Thread: How many cut their own hair?

I've been cutting my hair myself for about a year now. Comb size #2 With a crew cut you dont have to be precise, just grip it and rip it.

We dont need no stinking foo-foo hair dressers.
"IT'S GOOD TO BE A MAN"

I've been cutting my own for a coupleof months now. So far, no bald patches. Well, other than the natural ones.

Only the ones on my face...

I find a good ol' barber shop to cut my hair. But what I do is shave the back of my neck between trips.

I have been cutting my own hair for a few years, I started going to a local chain type of Barber/Beauty shop and every time I went in my hair was shorter and shorter.
Finally the last time the girl said, what number of clipper rake do they usually use a #4?
I said I don't know sure why not.
It seemed like a lot of hair was getting cut off but I though oh well it must have grown a lot this week.
Turns out it was a lot shorter than normal and I thought, you know I could do that myself and cut it every week instead of 2 times a month.
I bought some clippers and never looked back, of course now I look like one of the guys in that show Prison Break!

#2 all around, have not been to a barber in many years.

Using a #2 for a couple of decades, first with good dog clippers, now with something a little more refined. I'm still on the lookout for a good quality clipper. Mine are ok, but I'd like to find something made in the US or Europe that has a sound like a cross between a sewing machine and a Harley.

I cut my own hair. And my 2 sons hair as well. I won't pay it for a cut. Cut my own hair while in the Navy and Air Force as well. In the Navy I would use no guard and buzz it all over (skinhead). Air Force was no guard on the sides/back and a #3 guard on top. Faded up and looking good. I now am back to a buzz with no guard. I find as the years progress I have less and less to cut though........

I do. I finally (last week) bought a Wahl "Peanut" (cordless) clipper on Amazon ($42, including S/H). #2 spacer all over -- if I had hair on top, I'd use a #3 up there. It took me about half-an-hour (and both rechargeable batteries) to mow through the six-month growth; future (bi-weekly) maintenance should take substantially less time and effort. With the least-expensive haircut running $12 in my area (and me, sans auto), my new clippers will pay for themselves quickly.



Note: Unless you have a compelling need for cordless clippers, I would recommend getting the corded model -- they're at least ten-dollars less in price, and the mains-powered motor is much stronger than the battery-powered one in the cordless models (read: doesn't slow down, or stop altogether, in thick or even slightly-damp hair).

The best deal regarding clippers that I found (and what I got) was $47 including shipped (Amazon) and including a canvas zippered case (Wahl) electric clippers, guards #1-8, side, eyebrow (guards) mirror, 2 combs, scissors, poncho (threw away), clips and a smaller battery powered trimmer for the sides/back.

It's very convenient to have everything and to be able to keep it all together in one zippered case.

While I was at it I ordered a ($15) battery powered nose, ear (eyebrow or whatever) trimmer where it is impossible to cut yourself).