ANDIS -Detachable Blade Attachment Comb Guide Guard 9pc. Set Kit - 12995: Andis Company dates back to the early 1920s, when Mathew Andis, a tool maker at Mitchell Motor Car Company in Racine, Wisconsin, USA, decided to quit and start his own company. Andis O M Manufacturing was established when John Oster and Henry Meltzer came to his home and wanted to be partners.