"Precision Clipper Cutting #3
Flattops and Crewcuts"

You Can Cut Beautiful Flattops and Crewcuts

1hr, 20 minutes - $45.00 plus shipping & handling

It's like having a barber college inside your dvd player!!

If you want to learn how to give precision haircuts, these are the most demanding clipper cuts you can learn. If you've been through "Precision Clipper Cutting #1" and "..#2", then you are ready for "..#3". If so, you'll start out by learning - Two things you need from your customers in order to give them the BEST possible cut:

• Hair that is ready to cut - there are two things your customers can do that can really help if they want a precision clipper cut.
• A head like a "rock" is a big help… but not necessarily as "hard as a rock"... hear Bob tell you what he means

Remember: flattops and crewcuts often take the longest to give Three kinds of hair for flat tops & crew cuts. Bob discusses hair types in detail on "Precision Clipper Cutting #2". Here on "..#3" you'll hear about hair types as applied to flattops and crewcuts:

• The best kind
• The most common kind
• The worst kind. (The Princeton works better for this type of hair. See "Precision Clipper Cutting #1" for a demonstration of the Princeton.)
• The kind of hair that can work well for free-hand clipper cutting

The demonstrations begin with the Crew cut (the easier of these 2 haircuts) which Bob calls "a combination of a buzz-cut and a bit of a flat top". Bob uses a well-drawn diagram to show the 5 main steps in giving a crew cut. You’ll hear each step described in detail from start to finish. The discussion moves from the profile-view chart to the front-view diagram.

First crewcut.Then the cutting begins. You’ll see direct-contact cutting high on the back and sides, then move toward the top of the head. Tells you how to get the hair to stand up on end on the top, them moves to cutting the top. You hear the lengths of hair left at each stage of the cut, all across the head. At the end of this crew cut, the same client appears with his SECOND crew cut. (This man likes a regular tapered haircut through the cold Minnesota winters, then moves to the crew cuts for warm weather. This second cut is quite a bit shorter than the first… you can see the difference.)

An extra-short crew cut follows. Hear the blade setting as Bob uses an adjustable-blade clipper. Then, Bob switches to an Oster clipper and tells you which blade # he uses for the upper sides & upper back. This is a GREAT demonstration. The subject has black hair which provides a good contrast as it gets cut shorter through the haircut.

The third cut is abbreviated to show the cutting between the rounded buzz-cutting on the back 1/3 of the top, and the flat cutting on the front 1/3. This man had worn flat tops before but decided to change to a crew cut this time… can you guess why?

Next you'll start on your flattop training!

You'll see a great chart listing the eight steps to a great flattop:

1. the sides & back
2. the neck hair and outline
3. upper sides and back – the foundation of the haircut
4. first top cutting
5. second top cutting
6. cut the ‘horns”
7. rounding off
8. touch ups

Then the demonstrations begin!

First flattop: the entire haircut, start to finish, cutting on dark hair. Bob takes a break to show you, using some more of his excellent diagrams, what can happen if you cut the sides up too high. You’ll hear the reasoning behind giving the tops of the sides a slight angle in, rather than cut the sides straight up. After that you'll break out to another diagram to learn some common mistakes made when cutting the top. (You’ll actually see TWO haircuts on the same subject used in this segment, cut and filmed at 2 different times.)

Second flat top: an abbreviated clip where you only see the unique features of this haircut. One good thing about this haircut is that you get a better view of the back side of the subject during the haircut.

Third flat top: straight-up sides with sharp corners are what this client prefers. Bob shows you how to get that look as he rotates through the cut.

Fourth flat top: this time you'll see a "one-of a kind" flat top. The haircut starts as a 3/4" buzzcut all over, changes to a 1/4" cut up the sides, then the 2 lengths are blended. (Sound confusing? Don’t worry..Bob tells you which blade & comb to use to make this blend). Then you'll go after the top where the client likes it cut short and flat with no corners. The client also likes a longer back with blocked neckline - certainly unique in flattop haircuts, but it works very well with this man!

The Fifth and final flat top is the shortest flat top Bob is capable of giving. You'll hear the settings for the adjustable-blade clipper as your master teacher progresses along. You’ll also see and hear a lot of great instruction on this haircut. The cut takes nearly 10 minutes of the video while Bob tells you all the tricks and tips of giving an ultra-short flat top haircut.

Reprinted with permission from Clippercuts.com

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