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Can we talk about people who still use thinning shears on top of the head?
I was at a shop in Austin last week watching this new barber work on a client and he grabbed his thinning shears and started hacking away at the crown area like it was a hedge. Thinning shears are for blending heavy spots not for taking bulk out of the top where everyone can see it. By the time he was done the guy had these weird choppy lines going across his part and he had to buzz it all down to fix it. Has anyone else seen this happen way more often lately or is it just me noticing bad technique?
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jordan4641mo ago
I swear the first time I tried thinning shears I ended up looking like I had a mullet and a poodle had a baby. At least that guys barber had a buzz cut to fall back on, I had to wear a hat for two weeks.
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robinwalker1mo ago
Read an old barbering book that called thinning shears a "last resort tool" for the crown.
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