Haircuts In A Time Of Coronavirus

[Der Amf]

I'm going to be needing a haircut lonnnng before the barbers are allowed to reopen. I'm not bothered about on top, that can go long, but the back and sides get on my nerves if their allowed to grow thick. I figure my options are either order some clippers online to keep the short stuff short, or just hack away at the whole lot with a pair of kitchen scissors. I'm not convinced I would do a decent enough job with the clippers to make them worthwhile, and the chaos of the scissors might at least be entertaining....

[minkle]

I took a bit off mine with my clippers, not great but watch a couple of youtube videos and give it a go!
I'll be first in line when my barbers opens!

[acg]

It’s hard to mess up a grade 2 all over!

[crazyp]

I foolishly forgot to get one before lockdown. Not had a haircut since mid Jan (maybe a bit earlier even). Dammit! Anyway I'm just going to let it grow and hope it just thickens and doesn't lengthen too much. If it gets too much, then number 4 all over is the only thing to do.

[Onelasttime]

I'll be giving myself a number 4 this weekend and taking the beard off. I've gone a bit Robinson Crusoe the past two weeks …




You can't go wrong really. Just use your thumb and forefinger to pull the hair all over afterwards to check for the stray long ones, then snip 'em.

[oldoakknives]

Simple style Number 1. The hipster look.
Just grow a beard to go with it!



But be careful not to let it get too long.............................................. .....

[Tifa]

We have a national emergency, half the country are struggling for income, there are people dying.......
And you're worrying about hair cuts..?

FFS...get a life.

Comb, mirror, scissors....get on with it.

[Wallasey Runner]

No change for me, haven't been to a barbers in years. I just run the clippers over my head once a week with no wussy plastic guards on - none of this number 2 crap for me - bare blades on flesh is the only way to go.

[Rod]

No change for me, haven't been to a barbers in years. I just run the clippers over my head once a week with no wussy plastic guards on - none of this number 2 crap for me - bare blades on flesh is the only way to go.

You a Yorkshire man Ken?

[Wallasey Runner]

You a Yorkshire man Ken?

Wirral. It was Cheshire when I was a lad until some bugger in the Ted Heath Govt decided that we were Merseyside. Nowt to do with money, more a need to keep a shiny bonce

[Stringer]

Been cutting my own hair for years anyway, so I’m grand.

I’ve had the same hairstyle for about 15 years - clipper shaved No.2 at the back & sides, graduating longer at the sides & towards the front, then longest (but still quite short) at the front. Add a bit of wax for a choppy style, and done.

Easy to do with clipper grades 2-6, using the micro-adjustment lever in-between to ensure no ‘step’ change between lengths. Just need two mirrors & a bit of ambidexterity. It’s not rocket science.

Started not because I’m tight - more so because they never did my hair exactly right, hated wasted weekend time at appointments, sitting there whilst delayed, and aimless small talk. Plus the hairs down my back necessitating a shower afterwards. Now I can maintain & cut on my schedule.

Might grow a beard though...

[Gee252]

Totally agree, ain't been to a barber for 15 year plus.
No guard once every two week. No messing about, just threaten it with the towel after a shower and ready for out.

No change for me, haven't been to a barbers in years. I just run the clippers over my head once a week with no wussy plastic guards on - none of this number 2 crap for me - bare blades on flesh is the only way to go.

[Spoonbed]

The wife cut mine today. Used the dog clippers.
I’m just glad this lockdown is gonna last a while yet!

[hogthrob]

I was thinking it might be the perfect time to try that new hair colour you've always fancied ...

[bwest76]

The wife cut mine today. Used the dog clippers.
I’m just glad this lockdown is gonna last a while yet!

Make do and mend,priceless

[cbh]

It's not me I'm worried about!

[MakeColdplayHistory]

It's not me I'm worried about!

Isn't there a different thread for that kind of thing?
I stumbled across it by mistake and will never be quite the same again.

[unclealec]

For some years I have saved much money whilst maintaining the authentic barbers' shop atmosphere by running my Braun Cordless Gentleman's Grooming Appliance sans plastic guard over my somewhat distorted scalp, whilst at the same time sprinkling my pate with cigarette ash and talking to myself about Manchester United.

