I was dead wrong about thinning shears for over a decade

For like 12 years I refused to touch thinning shears. Thought they were a crutch for guys who couldn't blend with clippers and shears properly. I was that guy in the shop in Austin who would lecture anyone who pulled them out. Then about 6 months ago I had a client with this super thick, coarse Asian hair that wouldn't lay flat no matter what I did. My coworker Dave grabbed his thinning shears and fixed it in 2 minutes. I bought a pair that same week and now I use them on maybe 3 out of 10 clients. Still not my go-to for everything but for certain textures they're honestly the only way to get a clean finish. Has anyone else had a tool or technique they hated for years that turned out to be useful once they learned the right situation for it?

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harperb461mo ago

Started using them for texture and realized half my issue was overthinking technique.