[QUOTE=Medbury Gardens;677043]:))[/QUOTE]
Not many here know you are a sheep shearing champion.:yes:

Worth

Medbury,

When I look at Medbury on Google Earth I see some pretty extensive tree plantations in your area. What kind of trees are they?

[QUOTE=Worth1;677053]Not many here know you are a sheep shearing champion.:yes:

Worth[/QUOTE]

Dont know about a champion so much. But this is me shearing using my redesigned tool.[url]http://www.watsonmultishears.co.nz/[/url] Learned my trade using these [URL]http://www.laurelleaffarm.com/item-pages/antique-tools/antique-vintage-farm-primitive-tool-old-sheep-shears-for-hand-shearing-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-s9840.htm[/URL]

[QUOTE=Fred Hempel;677062]Medbury,

When I look at Medbury on Google Earth I see some pretty extensive tree plantations in your area. What kind of trees are they?[/QUOTE]

They are the Monterey pine which do amazingly well here, 25 - 30 years for a mill-able log. Just a cheap fast growing tree that requires chemical preserving treatment. Finding nowadays other tree species are becoming more common, i really like the Redwood or sequoia, amazing tree that again does well in the more wetter areas of NZ.

[QUOTE=Worth1;677053]Not many here know you are a sheep shearing champion.:yes:

Worth[/QUOTE]

If you think about it, sounds rather corny, "i'm a sheep shearer from New Zealand"

And to think, I get nervous about nicking my husband's ear with the clippers! Amazing and beautiful work with those clippers of yours!!

What a cool video. 8-) After the first bit of wiggling the sheep just settled right into "Spa Day" mode. Ahhhh what a lovely clipping. :lol:

[QUOTE=MdTNGrdner;677085]And to think, I get nervous about nicking my husband's ear with the clippers! Amazing and beautiful work with those clippers of yours!![/QUOTE]

Thanks Bee 8-)

[QUOTE=bower;677090]What a cool video. 8-) After the first bit of wiggling the sheep just settled right into "Spa Day" mode. Ahhhh what a lovely clipping. :lol:[/QUOTE]

A lot less stressful for the sheep because there's no noise from a machine which gets rather hot as well. I learnt both forms of shearing, the machine shearing is much harder work because the sheep fight more.