I tried BLADE SHEARING

Allan oldfield has joined us for a couple of weeks shearing before the Royal Highland Show.
Let me know if you enjoy watching him blade shearing these sheep.
I do!!
I hope you enjoy
Cammy
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ABOUT ME
I’m 32 years old and I’m a sheep farmer from Ayrshire in South West Scotland, which is why I have such a strong accent! I was born and raised on a sheep farm watching my dad who was the shepherd.
At 18 I went away from farming to work in the city (something I still do) and at 23 (2013) I decided I wanted to do something for some extra money so I went on a sheep shearing course. The hardest thing I’ll ever do was learning to shear sheep. [shudders thinking about it]
I shore whilst on my holidays from work for 2 years and then in 2015 my dad died so I decided to get my own sheep so I could continue working with sheep as it was something I loved doing. From there it escalated quickly from my first 4 sheep in my mum’s garden to now running around 850 breeding ewes.
I shore over 19,000 sheep this season in the UK and have my own shearing run which lets you see many different farms in the summer months.
A few years ago I bought myself a sheep pregnancy scanner and have been building up my run since then.
I watched a few farm vlogs on KZbin and decided I could have a go and now here we are!
Thanks for watching my videos and please subscribe if you want to see more in future.

[@Gems1981]

Hand shearers really are the artists of the agricultural world, unbelievable skills and they are literally machines 💪

[@paddy294]

Cracking video. The old method of shearing was very hard but it’s what farmers of that generation were use to

[@Gems1981]

See Lizzie is leading the intermediates. Great work, some shearer some team ❤️

[@judyphillips7892]

Once again, an awesome vlog. I enjoy watching you interact with so many people, treating everyone with grace and respect, while sharing your infectious sense of humor 😉😉. You, Lizzy and your wee boys always make me smile. 💖

[@KnitWitch]

Lizzy's eyes sparkle when she smiles. So stinkin cute!

[@Sandra-A]

That was highly interesting. Loved the blade shearing explaining. Big thanks to your buddy Allan x

[@Redlim262]

You and Lizzy are so likeable and so entertaining to watch 💚

[@elizabeththomson2579]

Love seeing all the different farms you go to when shearing.

[@SheepclipperChinesefactory]

Hand shearers really are the artists of the agricultural world, unbelievable skills and they are literally machine

[@skyedancer3106]

Hi Cammy, you two are the cutest couple. Great video. I was very interested in seeing Cammy use the hand blades. You did great Cammy. I got a big kick out of the one Alan was shearing, that was kicking its back leg. I guess it did feel really good. Kicking like a dog being scratched and loving it. So cute to see. Take care and stay safe till next time. ❤❤❤❤

[@gabrieleortiz5041]

You did a fine job blade shearing, Cammy! I bet that’s a different kind of workout for the lower arms. Hats off to you guys, shearing in the heat! 🥵 The sheep, I’m certain, are grateful. 👍🏼

[@hotred7342]

🙏💜. Thank you so much Cammy.

[@jeanmontgomery5701]

Yay, ice cream. Nice how your friend teaches you how to hand sheer.

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

I have a very old pair of sheep shears (all rusty with a broken point) that I think belonged to my Grandpa or Great Grandpa. I think I had better show them a bit of love . Great to watch the shearing. Glad Allan is still with you. 👍👍😊. Cheers to you and Lizzy ❤️

[@FrokenEngstrom]

Allan seems to be a great instructor, very pedagogical!

[@allantheshearer]

I have a few more instructional videos on my channel plus some random shearing videos. I have travelled quite a bit teaching blade shearing in the past as has my father.

[@sheliareeves4666]

Great watching

[@manicspinner1959]

Really appreciated the close up and details (e.g., use of upper arm) of the hand-shearing-- both you and James. Fascinating...

[@sandiblohm6733]

Wow! I couldn't even imagine hand shearing all those sheep like that! It would kill your arms and hands, neck and shoulders!!!😮

[@heatherd212]

🇨🇦 Love the sounds today. Watch out for the tail 🫣

[@pjarman8874]

You are amazeballs kammy! So tough, work so hard, would be so proud if I was your mum!

