habberdasher
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- 369
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- Mt Pleasant, SC
Get a 1 on the back and sideburns, high around the ears, AND TAPERED AND BLENDED. I've had too many bad haircuts that weren't gradual, so you need to get really long on top to the buzz on the bottom smoothly. If it works right, it looks great - and doesn't turn out like a bowl cut, but the opposite.inappropriate said:Thanks for the replies.
I do live in a "small town" - a little too small; when I took one previous stylist a photo of Clark Gable, she giggled and asked me why I wanted my hair cut like Andy Griffith's. She had no idea who Clark was - nor any other name I gave her, and a similar scenario plays out at every one of these places. Out of the dozen-or-so shops I've been to, only two even had men in employ at all.
Point being, I'm not going to find anything acceptable around here unless someone familiar with the area can point me in the right direction - or (and this would be even better) would help me learn how to cut my own hair in the best way for me (which presents a whole new set of questions: why, I don't even know which side it parts better on - I asked here once before and someone said the cowlick was the way to tell, but heck if I can find one up there.)
But the shaved neck and a 1 on the sides is a good place to start - so thanks for the information. I just haven't any idea what to tell them to do with the top, and leaving it completely alone doesn't look quite right either. I read a haircut thread on the forum where one fellow said that it was very important for the barber to cut hair longer near the part than at the edges (of the top of one's hairstyle) and it seems like there must be a million little "tricks" like that which go into getting a good result, which neither I nor any of the haircutters 'round here am familiar with.
All right, time for me to stop whining. Anyhow, thanks again.Take care, bye.
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