Jim Jones and me
Jim Jones taught me how to clipper cut. Jim Jones taught me how to share clipper cutting with others. Jim has been an important mentor to me for a long time. Over the past few years I have respectfully referred stylists to Jim and his presentations at every event we are at together. I even send stylists and aspiring clipper cutters to see him in Lansing, MI where he has his shop and training facility. Jim and I are both busy teaching at most major events. At IBS Las Vegas, for the first time in our career we were sharing a classroom and a stage. This was a HUGE thrill for me. Pictured is Jim and me at the classroom sign outside our room. This was neat-O. Clipper cutter students did not even have to leave the room for the BEST in clipper cutting education. Jim Jones and me! Wow! This was fun. Thank you Jim! For more education from Jim contact him at 800.962.6178 or on the web at http://www.jimjonesseminars.com
Jim is still the legend in this business. Thank you Jim!
P.S. See the pic at Twitter... follow me there too... Clipperguy!
http://www.twitter.com
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes at the video shoot
The Scissorboy.com video shoot in LA was a lot of fun. The host salon, Static salon, was great. More on them tomorrow. The location was ideal. I love Melrose ave. I could walk the street there all day looking in stores and people watching. We had a nice “live studio audience” made up of the salon staff, clinets, passers by and students from a local cosmetology school. I am sure I am always just a bit better with an audience. The models were ideal for the cuts we were trying to do. Jeremy Knott, The clipper cutter we had as a guest in Long beach at ISSE works at Static and set the whole thing up for us. He sourced the models. More on Jeremy here http://www.losangelesbarbershop.com Contact me if you would like to hose a video shoot in your shop. Esp for the YouTube program we are always looking for neat places to film and great heads to cut.
The Scissorboy.com video shoot in LA was a lot of fun. The host salon, Static salon, was great. More on them tomorrow. The location was ideal. I love Melrose ave. I could walk the street there all day looking in stores and people watching. We had a nice “live studio audience” made up of the salon staff, clinets, passers by and students from a local cosmetology school. I am sure I am always just a bit better with an audience. The models were ideal for the cuts we were trying to do. Jeremy Knott, The clipper cutter we had as a guest in Long beach at ISSE works at Static and set the whole thing up for us. He sourced the models. More on Jeremy here http://www.losangelesbarbershop.com Contact me if you would like to hose a video shoot in your shop. Esp for the YouTube program we are always looking for neat places to film and great heads to cut.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Flat top at the video shoot
Flat top at the video shoot
At the scissorboy.com video shoot I cut one of the best flat tops I have cut in some time. Amazing what a live audience will do for a performance. Great, willing modes. Nice hair. Awesome flat. Go to http://www.scissorboy.com to subscribe to the video series. Good stuff straight to your in box.
Photo is on Twitter. Follow me there.
http://www.twitter.com search clipperguy
At the scissorboy.com video shoot I cut one of the best flat tops I have cut in some time. Amazing what a live audience will do for a performance. Great, willing modes. Nice hair. Awesome flat. Go to http://www.scissorboy.com to subscribe to the video series. Good stuff straight to your in box.
Photo is on Twitter. Follow me there.
http://www.twitter.com search clipperguy
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Latest on YouTube.
New YouTube vid posted today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2OG5sCNhw&feature=channel_page
It is all about the Andis PhatMaster. new and HOT!
Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2OG5sCNhw&feature=channel_page
It is all about the Andis PhatMaster. new and HOT!
Enjoy.
Friday, June 19, 2009
speaking of feet
See the pic on my facebook or Twitter. That is my shoe on my left foot and a Shaquile O'Neil shoe on my right, size HUGE. This was a catch your attention item at a booth at a recent show. it worked. Reminds me of a book I just read... Pow! Right between the eyes, profiting from the power of surprise... or something like that.
Link to the book is below on Amazon. This is a must read for progressive promotion minded business ppl.
http://www.amazon.com/Pow-Right-Between-Eyes-Profiting/dp/0470405503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245345011&sr=1-1
Pow! Right between the eyes Profiting form the power of surprise.
Link to the book is below on Amazon. This is a must read for progressive promotion minded business ppl.
http://www.amazon.com/Pow-Right-Between-Eyes-Profiting/dp/0470405503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245345011&sr=1-1
Pow! Right between the eyes Profiting form the power of surprise.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Happy Feet!
