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Took me 2 years to realize I was holding my clippers wrong
I was in Chicago at a barber expo last spring watching this older guy do a fade. He looked at my hand and said, 'You're choking the neck, man, loosen your grip.' I'd been gripping those clippers like a hammer since barber school. Soon as I relaxed my wrist and let the weight sit in my palm, my lines got way cleaner in one cut. Anybody else have a basic habit they had to unlearn the hard way?
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henrycooper16d ago
Wait, you were holding them like a hammer? I thought barber school taught you to hold them like a pencil from day one.
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lauras8316d ago
Man, that hammer grip is a trap! I used to do the same thing with my straight razor for the longest time, white-knuckling it like I was trying to crush it. It took a buddy of mine calling me out on it to realize I was just forcing the blade instead of letting it glide. Once I softened up my hold, those cuts got way smoother and my hand didn't ache after a long day. Did you notice your fatigue go down too after you changed your grip?
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