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15 October 2007

What do you call this hair cutting instrument? (Youtube) [More:]

At about 5:30 (yeah I know, it's long - there's lots and lots and lots of hair combing...), the stylist starts using some kind of blade that wisps/thins the ends of the hair. I want to cut my hair myself in this style (it looks like fun and I hate going to the salon) but I don't know what the blade is called, so I don't know how to search for it. Is it some kind of thinning shears?
I got bored by all the combing, so instead I found this page -- maybe it's on there somewhere?
posted by JanetLand 15 October | 09:29
Yeah, tell me about it. I just let it load in the background. See, I can't tell if it's shears or some kind of blade, but in the comments someone calls it a blade. So I don't know. I don't think it's on that page you linked to, but maybe it is!
posted by iconomy 15 October | 09:31
I can't get the clip to play, but it sounds like it may be a haircutting razor. Does it look like this?
posted by jrossi4r 15 October | 09:35
*waiting for it to load*
i'm about ready to cut my ridiculously long hair, too.
i had a straight razor with a guard like in jrossi's link but somoene got freaked by it's striaght razorness and did something to it ages ago.
i'm not sure what to do with my hair excpet dehippify it. Inspired by small ruminants blond but not willing to do anything with much upkeep involved right now.

i see it. it's a double sided razor comb. i don't know if that's the name but it's a comb guard on a double sided razor. Pretty much like a straight razor with a guard.
posted by ethylene 15 October | 09:43
Yes, that's it, jrossi and eth - thanks! Razor comb!
posted by iconomy 15 October | 10:13
I bought a cheapo one at Amazon to see if I can do it and be all coordinated and not end up looking like Susan Powter.
posted by iconomy 15 October | 10:34
Good luck, ico! I've had really good razor cuts and ones that made my hair look kind of fuzzy. (But that's probably more my hair's fault. I have very fine hair, but lots and lots of it, so it can be hard to style.)

Let us know how it turns out.
posted by jrossi4r 15 October | 10:41
ico, be careful. I've also had really good razor cuts and really bad razor cuts. My hair is so short that it doesn't really matter, though.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 15 October | 11:18
I've only had bad razor cuts (I have fine thin whispy blah hair) so much so that when I see that dang comb with razor thing in any given salon I'll freak out and leave. Some hair should never meet that comb, and few people know how to use it.
posted by dabitch 15 October | 15:16
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