[@dt8ustotten285]

LOVED THAT!! Rambo sheared in the pen... man it makes me nervous seeing shearing with scissors! Congrats on the wearing a hat and the fan. Thanks for sharing!! So excited when I see a Sheep Game video, Hey you guys don't shear for the money.. you shear for the wonderful food. That cake.. wow!!

[@janegrieve]

God imagine doing hundreds of sheep with hand shears 😅🥵

[@susanmorgan9310]

You'd have the strongest handshake in the world🤝

[@teshlafreeman4040]

Lol my hand would be wasted after one!

[@HootMaRoot]

My uncle used to tell me stories of when him and his brothers along with other guys in the surrounding area would sheer 1000+ sheep with hand sheers in the 70s and 80s before the Australian and kiwis sheerers started touring the Highlands and Islands with electric sheers. Sounded like a brutal job having to do that many by hand

[@allantheshearer]

Surprisingly our hands get very fit buy not super strong. It's actually a lot easier on the body to blade shear as you don't have to turn the sheep to face the machine and the sheep tend to struggle less.

[@vwvw4]

How kind, your concern about side boob for the ladies, on the singlets, Cammy. 🤣Great video as always. A bit of drone footage of the scenery wouldn't go amiss, beautiful countryside where you were shearing. .

[@catherine_404]

It was nice to see you safely under a roof, but I understand it can be hot without proper ventilation. And then seeing you again under the sun later! At least you have a hat, which is proper. The view there is definitely beautiful, I do envy you being there. Lizzy is just lovely in her grumpiness. You know she is absolutely amazing, but now that she is in your videos we know that too. I respect her so very much! I hope our comments encourage her, even if a little.

[@toviahcrowell6360]

ROGUE Ram Got to Love it. And that black wool just BEAUTIFUL.

[@sheliareeves4666]

Great to see you doing blade shearing Cammy.i could watch these videos all day so interesting. The fans a great idea xxx

[@camillethomas3236]

Beautiful shearing

[@beepaknockfarm5819]

This is absolutely fascinating 😊

[@janesegerberg1404]

I like that you're (Cammy) humble enough to accept advice from another shearer, with the hand shears 😊 The tupps? Are they heavier /protest more than the ewes? It's so satisfying to watch the shearing 😊

[@tracymilne8791]

Cammy you are such a good role model and I was delighted to finally meet you at the Great Yorkshire Show ::: my hubby (Scot’s) is so jealous. Keep on going ::: thanks rev t

[@thepeanutgallery1699]

Looks like an opportunity for an Ecoflow sponsorship... (Solar charge, I've seen them used for welding on narrowboats, château restoration, off-grid alpine shieling living...) Power your shearing blades, your fan, other off-grid gear...

[@HughGillen-sv1ff]

Sitting here in the north of ireland thanks for mentioing robert dunlop a road racer from a family of famous road racers their name knows no boundries love your blogs good to see the aussie takeing us back to our roots

[@countrymusicandpop4837]

Can't wait to see you in clonmany hopefully I can meet you been watching you now for 2 years

[@kathyk479]

Wow the wool comes off so much cleaner with the shears then with the clippers!

[@vernaclevinger5716]

I love watching and listening but being a slow talking southern American I can only understand a third of what's being said. I still love it.

[@claymonsterpottery]

That black Beltex with the itchy back made me laugh out loud. 😂

[@rogeratkinson8186]

I'm always amazed by the shear hard graft of you all.....well done

[@JudyHart1]

21:20, what a beautiful fleece

[@Meydoosa]

Get him Lizzy! You’d be amazing on your own channel. It’d be so interesting watching how you balance it all and not unalive Cammie.

