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Just found out most clipper blades come factory-dull and need 3-4 passes on a stone to actually cut right
I was at a barber expo in Denver last spring, and this old-school sharpener dude grabbed my clippers mid-cut. He ran the blade on a honing stone for like 30 seconds and suddenly it sliced through hair like butter. I had been fighting with split ends and skin irritation on clients for almost a year, thinking it was my technique. He said 9 out of 10 new blades are ground too flat from the factory. Who else has had that "aha" moment with a basic tool you thought you knew?
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