Trimmers

[Deborah51]

Can trimmers used for human hair be used on horses legs or does it need to be horse trimmers (they are very expensive).

[Pixel]

I've got some little battery trimmers. They are proper horse ones but tbh they don't really look any different to human ones. I use them for trimming dhorse's jaw mainly as they aren't powerful enough to do his feathers/mane. His hair is very coarse though, if your horse is more TB type with soft hair on his legs you'll most probably be ok. I would just try a little bit and see, as long as you won't get upset if you ruin the trimmers!
Mind you, if you are only talking about trimmers they aren't actually that expensive, I only paid about £20 for mine at a show. It's the bigger clippers that cost the money.

[Deborah51]

Many thanks, his feathers are very fine and silky so I'll give the cheaper ones a try??

[Butkin]

Horse clippers are more hard wearing and can cope better with coarse horse hair. We bought some Lister clippers (about 280 pounds now) over 8 years ago and they are still going strong. They clip our 4 horses at least twice a year and then we keep them trimmed for showing. We have two sets of blades and get them re-sharpened every year. Huge saving over the years as I don't think cheaper ones would have lasted.

[TeamSteady]

:D My friend trims my cob's beard/chin with her husband's electric shaver!! :D


.....He doesn't know.... ;)

[Deborah51]

Lol that's so funny????????????

[Pixel]

He probably finds a few coarse hairs and assumes she's been shaving her legs .