Sheep Shear Making - Burgon & Ball Ltd (1993)
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Filmed at Burgon & Ball Ltd, La Plata Works, Holme Lane, Sheffield.
The film is part of a series entitled 'Masters of Metalworking' commissioned by Sheffield City Council's Ruskin Gallery working closely with Ken Hawley who is the narrator on this particular film. It was originally released on no.1 of the series of films in 1993.
The film is made available by kind permission of the Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust who now manage some of the city's museums on behalf of the City Council.
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"Whale type oil, enviromentally friendly" Sheffield setting the trend again. Good stuff
The Burgon & Ball No.125 single bow shear commercialized in Argentina and Chile under the name "Bigornia" ( Spanish for double horned anvil) was, and still is, the most sold sheep and horse mane shearing tool in this part of the world for more than a hundred years now, overshadowing many other brands, like Ward, Guy Fawkes, F Herder & Co., Arbolito, Stubai, etc.
I used to walk past the La Plata works every morning and evening on my way to and from Myers Grove school between 1980 and 1985, and I have a pair of Burgon & Ball shears at home for gardening.
After seeing them being made , I’d say you treasure them 👍
I have a small set of the double bows in this video from about 1998 still used for dagging sheep
I wonder if these were a carbon or a stainless blade? You’d think that sheering a soggy fleece would rust a carbon steel in no time at all. But all that oiling suggests it wasn’t stainless.
They’re made from carbon steel, quenched in a “fast” quench oil, such as Park’s 50. Lanolin is a good rust-prevention oil, but regular cleaning and oiling is important for carbon steel tools.
Click go the shears boys. Click, click click
I just had a look at the local farm supply. They had most of the shears shown in this video, and a few additional types.
All from this manufacturer, and the PRICES WERE VERY FAIR !
I expected the prices to be unaffordable, but the prices were relatively inexpensive.
Seriously these are underpriced for something handmade and good quality.
Get one while they are still around with the Made in England stamp, just to look at it if anything lol!
Sadly no more...the smell of the hot oils used to fill the air around Malin Bridge like a pungent sweet bouquet.
The company is still operating in Sheffield in another location manufacturing garden tools.
Went to this factory late 90s or early 20s doing some tree work for them was nice getting shown around when doing the quote, a pair of these shears had been at my grans house since before I was born in the 60s still got them
It’s almost all old guys.
That’s because youngsters can only operate keyboards ! .
It WAS almost all “old” guys. The times, they are a-changin’
Yeah, because they're not too precious to get their hands dirty.
Hello, when was this movie filmed?
Date in the title about 1993
@@KenHawleyCollectionTrust im blind :)) thank you.
@@jardah81 There's a lot of information at the start of the video that doesn't have a voiceover/naration. I'm blind too so my young lad read it for me. If there's anything else you need to know I'm sure if you pop a comment on here someone will help you out.