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Lost a $300 clipper blade during a house call last Saturday
I had a mobile appointment in Brooklyn and between packing up I must have dropped my Wahl fade blade somewhere on the sidewalk - anyone else had trouble keeping track of small tools when you're working outside your shop?
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felix4882mo ago
Man I dropped a $200 trimmer attachment in a customer's backyard last summer and didn't find it until three weeks later when they texted me a photo of it rusting under their porch. Maybe it's just me but sidewalk grates and tall grass seem to have a magnetic pull for expensive clipper blades. At least your loss funded somebody's lucky day with a free premium fade blade.
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lilyt902mo ago
Three weeks is actually impressive it didn't get mowed over or sucked into a lawn vac. My buddy lost a Wahl Magic Clip blade in a leaf pile once and didn't find it until spring when he was cleaning up the garden. The rust was so bad the teeth looked like they had melted together. At least that blade was only 40 bucks not 200 so congrats on getting yours back even if it was a little worse for wear.
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the_diana2mo ago
someone dropped a $200 trimmer attachment in a customer's backyard" - that's exactly what I was thinking. Nobody's mentioned the customer's side of this. If they found that blade, they probably don't know it's worth anything. It's just a weird metal thing to them. They might toss it in a drawer or throw it out thinking it's junk. Or if they do figure out it's expensive, they might not bother reaching out. People move on with their lives. Your blade is gone either way.
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