Course blades for clipping?

[Spyda]

I've a dirty great, thick coated horse to clip. He's not lost any of his winter coat and is a traditional cob type. He's sweating into a foam under this neck strap and saddle, and even sweats badly trotting about his paddock - time to clip of the fur.

I've a set of Liveryman Mustang clippers and was thinking of using a course set of blades to clip him, and then maybe going over him in a set of medium if I need to. Is this a good idea or should I just start with the medium blades? I usually clip immaculate TB's and WB's so am not used to the thick, course coat of this type of horse. I bathed him two days ago, so he's as clean as he can be

 

[Thistle]

I used to use cattle blades (think they are A2, standard blades are A0) on an old cushings pony

 

[Spyda]

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I used to use cattle blades (think they are A2, standard blades are A0) on an old cushings pony

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The blades that came with the clippers are A2's. I got them as being Medium blades?

 

[Cahill]

if your clippers are in good order and your blades are sharp,they should tackle any coat.

course,medium and fine refer to the lenght of hair that is left after,fine being a shorter cut.

 

[Spyda]

Ah, so may still be useful to clip the long hair off with course blades and see how he looks.