Electric razors are THE BEST for spun hair heads…such as muddlers. its fast, and it can give you a nice…smooth…even…and any shape you like head. i have never been able to get a nice taper with scissors/razor blade, but after i use the 'lectirc, it looks so smooth and tapered. it is THE BEST muddler minnow i have ever tied. 
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And what style would it be …brand…etc…[e.g.Norelcos and Remingtons are quite different] 
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Dsaavedra,
I’ve got the same question as Ducksterman, which brand works so well?
BTW, is it the same razor you shave with or did you buy a spare. 
8T
I use a cheap battary powerd beard trimmer, it works realy well for me and it was only 10 dollars.
Ghost
yes. its a cheap batterey powered one. the brand is Wahl. its my dad’s, but i took it. its just a trimming razor. but i would think any of them would work equally as great!
so…how does Dad feel about sharing a razor with a deceased deer? :roll:
So Brad, you never felt that there were things your dad really didn’t need to know?
he never uses it i dont even think he knows i have it :?
I was just about to post another thread and ask where to buy double-edged blades to do this very job.
So do you think the little battery powered trimmer works better than a double-sized blade?
Diane
I do think a battary powerd beard trimmer work better then a double edged razor for trimming and it safer too.
Ghost.
Diane…there are other good uses for the double edged…like cutting rabbit strips.
They can be a little hard to find now…I have found them occasionally at Dollar Stores but most consistently at Wal-Mart…haven’t looked lately though.
yes. The mustach and beard trimers that are recharable work great for this . And if you have a rotery vice it works out even nicer .
the nice thing is they dont cost alot enymore
you dont need a realy fancy one
I have a “Sunbeam” brand and it works just fine. It is an electric home haircutting kit I got at one of the dollar stores for about 7 bucks. I bought it for the purposes of trimming deer hair but spinning is a pain for me. Nonetheless, it works well on the few I have tied.
Seems like the consensus is positive…anyone out there used one and not liked it?
gqualls,
I used to have trouble with deer hair until I watched Chris Helm’s video, Spinning Deer Hair. It’s one hour long, and after watching it you learn all the basics needed to stack and spin deer hair. I watched it twice before attempting to apply his techniques, and two weeks later taught a class on tying the Zoo Cougar. It was like an epiphany for me. He really takes the mystery out working with deer hair, and I now look forward to building flies with deer hair. Chris’ website is http://www.whitetailflytieing.com, and he has an online catalog.
Good Tying
Joe
And I have his video on the " Things For Sale" forum…
Diane,
I get my double-sided razors at both CVS and Walgreens. That and scisors is all I use for trimming deer hair.
Regards,
Alberto
I most definitely do…it just struck me as being really funny. :lol:
Why dont you check those CVS and Walgreens stores for an electric trimming razor? im telling you…after use one…you wont want to go back to a normal razor blade ever again.
EVER!
dsaavedra,
One thing I like about the double-edge razors is that I can bend them and use the resulting curve to shape the heads and bodies of flies very easily. How do you accomplish that with a beard trimmer? Which kind of trimmer are you talking about? Is there a link to a picture of one?
Regards,
Alberto