Split end removing device for a haircutting machine

A split end removing device (1) consisting of a removable attachment (3) for a haircutting machine (2), said split end removing device comprising

• first and second parallel hair strand guiding sections (4,5) spaced from each other with a spacing (X);
• a third hair strand guiding section (6) releasably positionable in a working position (A) between the first and second hair strand guiding sections (4,5) parallel to the first and second hair strand guiding sections (4,5), wherein said first, second and third parallel hair strand guiding sections (4,5,6) are formed so that a head hair strand (7) placed under the first and second hair strand guiding sections (4,5) is grasped from below by the third hair strand guiding section (6) in said working position so that said hair strand is approximately U-shaped;
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• means for releasable attachment to said haircutting machine (2) so that a cutting head (8) of the haircutting machine (2) is held fixed so that only split ends (9) of the hair strand (7) are cut away from the hair strand (7) when the hair strand (7) is drawn through said hair strand guiding sections (4,5,6);
• wherein the third hair strand guiding section (6) is a separate part (10) that is completely removable from a remaining portion of the split end removing device (1) and the third hair strand guiding section (6) includes a handle section (12) at a first end (11) of the third hair strand guiding section (6).