Fog
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12302
- Joined: 2008/02/27 21:53:35
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
do you use clippers?
I'm guessing a few of you do here.. how the heck do you deal with the back of ya head? hehe I've got to a point where my local barber hasn't got a lot to cut now, although I don't wanna shave it all of.. I figure cutting it short would be good enough (and also hides the grey..hehe) there is a certain baker who comes to mind for hairstyles, but heck I'm guessing he goes to the saloon and gets it done..hehe
post edited by Fog - 2009/03/14 12:28:22
|
Wookiee
Rrrrugh arah-ah-woof?
- Total Posts : 13306
- Joined: 2007/01/16 06:19:43
- Location: Akahaocwora - Village Yoh Kay
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 12:41:43
(permalink)
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Karma has a way of finding its own way home.
Primary, i7 8700K 16Gigs Ram, 3x500gb SSD's 2TB Backup HHD Saffire Pro 40. Win 10 64Bit Secondary i7 4790K, 32GB Ram, 500Gb SSD OS/Prog's, 1TB Audio, 1TB Samples HHD AudioBox USB, Win 10 64Bit CbB, Adam's A7x's - Event 20/20's, Arturia V6, Korg Digital Legacy, Softube Modular, Arturia Keylab-88, USB-MidiSport 8x8
|
Fog
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12302
- Joined: 2008/02/27 21:53:35
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 12:50:34
(permalink)
but u have to trim it the odd time right ? hehe.. how many years gap? sadly not all of us are blessed with long locks, but it doesn't matter since I don't make rock music 
|
John
Forum Host
- Total Posts : 30467
- Joined: 2003/11/06 11:53:17
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 12:54:06
(permalink)
You could always hire a wife!
|
jamesg1213
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 21760
- Joined: 2006/04/18 14:42:48
- Location: SW Scotland
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:01:50
(permalink)
Daughter *2 does it, but I have to pay her a fiver.. 
Jyemz Thrombold's Patented Brisk Weather Pantaloonettes with Inclementometer
|
Jonbouy
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 22562
- Joined: 2008/04/14 13:47:39
- Location: England's Sunshine South Coast
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:06:37
(permalink)
This is quite simply the best thread ever...
"We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves" - Banksy
|
spacey
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8769
- Joined: 2004/05/03 18:53:44
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:06:47
(permalink)
 NO that's not me!
post edited by spacey - 2009/03/14 13:07:25
|
Fog
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12302
- Joined: 2008/02/27 21:53:35
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:08:52
(permalink)
John.. short term maybe a good idea.. long term.. well excessive expenditure is a bad thing (e.g. women sometimes have a liking for expensive clothes / shoes / handbags.. to name 3 things) James she's over charging ya.. hehe I find it funny outside of London £10.. in London, £5-6 , of course the argument is your paying for what they have to work with, but I give them an easy life..hehe spacey, I think you posted that before? I'm 95% sure I'll never get a tat..
post edited by Fog - 2009/03/14 13:11:29
|
VinylJunkie
Max Output Level: -72 dBFS
- Total Posts : 939
- Joined: 2008/07/25 08:40:45
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
|
Jonbouy
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 22562
- Joined: 2008/04/14 13:47:39
- Location: England's Sunshine South Coast
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:09:09
(permalink)
It's a bit of a wild assumption that clippers get used by many people.
Most folk I know would do the right thing and hand them in to the police.
"We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves" - Banksy
|
Jonbouy
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 22562
- Joined: 2008/04/14 13:47:39
- Location: England's Sunshine South Coast
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:11:53
(permalink)
I take it that you've ruled out the Bobby Charlton comb over I thought Bobby Chartlon went for the 'walnut whip' rather than the 'comb over' or 'rafters'...
"We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves" - Banksy
|
Fog
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12302
- Joined: 2008/02/27 21:53:35
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:17:53
(permalink)
|
spacey
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8769
- Joined: 2004/05/03 18:53:44
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:26:17
(permalink)
I guess if your serious...if I had the same issue and didn't want or didn't have anybody to cut it I'd probably consider that vacuum cleaner trimmer I saw on the tube sometime ago...flow bee or something like that. I guess the bright side is if you make a mess at least you don't have to clean it up.
