Are the barber and beautician clipper blades the same as animal clipper blades?
Yes, most definitely! Laube labels their blades for both Groomers and Barber. Oster and Andis (I’m not sure about Wahl) have two types of distributorships. One distributorship for barber and beauty blades, clippers and accessories and one for animal blades, clippers and accessories. The only difference is the numbers on the blades. This is to allow them to have distributors in the same area, but not in competition with one another. In my town there is a barber and beauty supply company and a farm supply company. Both sell Oster and Andis blades and equipment. Where the barber blade numbers go from size 00000 to 14, animal groomer blades go from size 50 to size 3 1/2. This might sound confusing, but a barber can’t buy a size 2 from a farm supply store, but he could buy a size 5, which is the animal blade equivalent to a barber’s size 2. Both will leave the hair 1/4″ long after being cut, both are snap-on blades and will fit the Oster, Andis or Wahl professional clippers. Also both blade
