but somehow had it in my head it'd take ages to sheer sheep by balde. Clearly good and speedy sheering has everything to do with skill an experience. It's amazing to see

[@DakkaDakkaDakkaWaagh]

Some old boys here in NZ swear by it and won't change to clippers

[@signaturerush]

@@DakkaDakkaDakkaWaaghGood on em

[@viscache1]

Wool in the USA is still a high dollar recovery for the farmer. But I’m opting to take and clean the wool and use it in my old farm house for insulation, in the garden for weeds and fertilizer and then sending off only the premium wool for processing. There i a great small buyer cottage industry for specific wool yarn and roving. I love my sheep and they take care of me!

[@nickdonaghy6360]

Quite possibly the most brilliantly Welsh video

[@GarethWynJones]

Thank you - Diolch

[@michellezoe4596]

I love how the little pup is acting assiatant there off to the side.😂🐾❤

[@patpierce4854]

Gareth, another use for the dags in your garden - wool bits also tend to repel slugs from various ornamental plants like hostas (Monty Don even mentioned wool and wool pellets as a pesticide free slug repellent). Wool is amazing, and it’s practically criminal how little most farmers get from the Wool Board, for such an amazing product. The wool hats sound fantastic!

[@GarethWynJones]

Like you, I use the wool dags in my allotment. Local wine producer Gwinllan Conwy used wool around their vines to control pests and weeds. Search their Facebook page for the video

[@okaminess]

Wow! Awesome.

[@mastinomama8939]

Apart from spinning, knitting or weaving it and using it as fertilizer, we also use it to protect young trees from being eaten by game. Works wonders! I am a novice at shearing and am very impressed by Garth. It looks so easy!! Congratulations to your VERY well behaved JRT, by the way. Thumbs up from Germany.

[@shepherdewan]

@@GarethWynJones thar sheep 🐑 is a good girl

[@Ssanihal]

My husband and I want to get our first sheep and feel lucky to have found your video. We would like to shear them.

[@williechaffin387]

Cool. My grandfather sheared his sheep this way, I helped him. Haven’t seen it done this was since about 1958.

[@acdcacres]

Thanks for the demonstration! Welsh from Llanelli, but living in Canada. I just got some Icelandics and cheaped out with hand shears, so at least I have an idea what I'm doing now 😅 Good idea with the dags, I'll make sure to save some for that.

[@HandyMe]

Thanks for sharing. Thumbs up from Portugal..

[@GarethWynJones]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@djharris90]

The sheep seems so much more calm with the scissors vs the sound of electric clippers.

[@UnionParkPlumbing]

Thank you for such a great demonstration!

[@techeteri]

Using wool at the greenhouse is agreat idea!

[@jardah81]

Different pattern but good speech about shearing and sheeps.

[@shepherdewan]

I think that wee dog 🐩 likes the sheep 🐑

[@billrodgers5532]

Nice story and demonstration.

[@okaminess]

I subscribed!! 🙂 I am learning more about sheep!

[@maximus-6788]

well done sir, hats down!

[@jenporta8725]

I want to come to Wales! It is on my "someday list". When we're all a little less poor. $$ Your farm looks like a great place to come and see the country for sure. My husband's family is Welsh, and a bit English I'm sure. The emigrated around end of WWII to America. Gareth, have you ever heard of a type of Christian church called Welsh Baptist. I don't know what they would call them there in Wales or in the old tongue but he says the closest is "that that baptize" or "those who are baptized". But he says the bible he had as a kid was different than the American Baptist bible their church uses now... I wouldn't know, I'm Catholic, hahaha... but I sure would love to surprise him with a bit of his ancestral history. But if you or any of the travel folks that know Welsh history real well read this, I would love some input to be able to put a trip together "to the old land" haha. I heard tell of a church there in Wales that is in a valley surrounded by mountains and the church and the faith there are very old. Like 1st and 2nd century AD kind of old. There is a church I hear of his pastor from 2-3 generations before us told about a tile or mosaic style floor with the compass inlaid into it with North, South, East, West... you know? I fear I could have no way of finding this kind of place, even using the internet, what are the chances? But maybe someone back there in Wales knows a thing or two? Thanks, Lovely wool you've got there.

[@tamasszucs2987]

Nice job!

[@GarethWynJones]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@homerburns40]

Best ad ever

[@GarethWynJones]

Diolch - thank you

[@Grahamedmonstone]

Great demo. Where to buy the wool hats please.

[@shepherdewan]

Clever sheep 🐑

[@Adnancorner]

do fat tail sheep are better as their tails are not that long and easy to sheer ?

[@pauleaton6908]

What is in your special Spray for flies Gareth? We tried battles yellow fly cream last year and found it quite ineffective and needed reapplying daily!!

[@andyregan7889]

Omg AOL haven't seen that in ages

[@ghostkilla9256]

Just look.at that view

[@AhmedMohamed-rh2kx]

عاش والله يغالي حريف يعني

[@dawoodahmad8362]

From where can i get this sheep shearing blade plz

[@bootlegger1974]

look at that view

[@Penfold8]

I always thought a sheep's tale was smaller than that.

[@RenStyx]

Normally their tails are docked to avoid fly strike. But that doesn't seem to he an issue for this sheep.

[@wukong2282]

whoa whoa whoa there mate, sheep have tails???

[@grugeskulled3464]

You have fly spray.

[@ghostlylover99123]

I bet the ewe felt better after the shearing

[@أبوقدس-ن3س]

تعرف تجز ،بصح ثقيل شوي

[@cinchdanksoul]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Thumbs up from Vancouver, Canada.

[@mrcatdog290]

Iawn boy cadog mab tex a&r tyers