Bad Hair Day
Figure 1: Standard hair cutting tools
Please note figure 1, where marked B is a standard electric hair clipper. This is an electrical device with small reciprocating blades intended to easily shear off unwanted hair. Importantly, because many people wish to control the amount of hair remaining after shear, and lack the precision of movement required to maintain equal distance between the clippers and scalp while completing the shearing maneuver, another set of tools — available in various sizes — are typically employed. An example of this tool — which we shall call a clipper gaurd — is shown in figure 1, marked A. This particular example is a #4 standard size guard. Typically, the shearer (or barber, if you wish) would attach this guard over the cutting element of the clipper prior to performing the shearing. It is very important to follow this procedure in the proper order. Should one forgot to attach the guard and proceed straight to shearing without realizing it, an undesired result such as that shown in figure 2 may occur.
Figure 2: What can happen to you, if you fail to observe proper electric clipper procedure.
Oops! That’s gonna take a while to grow I think….
