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Hercules Sägemann 7643M

A handled cutting comb with wavy teeth, made for working against a clipper, with a centimeter scale printed on the reverse and a geometry Hercules Sägemann states suits fades and flat tops.

Hercules Sagemann 7643M clipper comb with handle and centimeter scale

Hercules Sägemann 7643M

A handled cutting comb with wavy teeth, made for working against a clipper, with a centimeter scale printed on the reverse and a geometry Hercules Sägemann states suits fades and flat tops.

Length
8.5 inches
Teeth
Wavy, stated as ideal for cutting with a clipper
Handle
Yes, lightened with oval cut-outs
Scale
Centimeter markings on the back of the comb
Material
Plastic, stated free of hair-damaging burrs
Manufacture
Made in Germany, per Hercules Sägemann
Amazon reference
B003URLZPO (identical on 6 markets)
EAN
4000165764409
  • A centimeter scale printed on the comb: the only length reference in this group that does not depend on a guard
  • The handle separates the hand from the hair, which is what makes clipper-over-comb possible
  • A cutting comb is a technique tool: it does nothing on its own

Best for: Clipper-over-comb work, and blending the lengths a guard cannot.

≈ $30
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Specifications

Length
8.5 inches
Teeth
Wavy, stated as ideal for cutting with a clipper
Handle
Yes, lightened with oval cut-outs
Scale
Centimeter markings on the back of the comb
Material
Plastic, stated free of hair-damaging burrs
Manufacture
Made in Germany, per Hercules Sägemann
Amazon reference
B003URLZPO (identical on 6 markets)
EAN
4000165764409

A handled comb, 8.5 inches, with wavy teeth shaped for working against a clipper — and a centimeter scale printed on the back.

That scale is the reason this comb is here rather than any of the twenty others at the same price. Clipper-over-comb sets the length by how far the comb is held out from the head, and nothing else on the tool tells you what that distance is. A printed scale makes the second side of a head match the first.

Hercules Sägemann states the plastic is free of the coarse burrs that snag hair, that the handle is lightened with oval cut-outs, and that the comb is made in Germany. The company gives its founding year as 1856, which is a fact about the house rather than about the comb.

What people ask about this

What is clipper-over-comb?

Holding the hair out on a comb and running the clipper along it, instead of resting a guard on the head. It is how the transitions between guard lengths are blended, and it is the reason a barber uses a comb at all. This comb's wavy teeth and handle are shaped for exactly that.

Why a scale on the back?

Because clipper-over-comb sets length by how far the comb is held from the head, and there is no guard telling you the number. A centimeter scale turns a guess into a reading, which is what makes the two sides of a head match.

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