These 'solo' combs?

ElliePippa

Well-Known Member
Joined
9 November 2008
Messages
707
Location
Derbyshire (High Peak)
Visit site
Anyone had any experience with these, i mean is really as simple as press the button and your horses mane is pulled AND thinned???
Also, Do you pull/slice (however you would call it if using the comb) underneath or on top of the mane?
Many thakyous
smile.gif
:)
xEllie
 
i personaly dont like solo combs, you just aswell do it with scissors as it gives the same affect but better, if you get it wrong with a solocomb you end up with a 'step' in your mane.
 
it doesn't thin the mane but its good for horses who don't like there mane pulled, you backcomb the mane 3 or 4 times the push the button at the required length
 
I got on ok with my solo comb, I just back combed as if I was going to pull the mane and then cut with the blade. Seemed to look fine, except you do tend to get quite a few wispy bits growing on the top of the mane.
 
Think of the old 70's/80's bowl cut hair do & you've got a rough idea of how your horses mane will look...
grin.gif
grin.gif
grin.gif
grin.gif
 
i like mine and get on fine with it, and he doesnt have a bowl hair cut or anything daft

in fact looks rather lovely but i do agree it all depends how you use it
xx
 
My mate asked me to pull her horse's mane and I jumped at it cos I love pulling them but LOVE my cob's lonnnnng mane XD

soo began...WELL he did EVERYTHING he could to get away from me!! lol soooo didnt really work!
sooooooo

*sits and waits for the bright ideas to come though!*
 
My mare doesn't like her mane being pulled so I use a humane twitch on her and she snoozes while I get it done. Also you could try rubbing 'Oil of Cloves' in the roots of the hairs as it has a numbing effect. People used to use it for toothache years ago for that very reason.
 
Thinning knife...? Looks like a penknife type thing, again, there is a certain level of technique required. Also depends whether you are really concerned on having a neatly pulled look..
 
[ QUOTE ]
Thinning knife...? Looks like a penknife type thing, again, there is a certain level of technique required. Also depends whether you are really concerned on having a neatly pulled look..

[/ QUOTE ]

i use one of these as mine hates having mane pulled, you back comb it like normal but rather that rapping it around the comb and pulling it, its got a sharp edge and just takes the required amount of.
http://www.barnstormers.co.uk/acatalog/Scissors__Mane_Combs_and_Knives.html
scroll down to mane thinning knife
 
I use scissors and then cut vertically to give a 'natural' look. I find pulling/solo combs give the mane a haystack appearance esp when trying to plait it afterwards.

Or, back comb the mane as you would when pulling and snip off instead of pulling.
 
Trouble I found was that you can't seem to get right up against the crest so it regrows very quickly and then sticks up underneath - plaits with bristles between them!
 
Top