Procedure for Men’s Basic Clipper Cut.

Implement and Materials.

Cutting cage, Berber comb, trimmer, neck strip, hair cutting shears, small number guard attachment, hair cutting comb, clipper

 

Procedure.

1.The hair should be clean and dry for this haircut.

2.Make a horseshoe parting about 2 inches (cm) bellow the apex of the head, beginning and ending at the front hairline, comb the hair above the part forward.

3. starting in the area, place the hair cutting comb against the scalp, teeth up, angle the comb against the scalp from 0 to 45 degrees, allowing for the natural contour of the head, cut the hair that extends through the teeth of the comb.

 

4. Repeat step 3 as you move up back of the head. Blend the lengths over the curve of the head by cross cutting horizontally, from side to side. Shape the back center area first, from the nape to the parietal ridge. Then still using the clipper over comb techniques cut both sides of the back, from ear to ear.

 

5.Careful blend the length over the curve of the head by cross-cutting.

 

6. Using a small number attachment on the clipper, cut up each side from the side-burn to the parietal ridge. The hair length will be very close to the scalp. If the client wants longer sides, the weight on the top should not overpower the sides, it should blend, if the sides are very short, the top should be cut shorter to blend.

 

7.Measure the distance between the eyebrows and the natural hairline to establish an appropriate guideline for the length in the crown area.

 

8.Cut a narrow guideline at the crown end of the horseshoe paring. Determine the length by the forehead measurement. Beginning at the crown end, cut the top area with the clipper to the exact length of the initial crown guideline. As you move toward the forehead, pull the hair back toward the guideline in order to increase the length ta the forehead.

 

9.Using the clipper and attachment, shorten and shape the hair around the ears and sideburns. Continue to cut the hair until the shape of the head and the length of the hair area in harmony. To blend or outline the perimeter of the haircut, you may use a clipper or trimmer. The shear-over comb or clipper over-comb techniques, using the front teeth of a barber comb, may also be employed here.