[Jacob-list] Lister Sheers

[Linda Bjarkman]

What? I don't think that a good Jacob fleece should be denser than a commercial bred 
sheep.  Jacobs are much more open coated than something like a Suffolk or 
Corriedale.

I sheared my sheep for 10 years with Fiskars and anything that I couldn't get a pair 
of Fiskars into, I felt was way too dense for my idea of a Jacob.  I did eventually 
buy some Oster Shears, but I'm just not very good with electric shears.  For the 
last two years we have had a shearer come and shear and I have to say that is sure 
an easy way to get the shearing done!

Linda

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 15:06:04 -0700 (PDT), Abigail Brown wrote:
>Hello All,
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>3) Because the Jacob fleece is more dense than commercial bred sheep does this
>lighter weight sheer handle the Jacob fleece w/ ease?