Shears are tools used primarily to shear sheep to get wool and mine a few types of blocks. Novice-level Shepherd villagers have a 40% chance to sell shears for 2 emeralds in Java Edition, and the trade is always offered in Bedrock Edition. Despite using iron in its crafting recipe, shears cannot be smelted into iron nuggets. Shearing is the most efficient way to get wool from a sheep.