What do y’all do with broken blades?

[mstar19]

I broke a tooth on my 30 blade today and I wanna know what y’all do with em when they’re broken!

 

[cigartigher]

@mstar19 I give them to my sharpener to recycle

 

[mstar19]

@cigartigher Oh perfect! I’m seeing mine this weekend I’ll have to ask him if he does that! I would hate for all the steel to go to waste thank you!!!

 

[cathya]

@mstar19 I save mine. Eventually I will get a broken blade / good cutter and broken cutter/good blade. Then I have one new blade!

 

[7bjoern7]

@mstar19 you can keep the cutter for back up

 

[mstar19]

@7bjoern7 Will do! The cutter is fine it’s the blade comb that lost some teeth I just didn’t want all the steel to go to waste!

 

[7bjoern7]

@mstar19 unfortunately they all break so easily - especially the 30s it seems!

 

[futuretrainee]

@mstar19 I trash mine

 

[mstar19]

@futuretrainee Damn I was thinking the same but I feel bad you’d think since they’re steel they’d have a way to recycle them

 

[futuretrainee]

@mstar19 It also depends on which set of teeth break. The movable part can be replaced

 

[mstar19]

@futuretrainee Yeah this is the actually comb part that broke otherwise I would’ve replaced it! Thanks though

 

[futuretrainee]

@mstar19 Only other think I can think of is maybe a welding artist? Or blacksmith? I know there are some blacksmiths that make knives from old truck coils

 

[mstar19]

@futuretrainee I have a couple of friends who do metal work so I’ll ask them if my sharpener doesn’t recycle them

 

[synergist]

@mstar19 Keep them, you can switch out the actual cutting blade on a dull one.

 

[1nttoservejesus]

@mstar19 If I have to send my clippers in for a repair I include a broken blade and they replace it with a new one. I use the andis pulse zr 2. Everyone in my salon also uses them and does the same. They’ve replaced the broken blade with a new one every time.

 

[mstar19]

@1nttoservejesus Oh maybe one day I’ll get a pair of them! I want a cordless pair so bad but I just started my shop so it’s not in the budget yet haha good to know though!

 

[liquidius]

@mstar19 Wait for an expo, I got mine on sale and they threw in a free pair of vida’s too, cost me 400$

 

[mstar19]

@liquidius Oooh will do!

 

[imagebeastmarkbeast]

@mstar19 I have cut a dog with a 2cc on the 30. I will never use a broken blade. One broken tooth? Trash. It’s not that expensive to purchase a new one imho. It’s the price of doing business.

 

[mstar19]

@imagebeastmarkbeast Oh I know I already ordered a new one and hav back ups I just didn’t know if you can recycle them since it seemed like a waste of good steel to throw them away. Some people suggested giving them to my sharpener to see if he recycles them!