[@richardcollingridge4712]

Excellent video as always - but the dodgy lights are not the only illegal thing about your trailer! In the UK a trailer over 750 kg must have brakes, and yours surely weighs way over that even without all the kit on it. You're allowed up 3500 kg on over-run brakes, if the tow vehicle rated for it (which a Navarra is). Your trailer has meaty twin axles so perhaps it has brakes that are not connected, in which case you may just need an over-run hitch and the connecting cables. I don't trust the magnets on those wireless light clusters - they drop off when you hit a bump. I made clips to hold mine, but a bit of baler twine would do it too!

[@jldisme]

Man Law #317 - If it won't fit, kick it. Cammy, you need a built-in beer cooler!

[@vickimarkjones]

Thanks !

[@psophia17]

In the barn growing up, we had a big fan - I remember when it went in, hanging high, aiming at the holding area for the cows before milking. What a blessed event! (For reference, it was probably near 100F / 40C and *humid*.) Honestly though, you didn't start sweating until the manual shears were in your hand!

[@anitameza3960]

Lizzie is pretty and a great example of what women are capable of.

[@magikdust2095]

I could see shearing with the blades if the sheep haven't been shorn for a while and their coat is matted or something, but shearing with the electric shaver does a better job of cutting the fleece off the sheep, and it's faster... and it seems like it's a bit safer as well... for the sheep...

[@dagmarsigridmanondenijs-bl7156]

What age do most of the people stop shearing? Looks like a back breaking work! Hats off to you all.

[@allantheshearer]

I blade shear in a crew where 3 of 8 shearer’s were over 65 last year.

[@dagmarsigridmanondenijs-bl7156]

@@allantheshearer wow! Great strong men and women.

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

luv your vids! Lizzy is awesome!🦌💌❤️🐑

[@azamyahmad]

Another great video .. TQSM Sir

[@barbaralavoie1045]

Good morning Cammy. Hope all goes well today shearing sheep.👍. Using those Big scissors would scare me😳

[@suellenspencer-eb2nv]

Beautiful hand shearing. Hard, hot work.

[@tammystoudt5137]

I was literally just thinking "I wonder when Cammy's next lambing will be" and you asked lizzy about new lambs 😂 So, when is the next PLANNED lambing?

[@patpierce4854]

Typically in Scotland, there’s only 1 lambing season per year. The sheep are able to cope with tougher weather and poorer ground, normally lamb without assistance needed, and twins are the norm. Further south where it’s warmer, and less extreme, there have been breeds developed that can lamb out of season, but it’s a different style of farming and how the stock are managed.

[@jodicampbell9577]

😊

[@barbaralavoie1045]

Hi Lizzy❣️

[@cherylcampbell7495]

I would wear a wrist guard of some sort. Carpel tunnel hurts. Repetition with the shears. I have it in my right wrist and it hurts.

[@chewder]

Those indicator lights will fall off specially going down rough roads pop a bit of string through the bracket at the back and tie them to something on the trailer

[@bejaysus7388]

A boy Cammy another good video 👍. I can see you shearing 400 a day on the blades Cammy 😂. I learned how to shear on them, slow going. "Put that on my account & I'll square it up when I get my memory back" 😂😂😂😂 your best comment ever!!!

[@PhoebeAgri]

My dad instructs for the wool board, his first course this year was in Italy!

[@susanfortner2267]

Cami keep in mind that heat rises, if you put the fan up!high it will blow the hot air on you!

[@tammykaltreider]

🤍‘ed this video! Serious question…with the heat shearing outside do you ever have any sheep go down (get ill) from the heat whilst shearing? Also Cammy, you are so frikin blessed to have Lizzy in your life 🫶

[@mj3026]

Wow you all do such a wonderful hard job & you was brave cammy I would be worried in case I cut the sheep , which is easier normal or the machine? , I think the machine is safer 😊

[@teshlafreeman4040]

Draft...thats so useful you thought of everything

[@stewartchristie2752]

Get Allan to do a wee tutorial about sharpening hand shears. Becoming a lost skill.

[@AmandaTroutman]

😮 Is it now? I'd be interested to learn more about it

[@TheBachBabe]

Ah heck yeah!!!

