Pro tip: check your clipper gap before every single cut

Went to a shop in Austin last week and watched a barber burn a client's fade because his blade gap was way off, took 20 extra minutes to fix it. I started checking mine with a coin every morning and it's cut my redo rate down to almost zero. Anyone else had a close call that made you add a new step to your setup routine?

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the_beth12d ago

Stop sleeping on the gap check until you watch a fade turn into a patchwork mess. I had a clipper jump mid-neck once, left a bald strip that looked like a landing strip. Now I run a coin through the blades before every client, takes five seconds. That barber in Austin must've felt like an idiot, but honestly we've all been there. It's the cheapest insurance you can buy, trust me.