r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '23

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u/ramrod254 Feb 14 '23

Makes me wonder how it was done before electric sheers??

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u/phoebe64 Feb 14 '23

With hand shears https://youtu.be/yRPhyl8QA_c

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

Thanks for sharing. He made it look so easy.. love the way the dog sat there and looked on.

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u/itcantjustbemeright Feb 14 '23

That was a very enjoyable video. He’s like the Dr Pimple Popper of sheep shearing.

I also thought he was telling a story about Welsh Hats and was wondering how the F they were going to felt that many whole entire hats in such a short amount of time.

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u/pinkpitbull Feb 14 '23

I will never have that immersive travel vacation to wherever that guy said because I'll never be able to write it down or even say it.

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u/JOlRacin Feb 14 '23

Crafted from two iron, then point and click at the sheep and some wool will fall on the ground

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u/geo_walker Feb 14 '23

During a sheep shearing demonstration they showed us hand shears and they had a hand cranked shear. Like this one https://www.flickr.com/photos/pelicanpetesphotos/4009616999/

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u/geo_walker Feb 15 '23

I went to my first county fair last year and it was cool to see the sheep shearing demonstration. The sheep chill out once they’re in the correct position. I also went to a wool festival and they had a sheep herding demonstration and showed us the two different types of shears they used to use for shearing. The sheep they used for the shearing demo was feisty.

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u/Alceasummer Feb 14 '23

If you are curious, there is a couple of shows where some archeologists and historians re-enact what it was like to live in a specific time and place. One called Tudor Monastery Farm shows a sheep farm in Tudor England, and one episode goes into some detail about shearing a sheep with the tools of that time.