Posted by Flattop Jeff![]()
on June 2, 2012, 12:38 am, in reply to "You too???"
68.39.93.x
I had been sporting a Businessman Taper five years ago, but my ultimate goal was to be the recipient of a Flattop. The reason that I started to frequent my barber's shop is that he has a reputation in sculpting "perfect Flattops". However, the suggestion on the Internet was to start slowly cutting your hair short...and request an Ivy League Crewcut first. When I mentioned it to my barber...he didn't think an Ivy League would look good on me...and kept suggesting a Flattop each time that I mentioned an Ivy League again...as I have coarse poker straight dark brown hair, perfect for a Flattop. My barber's specialty haircut is a Flattop, as he sculpts at least four Flattops every day. Thus, I guess it shouldn't have been such a surprise to me when he kept suggesting that he give me a Flattop haircut...but I almost felt like my barber must have been reading my mind, and knew that I really wanted to sport a Flattop the entire time! While cutting my hair shorter...he kept commenting to me, "Look, you can't mess it up!" and "You look so much better with short hair!"...and he was right in both accounts! Eventually, the barber shop took some photographs of me and inserted two of my pictures in the Flattop Price Sign that hung on his barber shop mirror. Thus, is some ways...it seems I was destined to be a regular Flattop customer at his barber shop...and I couldn't be happier! [:-)
--Previous Message--
: Your barber suggested a flat for you, too?
: Apparently it's unusual, from what I've been
: told, for a barber to make style
: suggestions.
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: I almost believed my barber was the only one
: to do that...he pestered me until I let him
: cut a flat. And, he was VERY correct.
:
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: --Previous Message--
: Haircut terminology can have geographically
: specified titles too. When I requested an
: "Ivy League Crewcut" five years
: ago, my 60 year old Italian immigrant barber
: was not familiar with the term...as he was
: more acquainted with the title
: "Princeton", since his barber shop
: is located in New Jersey. He talked me out
: an Ivy League/Princeton...as he thought I
: was more suited for a Flattop. Wow, he knew
: what I really wanted! That's my kind of
: barber! [ :-)
:
: Born in 1940, my dad refers to his old
: Flattop haircuts as
: "Crewcuts"...and Crewcut haircuts
: as "Butch" cuts.
:
: Never request a haircut simply by title
: alone, as you never know what that
: particular barber's definition of your
: desired haircut will be...and you may end up
: sporting a haircut totally different than
: you desired, if you aren't more specific in
: your request.
:
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: --Previous Message--
: It's Esquire!!! Of course they have no
: clue.
:
: Even using the term "buzzer
: clippers" would have given it more
: credibility, than just calling them buzzers.
: That was pathetic.
:
: You're definitely right about the metro guys
: not knowing about men's haircuts. Most of
: them consider "the salon" to be
: the place you get your hair styled, and are
: terrified at the thought of going to a real
: man-space.
:
: As for the comment you made about "crew
: cuts," you're absolutely right...but in
: fairness it is a sloppy and imprecise term,
: when it comes to its general use. I went in
: to an old barber and asked for an
: ivy-league, once, and he felt he had to
: double check what I actually meant, because
: terminology is now so sloppy.
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: --Previous Message--
: I think this was uneducated and Ill
: researched.... the term "buzzer"
: denotes the clips used on your head by
: your "barber" I am a barber and
: this is whats wrong with guys not knowing
: the great perks of a Barbershop cut. This
: is joke! and shame on esquire for not
: reserching these cuts. Incidently there
: definition for a crewcut and a buzzcut are
: almost identical and thats wrond also !
: Being a Barber I had to laugh at the whole
: thing, It's like the Metro guys have
: no idea what a real mans haircut is or
: where to get it.
:
: --Previous Message--
: The Discerning Man's Guide to Summer Style
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