How many clips from blades?

[canteron]

I forgot to send my blades off to be sharpened.
They have done one trace clip and a few bridle paths - and oiled before storing.
How many times can you clip from a set of blades and should I be ok to clip this year with these blades?

 

[Surbie]

Mine would be - I get about 8 clips out of mine and my horse is a yak.

I lower the amount of times I use them before sharpening if I'm not able to wash before clipping.

 

[myheartinahoofbeat]

This is a great question as it's one I want answered too

 

[Barton Bounty]

I have had 8 years out mine never had them sharpened i only clip once a year though

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

You'll be grand. I can get 12 good clips and 7 or 8 meh clips out of a set on the tb's. I clip everything off bar half head and legs.

 

[Lamehorses]

It looks depends on how clean the animal is / how thick the coat is.
My hairy cob, never washed but well groomed I get about 4 full clips from a set.
Previously clipping a much finer / cleaner connie it would be at least double that

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

My friends fell is a hairy bugger and blunts blades fairly quickly with his thick fur. Probably only last 5/6 clips doing mine too with same set.

 

[nikkimariet]

I do 2 maybe 3 full clips on super fine blades before getting them sharpened.

 

[Fransurrey]

I do about 5-6 clips per year in Irish pattern on a very hairy cob. I'd say three of those are after a proper bath, the other three hot cloth. I get them sharpened once a year in Feb or so, as the last clip is normally a bit tufty.