barber speak

Dunno about men's hair, but that's how I order martinis on Friday night

I just say, six on top and two on the sides, no gel. They know to blend, but it could be said your way as well. I suspect a metrosexual would have quite a different list of instructions.

It's not easy to tell the difference between a two and a four. If I had a four on top, I wouldn't be able to brush it to one side on the top--it would probably just stick up all over. But maybe that's just my hair. My son-in-law can brush over a four, but he puts something on it.

For anyone who doesn't know, the numbers refer to the clipper guards, which control of length of the clip.

One is the shortest-then there are the Marines-one on the bottom floor take the elevator to the second floor please!

Two is VERY short. If you have thin or light hair, you'll look bald. I use a #2 on the side and #4 on the top. #4 is going to have a flat-top/spiky look with product. #6 will lay down better.

The numbers, sadly, are not standards, but most American barbers use Wahl products, and here's how their numbers line up:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Wahl.[/FONT]

• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]#0 (no attachment) - 1/100 inch,[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]#1 - 1/8 inch,[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]#2 - 1/4 inch,[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]#3 - 3/8 inch,[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]#4 - 1/2 inch,[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]#5 and #6 - special tapering attachments[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]#7 - 7/8 inch, and[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]#8 - 1 inch.[/FONT]

Barber?

Sweeney Todd was a barber.

He shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again.

Then...

Mrs. Lovett's meat pies!!!

A fool and his hair are soon parted. I don't let anyone do #1 or #2 on my head, much less requesting and paying for it. Is any of this helpful?

LOL. Uck!

Stew -

When my hair was short, I would ask for a "high & tight, #1 on the sides, #4 on top." The barbers all knew what that meant--for me, it meant I wouldn't have to do anything but wash it for a few more weeks.

These days, I just let my wife tell me when I need a haircut, and what to ask for. I think she's almost ready to let me wear it short again. The stylist who said she could make me look metrosexual--couldn't.

For what it's worth.
HN

Das me!

That's exactly my haircut!
"A four on top, two at the sides, please," is what I'd say.

Here I thought you were putting together a barbershop quartet...

III said:

A fool and his hair are soon parted. I don't let anyone do #1 or #2 on my head, much less requesting and paying for it. Is any of this helpful?

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So #1 and #2 are bad. Gotcha.

Ooooo, people cut their hair regularly without being forced to??

I can't help because I've recently gone for a kind of neo-nazi look, 1/8th of an inch setting. Costs me nothing for my daughter to buzz it, and I don't have to put up with the incessant "Ooooo, I love that distiguished look of gray hair on older guys" shit. Seriously, there is something about that word "distinguised." Sounds one step away from "extinguished" to me.

For me, it's "You know what Robert Plant's hair looks like? Like that."

Another shovel of ancient, to the first-page front!