what do you tell the barber/stylist ?

[Cerpin Taxt]

Any haircut that requires scissors is for fancy boys...

Yeah, a man keeps his hair too short to use scissors on the sides/back. Get a real haircut, hippies!

 

[mjrpes3]

short.

 

[jman19]

Any haircut that requires scissors is for fancy boys...

Hey, whatever makes you feel better about your shitty haircut ()

 

[Wordplay]

Bald fade 1.5 on top and a line up.

 

[CRXican]

got cut today

2 on the sides, finger length on top

 

[CurseTheSky]

...I can't remember. I haven't been to a barber in over 10 years.

My hair is so metal.

 

[ChaoZ]

Shorter.

 

[davmat787]

Any haircut that includes "number x" is total fail.

Why do you say that? Just curious.

As for the OP, for over 20 years I simply say "use a 1 on the sides, short enough on the top so it starts to lay down. Respect the part." Been saying this forever, and I usually get just what I want. Of course at my regular Barber, not much needs to be said.

 

[Bateluer]

Yeah, a man keeps his hair too short to use scissors on the sides/back. Get a real haircut, hippies!

Second.

 

[Leros]

Yeah, a man keeps his hair too short to use scissors on the sides/back. Get a real haircut, hippies!

I look like a kid if I cut my hair that short. Keeping my hair 3-4" long makes a big difference.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

A medium and a short.

(My mom cuts it and uses a Flowbee.)

 

[lokiju]

I tell him "number 5 on top" just as a reminder but he knows how I like it.

He's a old Korean dude that is hard as hell to understand but does a good job every time without worry and it's just him in his barber shop called "mr Kim's"

No way in hell he's a "stylist" or not a "real" barber just because he uses clippers with guards for a consistent result for short hair.

 

[brblx]

A medium and a short.

(My mom cuts it and uses a Flowbee.)

not sure if serious...

 

[Sho'Nuff]

#2 sides and back, taper it so their isn't a line, shorten it up on top.

Basically a high and tight.

 

[destrekor]

high and tight
000 on sides, [and typically] a 4 on top
don't completely chop the bangs

[and sometimes: raise the sides a little, and shorten the fade/taper region so the shortest buzz goes up higher]


scissors are only good if I had the top taken down shorter than usual last time and don't want all that much taken off top.

 

[bhanson]

I used to give instructions in inches.

Then I met a mathematically challenged stylist that buzzed my head to 1/4" after I requested 3/4-1"--"looks about an inch to me."

Now I give instructions in those attachment numbers to idiot proof the process.

 

[coldmeat]

not sure if serious...

the mom or the Flowbee?

We have a Flowbee, works pretty good actually.

 

[jhansman]

Well, I'm bald, so it's a #2 and out.

 

[LookBehindYou]

High fade, 1 on the sides and back, very little bangs, leave enough on the top so it still lays down.

Been out of the military for 3 years and still can't let the hair cut or shaving go.

 

[Fritzo]

got cut today

2 on the sides, finger length on top

That's mine too. The place I go to has hot babes that give you a shampoo, hot towel, shave, and neck message thrown in. That makes me stick to a strict 6 week haircut schedule

 

[corwin]

I tell myself not to cut me this time, sometimes it works sometimes I have a bandaid on my head for a few hoursD:

 

[SpatiallyAware]

"businessman cut"

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Military looking 1/2" long on the top 1/4" inch on the sides.

 

[JTsyo]

Short on the top, #4 on the sides and back.

 

[bignateyk]

"Does this haircut have a happy ending?"

I guess it helps that my barber is my wife