TIL my clipper cord almost cost me a client

I was doing a skin fade on a regular last Tuesday, right at the back of the neck. My main clipper cord got caught on the chair arm and yanked the plug halfway out of the wall. The motor went weak and left a clear, jagged line about an inch long. I froze for a second, then just said 'my bad, that's on me' and switched to my cordless trimmer to blend it out. It took an extra ten minutes to fix, but he was cool about it. Has anyone else had a close call with corded tools that made you switch to cordless for certain cuts?

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sanchez.mary1mo ago

What made you decide to keep the corded clippers at all instead of going fully cordless?

nguyen.blake1mo ago

Man, that's a classic cord mishap for sure. Gotta say though, switching to the cordless trimmer to fix a corded clipper line is a solid save, but it's not really the same tool for the main job. The motor power and blade action are totally different, so blending it out must have been a real puzzle. That near-miss is exactly why my corded clippers are strictly for bulk removal now, and anything near the finish line gets the cordless treatment.

sean_green441mo ago

Honestly my buddy had a worse one with his corded shear. He was doing a scissor over comb thing and the cord looped around his wrist mid-cut. Yanked his hand down and he took a huge chunk out of this guy's sideburn. Tbh he had to basically reshape the whole side to even it out, went way shorter than planned. Guy was not happy at all. That was the day my friend bought his first cordless everything.