[hilly10]

No change for me, haven't been to a barbers in years. I just run the clippers over my head once a week with no wussy plastic guards on - none of this number 2 crap for me - bare blades on flesh is the only way to go.

Plus 1

[solwisesteve]

No change for me, haven't been to a barbers in years. I just run the clippers over my head once a week with no wussy plastic guards on - none of this number 2 crap for me - bare blades on flesh is the only way to go.

Ditto... I used the same Andis clippers we used on the dogs. 10F blade with a 1.25" comb. All over the same. Been doing that for perhaps 15 plus years. Well, tbh, that was until a couple of months ago when SWMBO decided it was time for a 'proper' haircut. So it was down to her hairdressers and 45mins later and £20 poorer I came out looking like Clint Eastwood! I kid you not... it was the same haircut from Dirty Harry! Then I had to start using 'product'.... a new one on me. The hairdresser asks 'what product do you use'? What? Sorry? Product? So then it was Boots for some VO5.... Anyway, with the current quarantine in place I guess it's back to the Andis ;-)

[Mikelancs]

No change for me, haven't been to a barbers in years. I just run the clippers over my head once a week with no wussy plastic guards on - none of this number 2 crap for me - bare blades on flesh is the only way to go.

Same! Been doing it for a year or so now, my hair sadly thinned out over my early thirties, so it was time to admit defeat and accept it gracefully.

I got one of the battery powered Remmington clippers,initially with mixed results (always seemed to miss a patch)

[Pitch3110]

Glad I’ve not been the only one thinking what the heck to do.

Been threatening a bone head for years so told the wife she better get on YouTube or else.

Pitch

[learningtofly]

For anyone who has a clipper cut, I've been DIYing for years now. The fine detail isn't quite salon standard but Bea or sam usually check the back for me anyway.

Wahl is the brand to go for, and these will probably outlast most of us. Proper supplier to the profession, too.

[jwg663]

I haven't been to a barbers' shop for 25 years.

My wife cuts my hair (a zero all over) once a week during the summer & fortnightly the rest of the year. We've always used Wahl products.

My experience of Wahl is that you'll get about a hundred decent haircuts out of a cheap pair before the blades blunten* enough to be noticeable. I normally buy them when I see them reduced to less than a tenner in TKMaxx (and always have a spare set ready-to-go in case of emergencies, eg. the ones being used breaking halfway through a trim, which has never happened, BTW).

As to the actual haircut; practice makes perfect.

*I believe that's the first use of the word 'blunten' on this forum. I thought it was a fairly common word.

[964boy]

No problems here

Being shaving my heed for years.

Just hope I don't run out off blades :)

[Montello]

No change for me, haven't been to a barbers in years. I just run the clippers over my head once a week with no wussy plastic guards on - none of this number 2 crap for me - bare blades on flesh is the only way to go.

Same here, although I get the wife to do it. She also deal with stray ear hairs and eyebrows. I’m on my own with nostrils though.

[abryant64]

Normally a haircut every 2-3 weeks - struggling here!

Going to have a go myself with the clippers this weekend.

[sprite1275]

Got me some wahl power clippers today from boots. Should be a laugh if anything else.

[Phil Lee]

My Wahl Chrome Pro corded clippers arrived today from Shavers.co.uk. I’ll give them a go over the weekend. They do seem pretty good and being corded are powerful.

[Jambo]

No change for me, haven't been to a barbers in years. I just run the clippers over my head once a week with no wussy plastic guards on - none of this number 2 crap for me - bare blades on flesh is the only way to go.

Same here, don’t think I’ve been to a barber since the mid nineties. Cleaner, easier, the definition of low maintenance. Ironically, it’s now more a necessity than a choice... 😂

[CardShark]

I've still got my Mohican from May. I don't have it running down the back of my head as there's no Mrs CS to do it for me and there's no way I'd be able to keep it straight trimming it myself, I quite like it as it is anyway.

Mohican

[ellsy_79]

I've still got my Mohican from May. I don't have it running down the back of my head as there's no Mrs CS to do it for me and there's no way I'd be able to keep it straight trimming it myself, I quite like it as it is anyway.

