Indy weekend!

This is a big clipper weekend in Indianapolis, IN.
We have the BSG Fashion Focus show at the convention center. Andis will debut Jason Potchen on our show stage and on the show floor. We are cutting with Woody's Men's grooming on the floor and in a special classroom presentation. We will have great clipper and trimmer show deals available at the Andis show floor booth, too. Stop by to learn and say hello.

Blind Barber

Check out this NYC barber shop - Blind barber. Yes. A cool name. More importantly these guys appear to be another great barber shop committed to upholding the finest traditions of barber shop culture and professionalism in America. They are a definite stop on my next NYC trip.

Link here to their web site.

This is a link to a YouTube vid featuring them in a Levis Dockers promotion. Way cool.

This is a promotional vid from their web site for the shop as well... Good stuff.

Good work guys. keep the traditions alive with a modern spin on it. Just what guys need.

NEW technique - Video here.

Here is the video for the technique teased to you in the prior posting...

Have a look. LINK.

Inspired from the back row

I sat in the back row watching the presentation before mine. Waiting my turn. Listening for something I could use. I found it. A really neat-O hair cutting technique. Something I have never seen before... and I have seen a lot. 1 great idea is worth the entire price of admission. This one was well worth it.

It was a technique for trimming split ends and rendering an overall healthier look to longer hair. Trimming the base line does not do much to help. Re-layering does not allow the hair to grow out longer. Ignoring the split ends leaves them split... and prone to continued splitting up the hair shaft. Not good.

The presenter called the technique singing, as in singing with flame, like in the old days. Singing was a technique for lightly flaming off the ends of the hair. She did it with a scissors. I immediately figured out how I would do it with a trimmer... a clipper is too aggressive... a trimmer would be perfect.

I am to shoot a youtube video tomorrow featuring this technique... I will post it here to the blog shortly after. Stay tuned. Hate to be a teaser... but this will be great on video. Not so great if I just type it out. I promise... worth the wait!

Andis e Update is here.

The new Andis barberb update is here. Link HERE to see it. learn about the NEW Envy clipper and more!

Flat Top Time

You know me. It is always flat top time... but this time it was at a USMC base helping a new team of hair cutters master military cutting to support a new shop on base to serve our troops. Fun time. Serious hair. Major security. All the things you would expect.

Birds barber Shop Austin, TX

Birds Barber Shop
I stopped in to visit Birds barber Shop on south Congress Street in Austin last week. Very neat place. Simple and clean design with big panoramic windows. Prospective client can see in at all the happenings. Hair cutters can see out to be inspired by the world as the hair outside walks by.
I spent a few moments chatting with a hair cutter there. She was relatively new to the Birds team and was having a ball. She said she does not miss the chemical services of her last salon and loves to clipper cut. She had even just ordered some new Andis tools on line.
I dropped off a handfull of FREE Andis clipper combs (always a fave) and picked up a Birds sticker for my laptop. Fair trade!
Birds’ shops are known for trendy and progressive cuts in the Austin, TX area. They have introduced a collection of three styling products in pucks for great textured looks and fresh styles.
You know you are in a pretty hip place when item number 1 on the price menu is “Mohawk”. Click the LIKE button on that!
Here is a link to Birds fb page so you can learn more. Stop in when you are in town. Tell them ClipperGuy sent you.