Those with Heineger Clippers....

[Stenners]

Do you all get your blades sharpened or just buy a new set?

Also what blades do you all clip with? Standard, Coarse or Fine?

I have a Connie X and her hair grows back quickly so I'm tempted to go with fine but don't want to scalp her!

 

[NinjaPony]

I get mine sharpened every two clips as my Welsh is a scurfy yeti who wrecks blades. I use medium, leaves him looking very smart but not bald.

 

[webble]

Mine have been sharpened several times and done full lips on a v hairy coloured

 

[Tiddlypom]

Crikey, don’t chuck away blunt blades, that‘s what sharpening services are for. Decent blades like Heinigers can be sharpened many, many times.

Fine blades leave the horse bald. Personally I use coarse blades which leave the horse much more comfortable, but not scalped.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Do you all get your blades sharpened or just buy a new set?

Also what blades do you all clip with? Standard, Coarse or Fine?

I have a Connie X and her hair grows back quickly so I'm tempted to go with fine but don't want to scalp her!

I sharpen them and I have 3 sets I actually prefer the old style ones over the new type, it varies how many clips I get out of each set, they do wear out like all blades but they last a good while mine are standard.

There are some cheap copies of heiniger blades I wouldn't entertain those the proper ones are far superior.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Crikey, don’t check away blunt blades, that‘s what sharpening services are for. Decent blades like Heinigers can be sharpened many, many times.

Fine blades leave the horse bald. Personally I use coarse blades which leave the horse much more comfortable, but not scalped.

Agree about fine blades I did my Arab's with them once and they looked weird

 

[Tiddlypom]

Agree about fine blades I did my Arab's with them once and they looked weird

My poor mostly white coloured mare looked like a plucked chicken when I accidentally clipped her with some 1.0mm fine blades that I didn’t know I had . The vet saw her not long after and roared with laughter. It was a late clip, too, so it took months to grow out .

 

[Squeak]

Another who gets the blades sharpened and I'm pretty sure they're a medium.

 

[Cowpony]

Yes, medium blades and I get them sharpened. I bought my clippers with 2 sets of blades, but didn't realise one set was fine. My mainly white coloured did not look good after I'd used them! I bought an extra set of medium, just in case one set goes blunt mid clip

 

[AdorableAlice]

Mine have been sharpened a lot, I clip every 2 weeks all year round. Fine and medium blades, yet to have a set that have given up on me.

 

[minesadouble]

I have Heineger Xplorers with medium blades and I feel they leave too much coat on. I'm definitely going to invest in some fine blades for mine.

 

[mavandkaz]

I get my blades sharpened once a year (they then do about 10 clips before sharpening again, although have gone longer)
I tend to use medium blades on the cob whilst she's in proper winter Woolies, but do use fine on her too.
The tb always gets done with fine blades, I don't find its that close a clip compared to others I've seen.
Love my heinegers, wouldn't use anything else.

 

[Stenners]

I have Heineger Xplorers with medium blades and I feel they leave too much coat on. I'm definitely going to invest in some fine blades for mine.

These are the ones I have too.

 

[Gloi]

I have the coarse blades and they have been sharpened several times. They are the only one that will get through the yak coat.

 

[Greylegs]

I have three sets of blades and two sets on clippers ... replaced my H. Delta clippers (with wire - excellent clippers) with a set of Xplores last year (battery - also excellent). I have a very hairy highland and a not quite so hairy Irish cob type and get my blades sharpened after I've done a full clip with them. They have now been sharpened several times and are still going strong.