The BaBylissPRO 4Artists Gold DLC Titanium Wedge Blade (FX8700GME) is the genuine replacement wedge blade for your FX8700 clipper, made for fades and blends. The wedge shape blends one length into the next, the DLC coating keeps it gliding with low friction, and the gold titanium is hard-wearing. A worn or dull blade is a quick swap back to clean fades. It fits all FX8700 models and the LoProFX FX825E.

Why replace the wedge blade

A clipper blade loses its edge over its working life, and once it does a fade starts to catch and leave lines instead of blending clean. Fitting a fresh DLC titanium wedge blade brings the blend back to a smooth, graduated finish. Because it is the genuine part, it seats and sets the way the clipper was built to, and the DLC coating keeps it running with low friction.

Key features

• A genuine gold DLC Titanium wedge clipper blade
• Wedge shape made for fades and blends
• DLC coating for a low-friction glide
• Titanium is hard-wearing and holds its edge
• Fits all FX8700 models and the LoProFX FX825E

What to expect

Fit the new blade and the clipper drops back to the clean fades and smooth blends it gave when new. The gold finish matches the gold FX8700, and the DLC coating helps the blade move through the hair with less drag through a long day on the chair.

Who it is for

• Barbers cutting fades and blends with an FX8700 or LoProFX FX825E
• Anyone whose FX8700 clipper blade has dulled or started to line
• Gold FX8700 owners who want the matching gold blade

Who it is not for

• Trimmers -- this is a clipper wedge blade, not a trimmer T-blade
• Anyone after the flat fade blade -- that is the separate FX8010 blade, not this wedge
• The FX3 clipper -- it takes its own blade

Professional tip

Let the blade glide as you open the fade, rocking the neutral wedge up so the line feathers instead of leaving a shelf. Keep the clipper in shallow scooping passes, let the smooth DLC surface carry it at a steady speed, and drop back to a flat blade attitude for the cleaner guard lines lower down.

How to use

1. Switch the clipper off.
2. Remove the old blade from the clipper.
3. Fit the new wedge blade and tighten the screws.
4. Oil the blade and set the taper lever before you cut.

Care and maintenance

This blade fits all FX8700 models and the LoProFX FX825E -- trimmers take a different blade. Oil the blade after each use and keep it clean and dry, protect it with the Premium Clipper Blade Covers (x2) between sessions, and find oil and other spares on the BaBylissPRO accessories page.

In short

• A genuine gold DLC Titanium wedge clipper blade
• Wedge shape made for fades and blends
• DLC coating for a low-friction glide
• Fits all FX8700 models and the LoProFX FX825E

Frequently asked questions