The Elusive Flat Top Fade

[Waning Embers]

Grrrr.... So close!??

 

[mortonbriar]

You could shave a bald patch in the middle for that "classic" burnt rim look.

 

[Waning Embers]

You could shave a bald patch in the middle for that "classic" burnt rim look.

Hairschaum?? I've gone full bald, buzz cut, and can give someone else a perfect flat top but can never quite do it to my own hair.?

 

[mortonbriar]

Hairschaum?? I've gone full bald, buzz cut, and can give someone else a perfect flat top but can never quite do it to my own hair.?

Hairschaum! ha. Well that's a pretty tidy job you've done there, hair today gone tomorrow as they say.

 

[Waning Embers]

Hairschaum! ha. Well that's a pretty tidy job you've done there, hair today gone tomorrow as they say.

It's weird. Three years ago I had hair down to my belt and now if it gets much longer than an inch it drive me crazy. Still need to take a straight razor to the bald zone.?

 

[puff_not_snuff]

It's not elusive it's just that most people don't want to look like extras from Full Metal Jacket.

 

[STP]

?

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

I get a number one on the side and feathered to a long top.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I get a number one on the side and feathered to a long top.

Is that like a reverse mullet?

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Is that like a reverse mullet?

No, it’s a rather classic from the ‘20’s. Remember Barney Fifes hair. It was very long on top.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

No, it’s a rather classic from the ‘20’s. Remember Barney Fifes hair. It was very long on top.

When you're older you can get the Ralph Furley.

 

[anotherbob]

honestly I'd say raze it all and start over. It's not terrible but it just doesn't feel right. People will know you didn't choose that it just happened to you.

 

[anotherbob]

I get a number one on the side and feathered to a long top.

sounds a lot like my last hair cut. That's one of those styles that works so well for some and looks clownish on others. Surprisingly I am in the former camp.

 

[Waning Embers]

No, it’s a rather classic from the ‘20’s. Remember Barney Fifes hair. It was very long on top.

I've been getting requests for a lot of vintage cuts over the last several months. Pompadour's have been unusually popular.

 

[anotherbob]

I miss my pompadour, but my cat likes grooming my head and I don't know if it's good for him to ingest Murray's Pomade

 

[rajangan]

Maybe go get those distracting eyebrows cleaned up a bit.

 

[Waning Embers]

Maybe go get those distracting eyebrows cleaned up a bit.

With that hair you don't have much room to talk.

 

[timelord]

I last had a haircut on March 14th... ...2020

 

[condorlover1]

Grrrr.... So close!??

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Look into my eyes. Stare deeply into my eyes. Listen to my voice and repeat. You will smoke and like Clan pipe tobacco and your tongue will feel no pain!

 

[mso489]

Damn fine job, and downright amazing for a self-cut. Good for summer heat. I haven't had hair that short since boot camp, but it was useful there not to have to comb it. My wife likes my hair shaggy, to go with my bohemian self, and she's done a good job of trimming it during the virus time. I don't know whether to go back to the budget stylist or to ask her to keep barbering. Aboard ship, our senior cook used to barber, back on the fantail of the ship, and the wind would do the sweep-up. Again, it was nice not to have much to comb. Also, he did it as part of his job, so no cost.