How Many Times Can I Get A Clipper Blade Sharpened

Hello, groomers This is Jessie with Sharp Edges in Oklahoma and today I wanted to talk about how many times you can get a Clipper blade sharpened. Well, that's going to depend on two major factors: Number one is blade care - and what I mean by blade care is oiling and cleaning your blade and whether you're only shaving clean dogs or if you're doing a lot of pre-shave downs on dirty dogs. Doing a lot of pre-shave downs on dirty dogs will dull your blades faster and cause more damage on the edge which means that more metal has to be removed to get to a fresh Edge also not only in your blade will cause excess heat and friction which will add more wear to the edge which will cause more metal to have to be removed to get to a fresh edge. Obviously, in a perfect world, you would only either you'd oil and clean your blades regularly and could only save clean dogs. Of course, your blades would last a lot longer than that way you go a lot longer between sharpenings and you'll get a lot more sharpenings out of the blade the other major factor in determining how many times you can get your Clipper blade sharpened is your sharpener a properly trained sharpener with the right equipment will remove the least amount of metal necessary to get to a fresh Edge and will properly tension the blades when they're reassembled an improperly trained Sharpener without the rod equipment may remove too much metal and may not be able to properly reassemble the blades with proper tension both things will cause excess wear on your blades so when you get your blades they will start out with a nice crisp rail like the one here on back and the one here in front these are where the two parts of the blade rubbed together and every time you sharpen the blade a little bit of that is removed Until you get down to a blade like this that's well past retirement age and you can see that that rail has been completely worn down this blade needs to be retired on average you can get between 15 and 25 sharpenings out of a blade just depending on your blade care and your sharpener I hope this helps.