ray324•6d ago

Overheard a guy at the shop say he never uses thinning shears

So I'm cutting a client yesterday and this old school barber in the next chair tells his customer he's been cutting for 30 years and never once used thinning shears. Said they ruin the texture or something. I use them all the time for blending on thick hair. Made me wonder if I'm doing something wrong or if that's just his personal preference. Anyone else skip thinning shears completely or am I just being lazy with them?

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alex_taylor106d ago

Ngl I used to be the same way, thought thinning shears were a crutch. But a few years back I watched a guy fix a really bad haircut with them in like two minutes and it changed my whole outlook. Now I see them more as a tool for certain textures, not a shortcut. Thick hair can get all choppy without some kind of blending, so I'd say you're not lazy at all. That old school barer probably just has his own way of doing things, but that doesn't make yours wrong.

sanchez.blake6d ago

Oh man, that reminds me of this time I was at a barber convention and saw this guy from Brazil use thinning shears on a curly mop of hair that looked like a helmet. He just went in with these tiny snips and it turned into this soft, layered look that actually moved. It was wild. I think a lot of the hate comes from people who only learned on straight hair and never had to deal with those crazy cowlicks or super dense textures. You ever try using them on wet hair vs dry? I feel like that changes everything too.