|
Fog
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12302
- Joined: 2008/02/27 21:53:35
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 13:41:12
(permalink)
yer I am serious spacey.. ermm I just got fed up of paying for not a lot of work. I used to work with someone who used to pay £40 for a haircut, that made me laugh as that was the same as 8 haircuts to me. I just have to keep it trimmed so the grey doesn't show up.. I only just turned 36.. recently , it's funny someone at work 3 months older (who I know hhm 26 years).. people think he's a lot younger.hehe I trimmed it earlier with a grade 3 thing, but I'll probably go over it again with a 2... but the back / behind the ears is the problem area.. the problem with shaving it all of.. well I'm sure there's a fair few dents.. I had a habit of falling off walls etc as a kid. Even at nursery when I decided it would be a good idea to put a ladder against a climbing frame (I was probably 3 at the time)
post edited by Fog - 2009/03/14 13:48:08
|
Lay In Wait
Max Output Level: -57.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1764
- Joined: 2005/09/12 23:59:19
- Location: Victoria B.C , Canada
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 14:06:40
(permalink)
I guess if your serious...if I had the same issue and didn't want or didn't have anybody to cut it I'd probably consider that vacuum cleaner trimmer I saw on the tube sometime ago...flow bee or something like that. LOL is this what your talking about. The Suck cut, well it certainly does suck. 
Windows 7 Pro 64bit, Core i7 920, Asus p6td deluxe, Sonar X1c PE, Motu 2408 mk3, Apogee Mini DAC, 3x UAD-1, Digimax FS, Motu Microlite, MCU, Tranzport, Nocturn. And more...
|
The Maillard Reaction
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 31918
- Joined: 2004/07/09 20:02:20
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 14:09:07
(permalink)
My wife uses these on me: Oster Clipper 76 Classic  I used to use the smaller version...it tugs and yanks at hi speed... this good unit has so much torque that it runs at low speed and comfortably slices the hair clean and smooth.
|
VinylJunkie
Max Output Level: -72 dBFS
- Total Posts : 939
- Joined: 2008/07/25 08:40:45
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 14:16:40
(permalink)
I used to work with someone who used to pay £40 for a haircut How much? I had my hair cut this week - for a mere £7.30
|
spacey
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8769
- Joined: 2004/05/03 18:53:44
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 14:23:43
(permalink)
Found it! - man it must have been twenty years ago when I heard about or saw it on the tube...still going I guess.
|
Fog
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12302
- Joined: 2008/02/27 21:53:35
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 14:38:27
(permalink)
hehe spacey, I'll stick with the clippers, much like Mike uses, errm Wahl are probably the best known ones here I guess.. I might go over it again tomorrow.. today was a bit of a test run, to see how bad it'd turn out.. but it's still a bit too long.. so time for grade 2 I guess.
VJ yep he used to go Toni & Guy .. joke is when he got his haircut, I hardly noticed.. I can understand women spending such money on a hair cut..
|
Wookiee
Rrrrugh arah-ah-woof?
- Total Posts : 13306
- Joined: 2007/01/16 06:19:43
- Location: Akahaocwora - Village Yoh Kay
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/14 14:42:56
(permalink)
ORIGINAL: Fog
but u have to trim it the odd time right ? hehe.. how many years gap?
sadly not all of us are blessed with long locks, but it doesn't matter since I don't make rock music
It is now over eighteen months since I had my split ends done, Prior to that it was a year when I last had a real live hair cut to a length that was what be called PC, i.e. passively compliant. At that time I went through what could be described as a change in my perspective, the details of which are irrelevant here. As of this moment in time when asked, I explain to people I am not growing my hair I am just not having it cut. I am not sure I make rock music either.
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Karma has a way of finding its own way home.
Primary, i7 8700K 16Gigs Ram, 3x500gb SSD's 2TB Backup HHD Saffire Pro 40. Win 10 64Bit Secondary i7 4790K, 32GB Ram, 500Gb SSD OS/Prog's, 1TB Audio, 1TB Samples HHD AudioBox USB, Win 10 64Bit CbB, Adam's A7x's - Event 20/20's, Arturia V6, Korg Digital Legacy, Softube Modular, Arturia Keylab-88, USB-MidiSport 8x8
|
OffAnAirplane
Max Output Level: -63 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1386
- Joined: 2005/05/12 13:25:26
- Location: Houston, TX
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 13:19:02
(permalink)
What you do is stand with your back facing a large mirror (a normal bathroom mirror will do) and hold a hand mirror in one hand and the clippers in the other. It takes a little getting used to, as everthing is backwards, but you can at least see what you are doing back there.
I've done this many times (though now I just go to a barber and pay $14). It works fine.
Rom 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
|
Fog
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12302
- Joined: 2008/02/27 21:53:35
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 13:44:42
(permalink)
thats what I did , the 2 mirror thing, but I think I'll go see my barber on Saturday.. front / sides were good enough, think I messed up the back though. ah well
|
Beagle
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 50621
- Joined: 2006/03/29 11:03:12
- Location: Fort Worth, TX
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 13:49:32
(permalink)
I work with a guy who uses a flowbee! He has 2 of them in case one breaks! he can't stand anyone touching his neck, that's why he uses the flowbee!
problem is, you can always tell when he's used it because it leaves gaps in the back if you are trying to use it yourself - same problem Fog is having with the clippers!
|
Slugbaby
Max Output Level: -33.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4172
- Joined: 2004/10/01 13:57:37
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 13:51:34
(permalink)
Hold the clippers in one hand, and a hand-held mirror in the other.
