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Shearing machine handset
(information applies only to handset for shearing machine). clippers with a nickel plated cast iron body; the bulk of the body is covered with thick leather stitched with string across the top; at the back there is a hinged linkage, covered with a 'hood' of thick leather, allowing the clippers to be connected to a flexible drive shaft; the removable cutting comb has the end of an outside tooth broken off; there are two three pointed blades, one on top of the other, held against the comb