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Remember when we all used to fight with those thick necklines?
Back in my first shop in Tacoma, around 2008, we'd just go straight at it with clippers and hope for the best. The line was always a bit soft or choppy. After maybe a hundred bad fades, I tried holding my trimmer at a 45 degree angle and using the corner of the blade, not the flat part, to define the initial line. It sounds small, but it gave me a much sharper guide to work from. I could then flick out from that line with way more control. Has anyone else found a specific hand angle that made a tough spot click for them?
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the_nina3mo ago
Ever try going almost vertical with your wrist for that spot right behind the ear? I was fighting a rounded hairline there forever until I stopped trying to keep my hand flat against the head. Lifting my elbow and pointing the blade down more let me get right into that curve without digging in. It felt wrong at first, but it totally changed how clean I could get that tricky corner.
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abby_king221mo ago
and on that note behind the ear spot, @the_nina you're totally right about lifting the elbow. thing is, i found another angle that nobody ever talks about - tilting my whole clipper hand backwards like i'm pouring a drink. i keep my wrist locked and just lean the tool back maybe 15 degrees while going up the neck. it makes the blade hit the hair at a different angle that somehow skips right over the line without cutting into it, so i can see exactly where my blend needs to start. trying to level the clipper face with the head was always making me second guess myself, but that little backward tilt got rid of the hesitation for me.
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