Clip with your back towards the bathroom mirror.
You should be able to see the back of your head and the bits you're missing.
(i use this when I shave my head with a razor).
|
inmazevo
Max Output Level: -42.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 3276
- Joined: 2006/01/03 18:30:38
- Location: Pacific Northwest
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 14:00:06
(permalink)
My wife does mine for me, thankfully. But, in the rare event that I have to do it myself (like if she's out of town), I just take the easy way out and cut 100% @ the same level (size 2 or 3) on my clippers. Done. Of course, I get the inevitable "where are you stationed" questions from the military look of it. If it's an attractive girl asking, even better. If it's horrible, I wear a hat.  - zevo
post edited by inmazevo - 2009/03/18 14:06:36
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 14:10:20
(permalink)
Here in Calif we have Super Cuts.
$16 bux plus tip ($3 to $5 whatever i have).
In and out in 20 minutes.
Basically a barber.
I used to go to a gal (for over 20 years) but the $45 plus tip got too rough in these times.
|
Fog
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12302
- Joined: 2008/02/27 21:53:35
- Location: UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 16:16:24
(permalink)
beagle, I only know that device from waynes world..hehe it reminds me of 2 uk comedians who did a mickey take of "slade".. basically they had a bowl around Dave Hill's hair.. the pudding bowl effect.hehe I don't think I totally butchered the back, but well ah well. it'll grow back. well sorta..lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLm9iBUAogk slug.. one day I'll razor it but I'll pre long it as I'm sure when you did yours for the first time, I bet you wondered about dents.. me I should have a fair few as I was rather accident prone a kid.. I never grew my hair long either etc.. I dunno , never been one for spending on fortune on such things. zevo "work" work wise , I can't wear a hat.. so never mind.the plan was to cut it at the start of my hols.. so if it was a total "mess up" It'd have time to grow back.. I did use 3 thing on it, with the blades retracted. Bapu, well who I go to for years.. because I have been going there so long it's normally £5-6.. which is just under double in dollars I guess. $45 though. jeez.. way too much. It's funny his shop is so old fashioned and it's been used in a few TV adverts.
|
Garry Stubbs
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2619
- Joined: 2008/02/18 17:34:48
- Location: Castlethorpe, UK
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 16:34:14
(permalink)
Personally Fog, I get a number two buzz cut with clippers at a gents hairdresser's in my local town, and they only charge a fiver for a single grade cut, which I think is well wotth it, reason being, dont forget the way a trained hairdresser (barber) can tidy up around the tops of your ears and a nice taper at the back with a razor, finishes the job off nicely
https://soundcloud.com/garry-kiosk Sonar Platinum 64-bit: Q6600 8Gb Win7 64-bit: KRK Monitors: ART MPA PRO VLA ii preamp: 3 x 500Gb internal SATA disks: Superior Drummer2: GPO4: Realstrat: Saxlab: Rapture: Dimension Pro: Ozone 4: Edirol SPS-660: PCR-500 MIDI controller: Korg PadKontrol: Fender / Gibson / Yamaha / Ibanez guitars:Guitar Rig 5: Dual 22" Monitors: Mapex Drums, Sabian AAX cymbals: Alesis DM5 Pro Kit: SE Electronics and Shure Mics: Mathmos Lava Lamp (40W)
|
SteveStrummerUK
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 31112
- Joined: 2006/10/28 10:53:48
- Location: Worcester, England.
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 18:09:16
(permalink)
ORIGINAL: Fog
beagle, I only know that device from waynes world..hehe it reminds me of 2 uk comedians who did a mickey take of "slade".. basically they had a bowl around Dave Hill's hair.. the pudding bowl effect.hehe I don't think I totally butchered the back, but well ah well. it'll grow back. well sorta..lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLm9iBUAogk
He he - classic stuff My auntie (in law), a (Wolverhampton) school music teacher, taught Dave Hill how to play the guitar you know.
|
foxwolfen
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8256
- Joined: 2008/03/29 23:41:47
- Status: offline
RE: do you use clippers?
2009/03/18 18:17:24
(permalink)
Dude, its easy... Grab a bowl that fits your head... wear it and trim around the edges.. You may look a bit like a monk.. but hey, go with it I say... chicks love a challenge... let her think she "converted you" lol. Cheers Shad
A scientist knows more & more about less & less till he knows everything about nothing, while a philosopher knows less & less about more & more till he knows nothing about everything. Composers Forum
|