These simple sheep
shearing devices date back a very long way and even to the biblical
times. These sheep shearing blades or “tongs” as
the old blokes used to call them are very collectable.
The one piece models that were made before mechanisation are
the most sought after.
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A Salon, Algerian
Shear possibly 300 Years old. This shear is 450mm long
and 150 across. Very similar to the blade in the Dangar
Gedye Book, 1938. |
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This sheep shearing blade
is a one piece possibly as early as 1860. The inscription
reads Murray & Darling Shear. It is made by I. H.
Sorby. |
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