Mars Coat King is a danger. . .

[hfitz1]

. . . to humans who don't pay attention to what they are doing! I got one yesterday and was so excited to try it out. After I was done, I notice two of my fingers hurt. Yep, they are sliced up. I have no clue how or when I cut them during the process lol, but they still hurt today. Those things must be sharp!

[Nena]

I am sure they are sharp I never used them I just hand strip with the help of a pumice stone. They are razors after all and I am also afraid I might cut her skin also.

[cairnrescueleague]

I've been using the Mars Coat King for years, and I've never cut myself or a dog. I love the Coat King!

[jimnconnie]

I have a MCK, but rarely use it anymore. I messed up Bailey's coat by using it too often. The MCK, as you discovered, does have sharp cutting edges and cuts the hair as well as pulls it out. Using it too often resulted in Bailey's coat getting much softer & lighter in color, and it took about 6 months for his coarse, red coat to return. Now I mostly hand strip,and use thinning scissors on the underbelly & inside the rear legs. You probably nicked your fingers while you were removing hair from the MCK.

Jim

[bradl]

I use the MCK mostly to "tame" the jacket on a wildly overgrown coat, and do a quick pass on the haunches and legs. This can save me an hour of time on a wild coat. There is some cutting and some pulling going on with the MCK. After that first rough shaping, I get down to business with finger cots, maybe a knife, and thinning shears here and there.

Simple math tells us that if we go repeatedly over an area with MCK, even if it only cuts 10% of the coat each time, eventually *all* of the coat will be cut - might as well go to clippers straightaway if that's the plan It's the same with thinning shears - by definition, the gaps in the blades ensure that only a certain percentage of the coat is cut with each slice. Yet you can eventually cut everything by using multiple passes. I use them on the underbelly because the effect is still slightly ragged in appearance, while having the efficiency of shears.

Still, used sparingly, the MCK can be a time-saver without ruining the coat, but it is by no means a panacea. As always, take grooming advice from me with a grain of salt. With the salt possibly on a margarita.

[hfitz1]

With the salt possibly on a margarita.

My kind of salt!

[jodi0553]

With the salt possibly on a margarita.

Grooming often leads to margaritas, in my experience! Currey's eyebrows are completely out of control and I don't know how he can even see. I found out last night that I can take a pumice stone to that area for up to 5 minutes if pepperoni is involved before he tries to bite me! That's about a 4 minute 50 second improvement on the usual way things go!

[Tracy A.]

speaking of pumice stones -You know that i've found that just dragging a pumice stone on the neck does a really good job taming it...

[Nena]

I love the pepperoni trick, I will have to try that next time.

[Kit'sOwner]

Furminator works for me!