Massaging insoles
I have written about my happiness with these insoles in the past. Now I am writing about how good their service is… I stopped by to see them at the booth in Orlando since mine were running flat and not as “bouncy” as before… No questions. No worries… Just a new pair - FREE replacement. Nice. Get yourself some of these too and have very happy feet. Like me!
http://www.massaginginsoles.com
... and then I had another shoe experience... more on this next week.
I have written about my happiness with these insoles in the past. Now I am writing about how good their service is… I stopped by to see them at the booth in Orlando since mine were running flat and not as “bouncy” as before… No questions. No worries… Just a new pair - FREE replacement. Nice. Get yourself some of these too and have very happy feet. Like me!
http://www.massaginginsoles.com
... and then I had another shoe experience... more on this next week.
Monday, June 15, 2009
The Andis booth monkey
The Andis booth monkey
The Andis booth monkey was in place surveying the crowd and keeping an eye on the world of Andis this past weekend in Orlando. Part mascot and part good luck charm, he delivered the numbers in grand style for us. Several models were sell outs. Especially, Bty Master which sold out first day after a huge demo and stage push. That is a lot of clipper and a lot of clipper technology for a small sum. Thank you, booth monkey. See you again soon. Booth monkey lives in my tool trunk, not in the warehouse with the booth and staging. This is the first published pic of the booth monkey. The pic shows with the blog entry on clipperguysays blog and his pic was Twitpic’ed today too. He is soon to become the true mini-celebrity that he deserved to be. Maybe I will have to find him a spot in my office instead of inside a dart trade show trunk.
The Andis booth monkey was in place surveying the crowd and keeping an eye on the world of Andis this past weekend in Orlando. Part mascot and part good luck charm, he delivered the numbers in grand style for us. Several models were sell outs. Especially, Bty Master which sold out first day after a huge demo and stage push. That is a lot of clipper and a lot of clipper technology for a small sum. Thank you, booth monkey. See you again soon. Booth monkey lives in my tool trunk, not in the warehouse with the booth and staging. This is the first published pic of the booth monkey. The pic shows with the blog entry on clipperguysays blog and his pic was Twitpic’ed today too. He is soon to become the true mini-celebrity that he deserved to be. Maybe I will have to find him a spot in my office instead of inside a dart trade show trunk.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Andis on Facebook
Link is below...
follow us there, be a fan, be a folllower, be a leader, be better than you were yesterday!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sturtevant-WI/Andis-Company/44846203708?ref=mf
follow us there, be a fan, be a folllower, be a leader, be better than you were yesterday!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sturtevant-WI/Andis-Company/44846203708?ref=mf
Friday, June 12, 2009
Way to go Wallace!
Way to go Wallace
Wallace Barlow made a strong showing on stage this past weekend at Premiere in Orlando. Wallace cuts in Atlanta at American Haircuts in Mid-town. He rocks the BGRc at his chair and did a great job for Andis at the show. At one point I literally had to push him off the stage to get him to grab a drink and visit the rest room. He just kept the hair flying and the chatter going. He built good crowds and saw them leave the Andis booth area with new tools and the information to use them well. Nice job Wallace. If you are a guy in need of a great clipper cut search him out at the shop.
Wallace Barlow made a strong showing on stage this past weekend at Premiere in Orlando. Wallace cuts in Atlanta at American Haircuts in Mid-town. He rocks the BGRc at his chair and did a great job for Andis at the show. At one point I literally had to push him off the stage to get him to grab a drink and visit the rest room. He just kept the hair flying and the chatter going. He built good crowds and saw them leave the Andis booth area with new tools and the information to use them well. Nice job Wallace. If you are a guy in need of a great clipper cut search him out at the shop.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Hands-on at Premiere Orlando
Hands on at Premiere show
The Andis hands-on clipper cutting class at Premiere was a hoot. Fast paced and a bit hectic. I think the agenda was just a bit ambitious for the rookie portion of the crowd. Even so, fun was had by all and at the very least everyone was working hard and the hair was a’flyin’. We workshopped 7 powerful concepts. We did shear style cutting, back hand layering, clipper-over-comb overhand, clipper-over-comb underhand, skip guard tapering, 4 min fading and flat topping. We had quite a few impressive flat tops created by a few clipper cutters who have not had much experience with the discipline. Nice. This was definitely the number 1 clipper educational opportunity of the weekend. Premiere shows web site is below. Plan to be there next year. If you want to see this workshop happen again... speak out. it is not too soon to plan.
