How to Use a Stripping Knife Correctly<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\nUse a well-worn knife so the cutting edge is less sharp and less likely to cut the hair. Once you have the hair between the blade and your thumb, draw the knife towards you without turning your wrist or flicking your hand; this will withdraw the full length of the hair.<\/p>\n
If the knife is used purely to aid traction with the coat, using a straight wrist action when pulling prevents the teeth of the knife turning and cutting into the coat. If you twist or flick your wrist as you pull, this results in the hairs catching between the teeth of the tool and being cut.<\/p>\n
Practice on a small area that is not easily visible until you have mastered the technique. Check your work to make sure that you have removed the entire length of the hair, and that you have not cut the hair along the shaft.<\/p>\n
In some areas, for example under the eyes, and for layering a coat a stripping knife is used with a flicking wrist action. This allows the blade to cut and shape the coat by altering the length gradually so that the coat holds the style you wish to achieve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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