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Story: Shearing

The Bowen technique

In the 1940s and 1950s Godfrey and Ivan Bowen developed a technique for shearing, using easy rhythmical sweeps of the shearing handpiece. Watch Godfrey demonstrate the technique.

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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga
Reference: Shearing Technique. National Film Unit, 1957

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Des Williams. 'Shearing', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/shearing/2/5