TY
GC
http://www.premiereshows.com
The Andis hands-on clipper cutting class at Premiere was a hoot. Fast paced and a bit hectic. I think the agenda was just a bit ambitious for the rookie portion of the crowd. Even so, fun was had by all and at the very least everyone was working hard and the hair was a’flyin’. We workshopped 7 powerful concepts. We did shear style cutting, back hand layering, clipper-over-comb overhand, clipper-over-comb underhand, skip guard tapering, 4 min fading and flat topping. We had quite a few impressive flat tops created by a few clipper cutters who have not had much experience with the discipline. Nice. This was definitely the number 1 clipper educational opportunity of the weekend. Premiere shows web site is below. Plan to be there next year. If you want to see this workshop happen again... speak out. it is not too soon to plan.
TY
GC
http://www.premiereshows.com
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Pedometer Project
The Pedometer project
They passed out pedometers at a recent Andis meeting. Part of an ongoing wellness campaign. Ever year they are tracking walking. They walk to a specific destination. I seldom participate as I am no tin the office much. This time I decided, lets see how far I walk and how fast. I am tracking the pedometer. I will continue to post the distance on Twitter and in my blog. Lets see just how far I can get and how fast. Our sales team was told that whoever walks the farthest by Cosmoprof in Vegas gets $100. I will easily have that in the bag… unless our west coast sales manager gives me a “walk for my money”… or a run. My stride is about 2.5 feet so 2,112 steps = 1 mile for me. I wonder if I can walk to Vegas by the time we get to Vegas. Vegas is 1,809 miles from the office. This is 9,551,520 feet or 3,820,608 steps on the pedometer. How about walk to London by the time I go to London in October? Stay tuned. As of today I am at 102,438 steps… 48.5 miles or to about 8 miles short of Janesville WI. I am on my way!
They passed out pedometers at a recent Andis meeting. Part of an ongoing wellness campaign. Ever year they are tracking walking. They walk to a specific destination. I seldom participate as I am no tin the office much. This time I decided, lets see how far I walk and how fast. I am tracking the pedometer. I will continue to post the distance on Twitter and in my blog. Lets see just how far I can get and how fast. Our sales team was told that whoever walks the farthest by Cosmoprof in Vegas gets $100. I will easily have that in the bag… unless our west coast sales manager gives me a “walk for my money”… or a run. My stride is about 2.5 feet so 2,112 steps = 1 mile for me. I wonder if I can walk to Vegas by the time we get to Vegas. Vegas is 1,809 miles from the office. This is 9,551,520 feet or 3,820,608 steps on the pedometer. How about walk to London by the time I go to London in October? Stay tuned. As of today I am at 102,438 steps… 48.5 miles or to about 8 miles short of Janesville WI. I am on my way!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Cutting my own hair - Chapter 13
Cutting my own hair - Chapter 13
Freehand carving
This was a lot of fun. My hair is shaping up nicely. I had my contacts in and was using the guards to taper up the sides. The top is grown out enough that there was some overhang from the top to the taper. I cannot really cut clipper-over-comb on my one head… so it was time for another technique. It is time to freehand carve. An OA F/D blade on a detachable blade clipper would be ideal for this… but as a noobie to cutting my own hair I was to go with an Easy Style clipper with a #1 guard in place… just in case I dip in too deep. This was easy t do. The slight angle of my mirror and my standing so close, right up onto it made this easy to see and easy to maintain control of what I was seeing and cutting. I was able to do a superb job of blending in the top/sides.
Freehand carving
This was a lot of fun. My hair is shaping up nicely. I had my contacts in and was using the guards to taper up the sides. The top is grown out enough that there was some overhang from the top to the taper. I cannot really cut clipper-over-comb on my one head… so it was time for another technique. It is time to freehand carve. An OA F/D blade on a detachable blade clipper would be ideal for this… but as a noobie to cutting my own hair I was to go with an Easy Style clipper with a #1 guard in place… just in case I dip in too deep. This was easy t do. The slight angle of my mirror and my standing so close, right up onto it made this easy to see and easy to maintain control of what I was seeing and cutting. I was able to do a superb job of blending in the top/sides.
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