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mason_ward•3d ago

Guy in my chair for 15 minutes, then told me his last barber did the fade freehand with no guard

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sage52•5d ago

Blew $340 on a Wahl Senior cordless that rattles at the pivot, warn me next time

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grantthomas•6d ago

Unpopular opinion: I started washing my clippers with a toothbrush and it made a bigger difference than new blades

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brookepark•8d ago

Heard a barber at the shop down the street say he never uses clipper guards past a 3, just freehands everything

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richard_shah•8d ago

Thought I needed a foil shaver for bald fades, turns out my clipper technique was the real mess

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the_cora•9d ago

The clipper guard slipped mid fade and I almost panicked, here is what saved me

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jennifer_singh•12d ago

Cut my 1,000th head at the shop on 5th Street and the guy had no idea

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cora400•12d ago

A rep at the supply house swore cordless clippers beat corded, and I think that's backwards

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nora535•12d ago

Vent: Blew $210 on a "professional" clipper sharpening service and my Wahl seniors cut worse than before

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gibson.sean•12d ago

Thought the hot towel thing was just for show until a guy with a beard like steel wool sat in my chair

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charlie_roberts87•19d ago

My old boss at the shop on 5th swore by cutting bald fades with a 1 guard then going down. Two barbers there do it his way, I switched to starting at 0.5 and got a totally different result. Which way is actually right?

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the_derek•20d ago

Stood in a shop in Tulsa with 6 chairs and not one of them had a can of clipper spray out

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faithbaker•20d ago

Hot take: I stopped using clippers on the sides for a taper and my fades got cleaner in 2 weeks

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finley_lopez98•21d ago

Appreciation post: the Tuesday in March when 9 walk-ins turned into my best day behind the chair

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matthew_wilson46•22d ago

Old barber at my shop in Akron told me to stop brushing my neck strips flat, and he was right

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