clippers or trimmers or anything that will cut through feathers

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smellydogjack

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Happy Friday all, I need some apparatus help. I have a feathered boy who is a dream to clip. I take all feathers off in sort of a cycle... let me explain... I hate clipping. Hates a strong word but I feel not strong enough to accurately describe my hate of clipping. Right with that in mind- I can never keep on top of the clipping. With the best will in the world I cannot be bothered to clip 6 weekly like a should. I normally let him get to a state I'm embarrassed of Eg full blown feathers - then I will clip!

On to the actual point. I have livery man clippers I believe the could be called star Man? Anyhow I find them bulky to do the feathers. Is there a less bulky clipper or trimmers that would cut through and stand up to feathers?
 
Lister Star Cippers are great, cut through even the thickest cob's coat/ feather. We've only used ours for thick winter coats though, but a friend has them and also uses them to clip her cob's huge thick feathers, and they work a treat.
 
I use normal clippers to whip most of it off, then heavy duty trimmers to tidy it up. I cant for the life of me remember the make! But when my clippers broke mid clip, I used them to finish it off. I'll get them out tomorrow and check. I'm pretty sure they are listers of some sort though
 
Really interesting to hear the replies I have a proper set of big clippers but I find them too bulky. I find myself doing it in a really kakhanded manner. I was hoping if I could get a smaller trimmer it would make it easier and therefore encourage me to do it more.... I said hope.
 
FfionWinnie said:
Don't get Lister Liberties they are rubbish. I keep my cob well clipped out and they cannot cope with short cob stubble.
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I bought some Lister Liberty clippers in December and love them Find them great to full clip daughter's cob and they whizz through her legs and hogged mane like a hot knife through butter.
 
Passtheshampoo said:
I bought some Lister Liberty clippers in December and love them Find them great to full clip daughter's cob and they whizz through her legs and hogged mane like a hot knife through butter.
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Yep lets see if you still think that a year or so down the line!!! Taking mine back to the shop for the millionth time today, probably to be told there's nothing wrong, again.
 
I use Lister Star clippers for my cob too! I used other clippers in the past but found them heavy and also really noisy...I had horses object to letting me clip their heads but with the Star clippers they were fine! I usually clip on my own so need something that the horses are okay with.

They aren't as heavy duty as other clippers. So the feathers need to be some what clean - whereas my friends really heavy duty ones could slice through any muck and dirt. They don't need to be spotless - just no deadlocks of mud :)

I clipped a whole yard of horses last year with them and they were fine. I'd do about 3 a day - but that was more my limit than the clippers. I'd just get too itchy to do anymore! I love them! :)
 
I do the same as you. Leave them until I can bear them no more and then wish I'd done them sooner as there's so much hair! I did one of mine on saturday and vowed to put a reminder on my phone's calendar to do them in 2 months' time. I haven't :rolleyes: not yet, anyway. I too have Lister Elements. My boys have a decent amount of feather (one IDx something and one Welsh x Tb x shire) but we're not talking full on shire / gypsy cob proportions. I've had them about 4 years and either the battery is starting to not fully recharge or the motor is starting to give up but they're not as good as they were. They've worked fairly hard though - I've even done bib clips at the start of winter before they get properly clipped and come in overnight - so I'm still pretty happy with them. I buy a new blade every year which is about £12.
 
I use Liveryman Red Rocket Clippers on the bulk of my boys feathers and then tidy up with the Liveryman Element Trimmers. Work great on his legs as he can grow some quite substantial feathering (but don't tell him that, he's convinced he's a TB!)
 
I take as much off as possible with scissors, and then use the Liveryman classic trimmers. They do a really nice job and my young mare, who I had to have sedated for clipping last year, will now let me use them on her legs, face and poll. They have a long battery charge and are nice and quiet.
 
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