Mohican

considering your doing that yourself, that’s an excellent haircut and a great mohican! well done sir

[Argon]

Kitchen scissors and post pics, please

[Der Amf]

Kitchen scissors and post pics, please

Might have to be on the BP.....

[yumma]

I broke out the Bic Orange; it’ll grow back.



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[higham5]

Im just waiting for Jamiethebarber ( a member on here) to chip in with TZ top 5 tips for kitchen cutting 👍

[TBKBABAB]

Anyone recommend a decent cordless clipper, with a decent range of cutting lengths, not sure I want to go straight
for a No.2

[WTRacer]

Anyone recommend a decent cordless clipper, with a decent range of cutting lengths, not sure I want to go straight
for a No.2

Like a few others it seems, I have been using clippers for quite some time, maybe 8 years as a guess. Still using the Wahl (corded) that I started out with. They've been faultless and weren't expensive, maybe £40 or so iirc.
I know they do a cordless range, could be a decent place to start looking.

[seabiscuit]

I just run the clippers over my head last Sunday morning and finished off the job with a razor blade. It soon grows back.

[TBKBABAB]

Like a few others it seems, I have been using clippers for quite some time, maybe 8 years as a guess. Still using the Wahl (corded) that I started out with. They've been faultless and weren't expensive, maybe £40 or so iirc.
I know they do a cordless range, could be a decent place to start looking.

very little available on Amazon guess has been a bit of a rush.

[redkite]

Like a few others it seems, I have been using clippers for quite some time, maybe 8 years as a guess. Still using the Wahl (corded) that I started out with. They've been faultless and weren't expensive, maybe £40 or so iirc.
I know they do a cordless range, could be a decent place to start looking.

I have cut my own hair for 20 years now !
Wahl professional with plastic guides 1 to 8.
8 on top then feather down to 2 at the extremes. Need two mirrors to do the back properly though...

[Tom-P]

Does anyone know if the 1-8 etc length settings are a universal? I mean, is a 3 on a commercial-standard looking Wahl the same as a 3 on a Remington beard trimmer?

[Christian]

Does anyone know if the 1-8 etc length settings are a universal? I mean, is a 3 on a commercial-standard looking Wahl the same as a 3 on a Remington beard trimmer?

I might be wrong but I thought each number meant a set length...1=1/8in.

[redkite]

Does anyone know if the 1-8 etc length settings are a universal? I mean, is a 3 on a commercial-standard looking Wahl the same as a 3 on a Remington beard trimmer?

It is an eighth of an inch scale.... so 1 = 1/8 ...... 8 = 1 Inch

[Griswold]

I get to sleep with my Barber, though she prefers the word hairdresser.

[vortgern]

Does anyone know if the 1-8 etc length settings are a universal? I mean, is a 3 on a commercial-standard looking Wahl the same as a 3 on a Remington beard trimmer?

No don’t think so. Start on the highest setting and work down to avoid any mishaps. Don’t ask how I know!

[Rob s]

Does anyone know if the 1-8 etc length settings are a universal? I mean, is a 3 on a commercial-standard looking Wahl the same as a 3 on a Remington beard trimmer?

I think the beard trimmer numbers are mm

[thenakedchef]

Anyone recommend a decent cordless clipper, with a decent range of cutting lengths, not sure I want to go straight
for a No.2

Boots have a good selection, I got one recently and like your enquiring it has the different attachments, a comb and a scissors

[Peter franks]

I just had my haircut by a mate at work who has no training and I had no mirror, it was quite a scary experience!!!
Didn't turn out too bad, thought he was going to make me look like a total ****
But apparently I don't need any help in that department

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[thenakedchef]

I'm going to be needing a haircut lonnnng before the barbers are allowed to reopen. I'm not bothered about on top, that can go long, but the back and sides get on my nerves if their allowed to grow thick. I figure my options are either order some clippers online to keep the short stuff short, or just hack away at the whole lot with a pair of kitchen scissors. I'm not convinced I would do a decent enough job with the clippers to make them worthwhile, and the chaos of the scissors might at least be entertaining....

I was in a similar situation and picked up a wahl clippers in boots...€40, I did my little lads head with a little help from YouTube, a few days later I let the wife go mad with it on my head...she had a few glasses of wine but in fairness she did a great job, she thinks I look like a convict 😂