What do y’all do with broken blades?

[nao89]

@mstar19 Keep them all in a drawer together to be dealt with… eventually

 

[amethyst86purple]

@mstar19 They sit in a drawer for years until I throw them away

 

[dosto]

@mstar19 Sometimes our sharpener has an extra of which we piece is broken and fixes it $20-30 to repair is better than $50-60 to replace

 

[kristen777]

@mstar19 If it's a #30 for guard combs, I just keep using them. Blades aren't cheap

 

[liquidius]

@mstar19 Some girls at my salon will use it under guard combs but I think it’s best to just toss it, I find once something breaks be it a tooth or what have you it just doesn’t cut right. Curious tho how did it break? You just drop them or a dog kicked them out of your hands?

 

[mstar19]

@liquidius I dropped it I literally ordered a cushion mat that same day to go into my station and it slipped out of my hands when I was sliding it off and broke the blade tooth AND my #2 comb guard with it on the concrete floor. I ordered replacements for them both and thanked the stars it was at the end of the haircut I’m gonna ask my sharpener if he has replacement parts or if he’ll recycle it for me since it seems like such a waste of good steel.

 

[steves1980]

@mstar19 Make a picture frame for your dogs

 

[%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6]

@mstar19 If it's a 10, 15, or 30 and there are only one or two teeth broken, I'll use them under longer clip combs until they're dull and then give them to my sharpener for parts.

 

[rickt65]

@%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6 This can still injure a dog. You should never use a broken blade

 

[%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6]

@rickt65 Hey, have you met skip tooths?

 

[rickt65]

@%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6 Yes. Broken blades are still dangerous

 

[%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6]

@rickt65 Hence why I use them under clip combs.

 

[rickt65]

@%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6 Still dangerous

 

[%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6]

@rickt65 Welcome to dog grooming.

 

[rickt65]

@%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6 What, so we're doing things we know are dangerous and could be avoided just for the sake of it? There is literally a safe option that you're refusing to use

 

[%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6]

@rickt65 I was trained by PetSmart which had the highest safety standards in the industry and we were allowed to use broken blades with one or two teeth missing under a guard comb because it doesn't have any chance to touch the skin unless you're being an idiot.

 

[porthospathos]

@%E2%98%A6marius%E2%98%A6 They've since changed their policies. Policy is to never use broken blades.