The Furminator

Sandstone1 said:
They certainly do cut the hair. Why do you think they have a blade?
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I've looked at mine and I can't see a blade - are you thinking of the same tool? If I run mine over the coat when my animals are not moulting there is nothing in the teeth, when I do it when they are moulting I get hairs with roots on them. I have never had a cut hair.
 
pansymouse said:
I've looked at mine and I can't see a blade - are you thinking of the same tool? If I run mine over the coat when my animals are not moulting there is nothing in the teeth, when I do it when they are moulting I get hairs with roots on them. I have never had a cut hair.
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Yes definitely a furminator. They have a blade inside and do cut the hair unless they have changed the design
 
The one I had was most definitely a furmimator. It did definitely have a blade in it almost like a clipper blade and it did cut the hair. In thick or double coated dogs it ruined the undercoat.
They may have changed the design but that was my experience of the one I had. I wouldn't use one again.
Dont know what else I can say!
 
Sandstone1 said:
The one I had was most definitely a furmimator. It did definitely have a blade in it almost like a clipper blade and it did cut the hair. In thick or double coated dogs it ruined the undercoat.
They may have changed the design but that was my experience of the one I had. I wouldn't use one again.
Dont know what else I can say!
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It tells you it removes the undercoat and leaves the top coat.
Not sure what I have will be like as it's the Lincoln. Arrives Friday apparently.
Will see what comes out, where I will use it won't be seen as it's the places I can't go with the shedding blade.

As for cutting I hate the solo comb as that does just cut the hair, and I am not keen on the rake either. I would rather pull and clip.
 
Mine are genuine Furninators rather than cheap knock-offs and I'm absolutely certain they don't have blades in them. I've just run one through my own hair and there is nothing in the teeth (cut or loose hair) and it wasn't sharp on my scalp. On reflection maybe I should have rinsed it before I used it - it was the cats one :eek:
 
pansymouse said:
Mine are genuine Furninators rather than cheap knock-offs and I'm absolutely certain they don't have blades in them. I've just run one through my own hair and there is nothing in the teeth (cut or loose hair) and it wasn't sharp on my scalp. On reflection maybe I should have rinsed it before I used it - it was the cats one :eek:
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Mine was not a cheap knock off thank you.
It was a genuine original furminator with a blade!
 
Sorry but I'm another one who has never seen a Furminator that actually CUTS the hair. I wouldn't take the fact that it's referred to as a "blade" too literally. The word "blade" doesn't necessarily mean something designed to cut - it can also just mean something with a thin, flat edge. You can't use an oar blade or a blade of grass to chop onions :p
 
All I can say is that mine did have a blade which did cut and it was a furminator.
The design may have changed. It did get loads of hair out but was because it cut the hair.
The blade was like a clipper blade and was inside the comb bit.
This is going round in circles and I cant say anymore than. It was a furminator and it did have a blade as in a blade that cuts!
 
This is what arrived.
It's very sharp, makes my shedding blade apart completely blunt!
Very gently used it in the direction of the coat where there was no loose hair and nothing came out at all.
But where I knew she was moulting it took hold of that and left everything else. It's ideal for those awkward places.
So as a first try- I am pleased with it and glad got a copy of.
I reckon if this was on a clipper head though it could clip because that's side to side movements.
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Perhaps I can clarify slightly what the misunderstanding might be.....I have had an original furminator and some cheap knock of ones that actually work just as well IMO. and you can replace what they refer to as 'the blade' - in actual fact what you are replacing is the length of metal teeth that do indeed look like a single clipper blade but cant possibly cut because they do not have a second blade that is mobile and moves along the other blade cutting - sorry that is probably as clear as mud but I know what I mean ;)

so I will also agree with the majority that a furminator and its copies do not and never have actually cut the coat - I have used them for years since someone first thought of them on my dogs.

But there is another very similar looking comb type shedding thing that I am trying to find a link too - or I will take a pic of my one here tomorrow - that does actually cut the hair as it also pulls out old dead hair. Ihave one to use on my donkeys that always shed very late and I could not care less if I am cutting their coat so long as it gets rid of some of the shaggy old wintyer coat when it gets hotter. I will post a link if I find it :)
 
The description made sense to me because the handheld old clippers you need to squeeze, pushes one blade across the other to cut the hair.

You can get something that strips the coat. I know someone who sends their dog to be hand stripped but not sure what that means, my guess is remove the loose coat.
 
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