Shears
Whats the difference between shears and scissors?
Shears are longer than 6 inches, scissors measure less than 6 inches.
What style of comb is generally used for haircutting?
All-purpose comb
What are clippers and outliners used for?
Blending, texturizing, and detail work.
What are the two types of straight razors used in barbering?
Changable blade and conventional straight razors.
List the principal tools of the trade used in barbering.
Combs, brushes, shears, clippers, outliners, and razors.
How often should you clean and disinfect shears?
After each service and use.
What are ways a taper comb can be used?
Blending, trimming mustaches, tapering necklines, blending around the ears.
What are the two types of clippers?
Detachable-blade clippers and adjustable-blade clippers.
Where do razor blades go after a service?
In the sharps container.
Identify the two types of drapes and capes.
Haircutting cape and shampoo cape
What are thinning and blending shears used for?
Used for blending hair ends and removing bulk or weight.
What are hair picks effective at?
Hair picks are effective for combing through textured or tightly curled hair.
What are the three basic motor types?
Rotary, Pivot, and Magnetic
What angle do you hold the razor against the skin?
30 degree
Whats the purpose of neck strips.
Provides a barrier between the neckband of the cape and the clients neck.
What type of shears are generally use by barbers?
French and German style shears
What can a round brush achieve?
A round brush creates volume and curls in blowdry styling.
Whats the purpose of clipper guards?
Leaves the hair longer than what might be achieved from using the clipper blades alone.
Why are changeable blade straight razors used almost exclusively in the barbershop compared to the conventional straight razor?
The disposable blade eliminates honing and stropping, saves time, and helps to maintain infection control standards.
What are lather mugs?
Lather receptacle made out of glass, pottery, rubber, or metal.
Identify all parts of haircutting shears.
Moving blade, still blade, pivot screw, shank, finger grip, thumb grip, finger brace, Cutting edges, moving point, still point.
What brush is generally used with a blowdryer.
Vented brush.
Identify parts of a clipper.
Still blade, Cutting blade, heel, blade adjustment lever, set screw, and on/off switch.
Identify the parts of a straight razor.
Handle, tang, pivot, shank, shoulder, heel, back, head, point, edge, blade.
What are latherizers?
Containers used to hold, heat or dispense lather for shaving.