• BCX
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    181 month ago

    What? Clipper guards are single-digit numbers like 0 or 2

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      i’ve seen more clipper guards with mm than with those single digit numbers, which is good because those numbers told me nothing, if i recall correctly they do not match the hair lenght they’d cut to but instead are just numbered from smallest to biggest in the set

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        but instead are just numbered from smallest to biggest in the set

        And, critically, are different between manufacturers and probably between sets for different razors from the same manufacturer. If it was at least semi-standardized, like shoe size, we’d get used to it

    • @Michal
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      21 month ago

      My Wahl has both, the sequential digits and size in mm.

  • Biezelbob
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    101 month ago

    🎶 I want to play russian roulette with a glock you start 🎶

  • @[email protected]
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    61 month ago

    🤓 actually its 5.7mm. 👉👈 At least for the calibers the barber is carrying. Frickin noob.

  • @[email protected]
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    61 month ago

    Interesting. Is this often what is used in other countries perhaps? I’m an American and I’ve always been asked in terms of inches. I’d guess centimeter would be used most other places.

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      1 month ago

      I assume they’re asking what length of blade guard to use, as sometimes they do come in mm sizes

      • @cheddar
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        31 month ago

        I can confirm that’s the case where I live.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          I just got a haircut, here in the US they commonly use some unclear numbering system. They said to me “Do you like it at a 4? We could start there and go to a 3”

          I looked it up and apparently they’re 1/8ths of an inch so there’s at least some sense to it.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Could be fractional inches, but I’ve never seen it; arbitrary numbering is pretty common on cheap razors though

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          True as hell.

          Small distances? Inches and feet.

          Large distances? Kilometers.

          Outdoor temperature? Celsius.

          Oven temperature? Fahrenheit

          I feel like liquid volume is the only one we’ve truly went all in in metric (oz and gallon aren’t really used day to day)

  • @[email protected]
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    51 month ago

    the drab hipster shit of the 00s is at least not as bad as the neon triangles and curly Qs of the 90s