How To Thin The Mane With Thinning Scissors

In this video I'll show you how I thin a mane with thinning scissors rather than pulling it. This is a great method if you don't like to pull horses mane or if you have a horse that doesn't like it's mane being pulled.
I love this method - it's quick, it's easy, it's painless for both horse and human.
No matter whether you use scissors or pull to thin a mane, the hair is going to grow back. It's a bit like waxing or shaving for us - but the difference is that with a horses mane, it's not the first bit of regrowth that's the problem. The regrowth of the hair from being a couple of centimetres long, to the full length of the mane is when it's a problem if you're plaiting. And whether you pull or cut like this you'll still have the same issue.
So I like to use this method as I believe it's kinder.

[@amandafrench8047]

Smashing thank you for this. Am gonni git some thinning scissors :)

[@kathrynkneeland7179]

Thank you!!! That was a big help. I’m from Fl in the US, how do I get your products? Please keep making grooming videos. I have a horse with metabolic syndrome. She has to be shaved to keep her cool. I have found ways to keep her skin hair and hooves healthy in spite of her condition. She looks amazing. Any tips to help my horse would be great. I will never give up on my beautiful sweet horse.

[@giriberenstein1661]

Thanks for the video! If you need to thin AND shorten, which would you do first?

[@EquineG]

I feel like you'd thin it first considering itd be easier to know what itd look like etc

[@hermionegranger1002]

Where did you get the scissor from? Just asking because I have a horse with the same situation. Also when you have it that length can you still braid it for shows?

[@nagstoriches]

Hi, you can buy them from my website here nagstoriches.com.au/product/ntr-thinning-scissors/?v=6cc98ba2045f
Personally I prefer it shorter for plaiting for shows. If you check out my video on how to shorten a mane you can see how I then shorten a mane without pulling it and also the length that I like to have it - ua-cam.com/video/S6gfnWzsJy8/v-deo.html

[@aoifetravers95]

This works so well!

[@JavierBonillaC]

I guess that works if you don't braid. If you braid you will heva a lot of short hairs the next time, won't you?

[@nagstoriches]

Javier Bonilla if your horses mane is too thick then no matter which way you thin it, as it grows back you’ll end up with hairs of different lengths.
You get a very similar result to pulling though I like this better as it doesn’t hurt the horse, is faster but also I love that I can control where I remove the hair, so I can control where it grows back. With pulling you pull the longest hairs which may be on the top when the mane lies flat. By cutting with thinning scissors you can take hair from the underneath 3/4 of hair, so you always have long hair over the top to help hold in the shorter hairs as they grow back eventually.
Those tools that you drag through the mane are the worst, you end up with different length pieces of hair straight away.

[@JavierBonillaC]

@@nagstoriches That makes sense, thank you.

[@audreygoforth2892]

@@nagstoriches when it grows out well it make the top line hair stick up?

[@nagstoriches]

@@audreygoforth2892 generally not. By only trimming hair from the underneath part of the mane, the longer hairs on top tend to hold the shorter hairs down. Though it would depend how much thinning you do. If the mane only needs to be thinned a little bit then it's pretty unlikely that you'll have an issue with the hair regrowing. But if you thin out half the thickness of the mane then you may do. Though it's more likely that you'll just have the regrowing hairs showing through the long hairs rather than them actually pushing the long hairs to stick up as well.

[@audreygoforth2892]

@@nagstoriches thank you for your U tube and your reply.