Just realized I've been holding my clippers wrong for three years

I was watching a video from a barber in Miami, and he kept his thumb on the side of the clipper body, not the back. I mean, I've always gripped it like a hammer. Tried his way on a skin fade yesterday and the control was way smoother, less strain on my wrist. Has anyone else had a basic grip technique they had to unlearn?

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betty_fisher52mo ago

Gripping a torque wrench wrong can mess up your whole job.

lucas9722mo ago

Thought the same thing about my chef's knife. Always choked up on the handle for more power. Watched a pro use a pinch grip on the blade itself. Lets the knife do the work and gives you way better control for fine cuts. Totally changed how I prep vegetables now.

fiona_nelson5113d ago

Wait, @lucas972, isn't choking up on the handle actually safer for people like me who don't have perfect knife skills? I feel like pinching the blade puts my fingers way too close to the cutting edge.