Hair clipper facts for kids
Hair clippers are special tools that help us cut hair very short, usually close to the head. Think of them like super-fast scissors! People also use similar tools to trim wool from sheep.
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How Hair Clippers Work
Hair clippers have two sharp blades that look a bit like tiny combs. These blades are very close together, one on top of the other. When you turn the clipper on, one blade slides quickly from side to side.
As the clipper moves through your hair, the hair gets caught between the "teeth" of these comb-like blades. The sliding motion then cuts the hair, just like a pair of scissors would. It's a very quick and efficient way to trim hair!
The History of Hair Clippers
Hair clippers have an interesting past, starting with manual versions and later becoming electric.
Manual Clippers: The First Haircut Machines
The very first hair clippers that people operated by hand were invented sometime between 1850 and 1890. A barber from Serbia named Nikola Bizumic created them. These manual clippers quickly became popular for cutting hair short, especially for boys and men in places like schools, prisons, and the military.
Electric Clippers: A Modern Invention
Later, Leo J. Wahl invented the first electric hair clipper. Before this, he designed a small, hand-held massager for his uncle, Dr. Frank Wahl. Frank Wahl even opened a factory in Sterling, Illinois, to make and sell Leo's massagers.
While selling massagers to barbers, Leo noticed that their hair-cutting tools could be better. This gave him the idea to create an electric version of the hair clipper, making haircuts much faster and easier.
Images for kids
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A manual beard clipper, used for trimming facial hair.
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An older style of manually operated hair clipper.
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Another example of an electric hair trimmer.
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An astronaut getting a haircut on the International Space Station. A special clipper with a vacuum cleaner was used to catch all the floating hair!
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See also
In Spanish: Maquinilla de cortar pelo para niños
