Onalee
Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:55:04 -0700
We use the bypass type - I've never tried the anvil type on hoofs, but I'm sure they would probably work, too. YES they MAY mess up your good trimmers - at least they have using them on my sheep - by springing them (those hooves are very TUFF sometimes!). I usually use my old pruners for the sheep and keep 'passing them down' each time I replace the ones I use on my plants. Onalee In a message dated 4/16/2005 10:44:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When using garden pruners as hoof trimmers... do you use the anvil kind? or the by-pass? The anvil kind is used in the garden for dead wood... and cuts flat....one sharp blade. The by-pass kind is for green/new growth (in the garden) & works more like scissors, two sharp blades passing by each other. I have both kinds... Fiskars... should I buy a pair just for hoof trimming? (will hoof trimming "ruin" my nice pruners?) Thanks! Diane _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info