Hitachi CL-8800BF Instructions Manual page 5

Haircut
Trim-up
1. Cutting of crown.
Pull up hair between fingers directly perpendicular to
top of head and slowly run the unit above fingers to cut.
To ensure cutting at the same length, take up hair
already cut together with hair to be cut and cut
latter to the same length as the former.
2. Layering and shaping.
Lift up hair from the bottom with a comb.
Hold comb firmly in place and cut hair in
direction of arrow.
Do not try to cut a lot of hair at once. Cut a little at a time.
Always comb hair after cutting and trim
cutting has been done properly.
3. Trimming along the ears.
Put the blade edge lightly against the skin
and move it in a circle in the arrow direction.
Hold the ear by hand to facilitate the job.
4. Side trimming.
Put the blade edge at right angles to
the skin to trim the hair.
5. Shaving downy hair.
Put the blades directly on the skin and
shave the downy hair working from
the lower to the upper part of the neck.
Do not press the blades too hard.
Shaped portion
portion while checking that
Nape Sideburn
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Close cropping
1. Clipping the entire part.
Mount the cropped hair attachment of proper
size for the desired cutting length.
While putting the comb of the cropped hair
attachment in contact with the head skin,
slowly crop the hair from the hairline toward the
crown against the growing direction of the hair.
The knack for quick and clean cropping is
to crop the once cropped part over again.
Finish by cropping the entire part in crossed
manner as shown to make sure that no part
is left uncropped.
Clip the lower part of the back.
Mount the cropped hair attachment one size
smaller than the cropped hair attachment
used for close cropping.
9mm for side trimming against 12mm for close cropping.
6mm against 9mm. 3mm against 6mm.
Clip the lower part of the back by
gradually moving the clippers away
from the head skin.
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