Shears

Shears are a tool.

Trading
Shepherd villagers sell shears for 3–4 emeralds as part of their initial tier trades.

Usage
Shears are the most efficient way to get wool from sheep, producing 1-3 wool blocks (as opposed to killing a sheep which produces only 1 wool block).

Shears can also be used to harvest cobweb, leaves, tall grass, ferns (both normal and 2-high), dead bushes and vines. Also, leaves harvested by shears do not decay. If leaves are sheared with shears, they will not drop saplings, unlike using a tool with a Silk Touch enchantment on leaves, which will occasionally drop saplings.

Shearing a mooshroom drops 5 red mushrooms and turns it into a normal cow.

Shearing a tripwire connected to tripwire hooks doesn't trigger them.

In Pocket Edition, shearing a snow golem will remove its pumpkin.

Enchantments
Shears can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil.


 * Efficiency
 * Unbreaking
 * Mending

Speed and durability
The following table shows various things about shears. Colors indicate what will be dropped when the block is broken:


 * White: The original block.
 * Blue: The Block's normal drop (i.e. string, sticks, seeds, sapling, apple).
 * Red: Nothing.