Blades
Identifying Which Blades Fit your Clipper
Find the make and model of your clipper to identify which blades are compatible.
Click here to view our table then click on the 'yes' to be re-directed to the category that will contain the blades compatible with your clipper.
What grade of blade should I use to clip with?
As a general rule, we recommend the following grades for the clipping conditions listed below. For information about the cutting lengths of specific blades, please refer to the table:
Extra Coarse
- Clipping dirty cattle
- Clipping through thick coats eg horses with chushing's
Coarse
- Clipping cattle
- Tough clipping conditions with horses eg cushings
- Clipping feathers
Medium
- The first clip of the season
- Clipping pink skinned horses
- Clipping naturally thick/coarse coated horses
Fine
- Subsequent clips after the first clip of the season
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Summer clipping
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To produce a close finish
Close/Extra Fine
- clipping fine coated horses to produce a very close finish.
Surgical
- suitable for pre-op preparations; they are recommended for veterinary use only.
Covercote (Lister Only)
- Suitable for producing a natural, tidy look.
- This specialist blade is ideal for clipping show horses in the Autumn prior to HOYS.
Wizard (Lister Only)
- Suitable for shearing and dagging small flocks (up to 10 sheep)
Please Note: Although the cutting lengths of some medium and coarse blades are the same, coarse blades are designed to cope with thicker hair.
Blade |
Cutting Length |
Lister | |
Plastic socket medium (A2) | 2.5mm |
Plastic socket fine (A2F) | 1.4mm |
Plastic socket close/extra fine (A2C) | 1.2mm |
Plastic socket surgical (A2S) | 1mm |
Metal socket coarse | 2.5mm (designed for coarser coats) |
Metal socket medium | 2.5mm |
Metal socket fine | 1.4mm |
Metal socket covercote | 5mm |
Hog/Dog | 13/19mm |
Wizard | Sharing Sheep |
Liveryman Lister-fit fine (A2M) | ~ 1.2mm |
Liveryman Lister-fit medium (A2F) | ~ 2.5mm |
Liveryman/Wolseley | |
Liveryman medium (A2) | ~2.3mm |
Liveryman fine (A22) | ~1.2mm |
Liscop (also fits Liveryman & Wolseley) | |
Extra Coarse (A7) | 3mm |
Coarse (A6) | 3mm |
Medium (A2) | 3mm |
Fine (A22) | 1mm |
Kerbl Liveryman/Wolseley/Liscop Fit | |
Very Fine | 0.5mm |
Standard | 3mm |
Kerbl Heiniger Fit | |
Coarse (23-21) | 3-4 mm |
Standard (15-31) | 2-3mm |
Fine (15-31F) | 1-2mm |
Very Fine (23-31) | ~ 1mm |
Heiniger | |
Coarse (23-21) | 3-4 mm |
Standard (15-31) | 2-3mm |
Fine (15-31F) | 1-2mm |
Very Fine (23-31) | ~ 1mm |
Hauptner | |
Coarse | 3mm |
Standard | 2-3mm |
Fine | 1mm |
Very Fine | >1mm |