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The brand used by professionals since

2014-01-19 18:35:11.701991+00 by Dan Lyke 5 comments

"The brand used by professionals since 1919" *cough*

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#Comment Re: made: 2014-01-19 22:08:32.556521+00 by: spc476 [edit history]

Well, the Wikipedia page doesn't have a lot of details, but it does state that the electric clipper was patented in 1919, and the package does say "brand."

#Comment Re: made: 2014-01-20 02:51:02.388565+00 by: Dan Lyke

That was still when a vibrator may still have been a treatment for "hysteria"...

#Comment Re: made: 2014-01-20 18:53:15.723555+00 by: mkelley

That's not a Hitachi.

#Comment Re: made: 2014-01-20 19:56:40.598649+00 by: Dan Lyke

Yeah, for one thing the Magic Wand has only been around since the 1970s, the Wahl has been around since at least the 1940s:

#Comment Re: made: 2014-01-21 02:59:48.47727+00 by: meuon

If you search around, you'll find mechanical, pneumatic, steam and then electrical devices in use before 1900.

[Pulsocon Vibrator]

And of course.. there was horseback riding.