[@shawnessyashoor5209]

Just giggles about your temp, a mind blowing 43 c here in Arizona.😆

[@allantheshearer]

Not sure about 43c but I'd rather shear in 35c in dry heat than 28c humid UK heat.

[@brigidconroy2111]

Oy vey that is the marriage of skill and art❤

[@lorisabor6251]

Good job comey

[@Annie6460]

Very interesting to watch the men shearing how was you hand, arm and shoulder Cammy when using the shears? Thank you. ❤️🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@brendanwhelan3015]

Little bit off topic but wondering if you have plans of getting a new dog as I know Meg is getting on a bit, wondering if you kept a pup from sky last year.... if you did how is it working out....

[@manicspinner1959]

Do I see Zwartbles at 21:00???

[@Hemp.Nature....]

Commence a kenaf fibre; fiber project instead of the wool.

[@unaoconnor3628]

Are you coming to Ireland for the international sheep dog trials in September? 🇮🇪

[@susanmorgan9310]

One more question. Do sheep seem to prefer the blade shears over the machine shears which are loud and l think would be ticklish 😊

[@allantheshearer]

Sheep do tend to sit a bit more calmly for blade shearing. I think the noise has a lot to do with it.

[@forest6227]

Do the Farmers Make a lot for the wool?

[@carlaferrovecchio950]

I know some breeds of sheep have more lanolin than others so it must clog up your shears pretty badly, which breed have you noticed produces the most lanolin?

[@sporranheid]

Great stuff! 👍😊

[@ElizaPurest]

Yipee

[@beejayem42]

🐨👍

[@galeem713]

Do they sell all te wool that’s cut?

[@rosmeeker1964]

Click go the shears mate.

[@scribbleknit]

Do you think shearers get fewer or more nicks with blades or is it up to the skill of the shearer?

[@allantheshearer]

On strong wool sheep(especially without much rise) you get a few more nicks with blades but on merinos you get far less nicks with blades than machines.

[@sarahmealing2510]

When are you starting to share and get involved

[@camillethomas3236]

25 degrees is that all??????

[@Liz-M]

🤩🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@paulgilliland7288]

Don’t worry Micheal Dunlop has a few TT’s left in him yet!!😉

[@susanmorgan9310]

How much do those shears cost compared to the cost of a hand piece and the blades and cutters

[@HootMaRoot]

Hand shears can be anything between £10 to £60+ the cheaper one are usually for dagging, and the more expensive ones keep a sharper edge as for electric no idea as I have only sheared by hand

[@westzed23]

​@@HootMaRootthanks for the info 👍🏻

[@allantheshearer]

Decent blade shears set up for actually shearing are around £70, the basic shears from most farm shops are pretty hopeless for actually shearing with. A shearing handpiece is about £400 give or take.

[@sedrigoktas4540]

Selamlar

[@cantwellron11]

Ya mate hand shearer ?? = Kiwi my gess

[@cantwellron11]

True man

[@allantheshearer]

Yep sure am. We still blade shear quite a few here in NZ each year.

[@balwenyt6725]

First cammy

[@susanmorgan9310]

Kids know about breasts , they are just another body part like arm and leg. I do appreciate that you have given some serious thoughts about modesty 😅

[@brissygirl4997]

Where was your tarp for shade in the sun Cammy? tsk tsk

[@catherinewicinski6595]

I can’t imagine how bad their back must hurt by the end of the day

[@Cricket2731]

Some farms (most notably Australia?) have a sort of a harness that the shearers lay on to take some of the pressure off their backs.

[@hollyjensen2371]

do I miss blade shearing. no, yes, no. no. definitely no. lol

[@helenel4126]

Alas, I can only understand every fifth word you say.

[@eleni-music3674]

Don't you feel remorse for your crimes against these innocent creatures? Don't you see that they love life like you and don't want to die? Don't you see how much they are afraid of dying and scream out of fear? Do you want someone to treat you and your family or loved ones like this? If you have an iota of compassion and conscience, stop this dirty work. (Eating meat is a crime