Brehs, how do you choose a new barber when you go to a barbershop for the 1st time?

[Tommy Sheppard]

I was in a pinch breh, needed a cut for tomorrow morning

see if any shops that you go to have any business cards with there instagram on it, some shops have them and take pics of there cuts.

if not just ask the owner if he has some pics of some cuts in his phone, I doubt if he says no if he is nice since your a new customer.

 

[louisvandross]

I know nikkas care about haircuts, but I never understood the worry about someone fukking up ur hair. ....and if it's fukked up real bad, just have em cut it off and start over.

:nathans: that aint an option for some of us breh.
My barber growing up, and good friend, kept getting fukking locked up, till eventually I lost all contact with him

Getting referred to a good barber is the safest way, but on them O.T. trips facebook & yelp reviews are my plan B. In Cleveland my go to barbershop is Fade Away on Northfield Rd.

Ive never seen anyone leave there with a bad cut.
In orlando Im at The Mad Barbers on OBT

shot out to Moreno!

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

No homo but if you out n about n see a nikka wit a nice cut ask him what barbershop he goes to n who cut him. Get his name too so you can tell da barber who just helped him get summore bizness.

It's what I did when I moved to a new city.

*edit* just seen da breh @N*E*R*D already said somethin similar.

 

[¢apitali$t Migraine]

You can cut it urself, the trick is u have to:
1. Do the ENTIRE cut without the guard, and
2. NEVER let the clippers come off ur head. Do the entire cut in one big fluid motion, even the shape up.

But seriously, just google all the barbershops in ur city, sift thru the cracker ones and select the most expensive, professional, Bronner Bros convention supplies having looking negro shop u see. Lmao @ axing Who da best nikka in here? Like the barbers are gon be like, Err, well shyt, I suck, but Mike is pretty good. But whatever u do, don't fukk with anyone but Mike cuz the rest of us are fukking horrible, dog. We stay fukkin nikkas' heads up, real shyt.

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

see if any shops that you go to have any business cards with there instagram on it, some shops have them and take pics of there cuts.

if not just ask the owner if he has some pics of some cuts in his phone, I doubt if he says no if he is nice since your a new customer.

I looked at the pics they had up in Google maps, there was like 16 pics, all the cuts looked good. I guess I got the scrub

You can cut it urself, the trick is u have to:
1. Do the ENTIRE cut without the guard, and
2. NEVER let the clippers come off ur head. Do the entire cut in one big fluid motion, even the shape up.

But seriously, just google all the barbershops in ur city, sift thru the cracker ones and select the most expensive, professional, Bronner Bros convention supplies having looking negro shop u see. Lmao @ axing Who da best nikka in here? Like the barbers are gon be like, Err, well shyt, I suck, but Mike is pretty good. But whatever u do, don't fukk with anyone but Mike cuz the rest of us are fukking horrible, dog. We stay fukkin nikkas' heads up, real shyt.

 

[Audemar]

First, do the visual inspection: how does dude look with the clippers? Is there a sign-in sheet? If yes, which barber's name is most frequent? Empty chair in a full barbershop is a no-go. The one dude in the back who is sitting in his chair while looking like he's thinking about what he's going to do once he leaves the shop? Also a no-go. Then, I usually go simple. Sometimes, I just say "do the line/edge-up." If he's not sharp with it or asks too many questions to begin with, I know what to do.

 

[Deezy314619]

I'm rolling

 

[¢apitali$t Migraine]

This whole thread is so goddamn sad. Like these are real ass problems in the Black community. U gotta use fukkin Jedi mind trix just to navigate thru a visit to a damn barber shop. Crackers get to complain ANYTIME and ANYWHERE. A fukking organist could be doing their mother's funeral for free n if he hits one wrong note, it's on.
shyt, u go to the barber shop for a wave cut n the nikka gives u a high top fade (or doesn't cut ur mfn hair low enough, frontin like that's as low as he can go when he's just tryna have u come back in a week) n u gotta plot an escape like Al Pacino in the pool hall scene from Carlito's Way.

 

[Silkk]

Bruh, this nikka got my edges all high and shyt

When he spun me around handed me the mirror and saw the dissapointment and pain in my face, he said "just give me $10 doggie" I legit looked like:

 

[kevin arnold]

Instagram and hashtag your city with barbershop and some people will pop up

 

[beenz]

:nathans: that aint an option for some of us breh.
My barber growing up, and good friend, kept getting fukking locked up, till eventually I lost all contact with him

Getting referred to a good barber is the safest way, but on them O.T. trips facebook & yelp reviews are my plan B. In Cleveland my go to barbershop is Fade Away on Northfield Rd.

Ive never seen anyone leave there with a bad cut.
In orlando Im at The Mad Barbers on OBT

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shot out to Moreno!

I feel u. the cat that cut my hair most of my life died like in 2008, so I'm just like these days. plus, the other cat, who used to cut me is my boy from college. but he dont' even cut hair no more even tho he raw at it. so I said fukk it.

 

[Zero]

You can cut it urself, the trick is u have to:
1. Do the ENTIRE cut without the guard, and
2. NEVER let the clippers come off ur head. Do the entire cut in one big fluid motion, even the shape up.

But seriously, just google all the barbershops in ur city, sift thru the cracker ones and select the most expensive, professional, Bronner Bros convention supplies having looking negro shop u see. Lmao @ axing Who da best nikka in here? Like the barbers are gon be like, Err, well shyt, I suck, but Mike is pretty good. But whatever u do, don't fukk with anyone but Mike cuz the rest of us are fukking horrible, dog. We stay fukkin nikkas' heads up, real shyt.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

I'm at the barber shop now, Spanish joint, they playin bachata n shyt

This nikka gave me the same hairline he got

yo

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Just sit in the cut and watch em work...

Or get recommended

 

[¢apitali$t Migraine]

I almost forgot before I go to sleep. If u get with a new barber, n this prick gives u a card/his #, and he gives u a good ass cut, watch the fukk out. He's expectin u to make a $20-30 appointment. If he's a sensitive ass retarded ass mf, if u do another walk-in because ur not mfn P. Diddy and can't afford to make an appt to help shoulder the burden of his Escalade payments, watch out. The fakkit WILL fukk up ur hair to prove a point.

Basically, once a nikka done gave u a bomb ass cut AND gave u his card, he's expectin u to pony up the BIG bux for his talents. It might be a better strategy to go in, chill for about 15-20 min n see who got skills, to pay the bills. Then approach that b*stard n axe him for his card/number n make an appointment. That way if the fruit fukks ur head up, u can go full retard on his down's syndrome ass.