Tried a new blade on a client and it went horribly wrong

Honestly, I was cutting a regular at my shop in Austin last Tuesday and decided to try a fresh blade from a brand I hadn't used before. About halfway through his fade, the blade started snagging on his nape and pulled a chunk of hair out. He yelped and I froze, then he laughed it off, but I felt like an idiot. I swapped back to my old trusty Andis blade and finished the cut, but I had to blend that patch way shorter than planned. He tipped me $5 and said it looked fine, but I could tell he was checking it in the mirror. Has anyone else had a blade just fail mid-cut like that?

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evangarcia3d ago

Was it a knockoff brand or something? I've had cheap blades do that exact thing, just catch and tug instead of cutting clean. Stick with what works, man.

wright.michael2d agoMost Upvoted

I actually saw something on a shaving subreddit the other day about how some of those cheaper blades don't get properly heat treated or something during production. That's why they feel dull right out of the pack or start snagging after one use. The guy was saying the metal just isn't hard enough to hold an edge, so it basically folds over instead of cutting. Makes sense why it tugs so bad.