clippervocab word of the week

The Ivan Zoot, Andis clipper cutting vocabulary word of the week for week 51, 2009 is...

Cadence – A rhythm developed in cutting with an over-comb technique. This helps to maintain evenness and smoothness in the finish of a taper.

This is a very important part of over-comb technique. smoothness begets smoothness. Working in a smooth, repetitive rhythm will smooth out your tapering and smooth out your results. A great way to practice this is with shear-over-comb done with a blendnig shear. Blending shears are more forgiving and a great way to practice. then move up to straight shears, no shorter than 6.5"... then step up to clipper-over-comb.

One of the keys to cadence is "cutting beyond"... this refers to cutting up and out of the section... and keeping on cutting... cutting motion that is not within the section...

I am thinking we will need a YouTube video on this to really make the point... watch for one before the new year.