The 30-year vet at the shop next door told me to stop clamping my clippers so hard and it's weirdly helping
I was chatting with the owner of the shop two doors down from mine in Salem last Tuesday while we both swept up, and he watched me flick my wrist after a fade and asked why I grip the clipper like I'm mad at it. He said his hands were shot by 45 and he wishes someone had told him to hold it looser and let the tool do the work, and honestly my forearm has felt better this week. It sounds like small stuff but I've been cutting with a death grip since barber school and never questioned it. Curious if you all grip tight or loose when you're doing back to back clients?