Sharpening hair clippers

Lee Nowell · 2020-06-21T12:25:27+00:00

Hi all,I have had a set of hair clippers for years but hardly ever used them. In the current lockdown I dug them out but they struggle to cut any hair at all despite the blades seemingly working ok. After a bit of searching I found some videos saying you sharpen them by rubbing the flat surface on a sharpening stone. Unfortunately this didn't seem to do the trick either. Given the blades seem to vibrate horizontally, I would have thought that to sharpen them you would have to make the sides of the "fingers" of the blades sharp rather than the front edge.Anyone have any experience of doing this or an idea about what else I could try?thanksLee.

Jun 21, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 21 Replies

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AnthonyL 6 years ago

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£2.99 and I'm fairly sure it was offered by Boots (on-line) as I recall that it came in packaging about the size of a shoe box!

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PeterC 6 years ago

This was about 4 - 5 years ago and only expensive stuff was on the shelf - if there'd been the Wahl at that sort of price I would've got that. Another use for JBO is on F-connecors. All the makes that I've used have a very thin annulus that tends to break. A smear of oil on the flange (and on the thread) makes it a lot easier to fit.

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