It’s also a great choice if you’re new to horse clipping techniques. Mistakes are easier to correct at the end of clipping with this blade as you have more length of hair left to work with. It’s a wise choice of blade to use on the horse’s legs, as it leaves the hair long enough to provide some protection. It’s often used for body clipping and many clippers come with a free #10 blade with the original purchase. #10 - Course Cut: This blade size leaves hair the longest. As a general rule, the blades are numbered in the same way too. Sizes are fairly standard across all manufacturers. Your choice of blade will depend on what you want to accomplish when clipping your horse. The higher the number on the blade, the shorter the hair will be. It has two wings that stick up and ultimately wrap around the hinge to help hold the blade tight on the clipper. The last piece is called the socket, which fits over the hinge and has the screws in it to hold the whole thing together.The spring, with the proper tension, applies pressure on the cutter blade against the comb.This guide fits into the groove on the top of the cutter blade and keeps metal from rubbing against metal. The first is called the spring, which has a plastic piece fitted over the front edge called the blade guide.This is the one that moves quickly back and forth.Ī couple of different pieces are used to hold these blades together:
This time of year the horses are growing coats like crazy, dark color should be at its peak, and generally, it's pretty safe to use a 30 on most horses at this time when showing. Towards the end of show season, for example, the Nationals and the World show, (think, fall) almost all the horses I clip can be done in a size 30 blade all over.
Stripping the color off too close too early in the year (late winter/early spring) will only make it harder for the hair to grow back with luster and color, from my experience.ĭarker horses like Roans, blacks, dark buckskins, chestnut, and even pintos can be done also with a size 10, however, a ShowEdge #30 or UltraEdge or CeramicEdge #30 is also a good choice for these colors. I always make sure my first clip of the year is also with a 10, regardless of color. "Loaded question! Every horse's hair coat, color, and even growth rate is different! In general, I tend to clip lighter color (think palomino, cremello/perlino, light colored buckskins, white, etc) with a longer length blade such as an Andis ShowEdge #10 or T10, or the Andis UltraEdge or CeramicEdge size #10 or #15. Answer from professional horse groomer: Brooke The Clipper Girl
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