Taurus Ikarus Manual page 19

Make sure that there are no tangles
or knots.
- Hold the appliance in a calm and
relaxed manner in order to ensure
maximum control of the cut and a
uniform result.
- Leave the hair a little longer than
desired length as it can always be
altered later.
- While working adapt the comb /
comb guide to the desired result.
- At regular intervals, stop cutting in
order to comb the hair and check the
results so far.
Step 1 Nape:
- Attach comb guide size 18-3 mm
(E)
- Hold the appliance with the blades
facing downwards and begin to cut
the hair from the centre of the head
in the base of the neck.
- Make some upward movements,
raising the appliance gradually and
away from the head, cutting the hair
gradually until the height of the ears
(Fig. 2)
Step 2 The back of the head:
- Attach comb guide size 36-21 mm
and continue with the back of the
head (Fig. 3)
Step 3 The side of the head
- Attach a new shorter comb guide
size 18-3 mm (E) to trim the side-
burns.
- Attach a longer comb guide size
36-21 mm (F) and continue until you
reach the top of the head.
Step 4 The top of the head:
- Using comb guide size 18-3 mm
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(E), pass the appliance from the back
to the front, against the growth of the
hair (Fig. 4). In some cases it's ne-
cessary to go over what you have done
a second time from front to back.
- The comb guide size 18-3 mm (E)
is for when you want to achieve a
more precise cut.
- Use comb guides size 36-21 mm
(F) to leave hair at a longer length.
Hold the hair up with the comb or the
comb and your fingers and cut.
- Always work from the back to the
front reducing the length between
your fingers or the comb and the head
gradually.
Step 5. Final touch
- Finally use the appliance without
attaching any comb guides to the bla-
des to cut the hair around the base of
the neck, the sides of the neck and
the ears. For a closer trim, use the
blade adjustment knob (G) in position
1 for 1.8 mm or 2 for 0.8 mm
- To make the sideburns straight, turn
the appliance over to use the upper
blades (Fig. 5). Move the appliance
adapting it the physiognomy of the
head.
Thinning out function:
- The appliance includes a thinning
out function, which reduces the
volume of hair. Select this function
to use or hide the thinning out comb
(Fig. 6)
Beard trimming comb:
- You can use the 18-3 mm comb to
trim to 3 mm, or you can just adjust
the cut with the blade adjustment
knob (G), which will allow you a cut
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