Anyone cut their own hair?

[shortyb]

Just gave myself a freshening up and wondered a couple things. How much have I saved over the past 35 years by cutting my own and if anyone else does it too. Started with a cheap Wahl set with combs and have "graduated" up to a Wahl 5-Star Magic Clip cordless. It cuts very well and precisely. If I make a conservative guess, cutting/trimming every two-four weeks @ say $15 a cut, I suppose that would be in the neighborhood of $12-13K. That buys a lot of oil .

 

[Patman]

I used to get my ex wife to cut my hair and my girlfriend did it for a little while as well. But I would never attempt it myself

 

[Pew]

Oh God, last time I tried ~2010, I ended up with basically a bowl cut. Now I have a barber I've been going to ~10 years at $60/cut/3-4weeks (he charges me way less but good vendor-client relationships are important.)

 

[tcp71]

30 years of baldness here. Saved on shampoo and haircuts for all that time. I give the dome a once-over in the shower every couple of days.

 

[ClutchDisc]

Been cutting my own hair since 2020, works just fine and I see no reason to change that. Saves a little money every time too.

 

[rijndael]

Yep. I started in 2010. I use an 000 blade with an Oster 76.

 

[georgemiller]

Flowbee and Wahl 5 star can even give myself a fade.

 

[Leo99]

Yes, every few weeks with a cheap waterproof clippers from Amazon.

 

[Lubener]

I have been doing it myself every month since the covid shutdown. I use thinning scissors and put a #5 clipper on the professional style cutter.. Hard to mess it up that way. I face a hand held mirror with my back to the big bathroom mirror to shape the back. That's the hardest part. I have gotten pretty good at it.

 

[Johnny248]

Just gave myself a freshening up and wondered a couple things. How much have I saved over the past 35 years by cutting my own and if anyone else does it too. Started with a cheap Wahl set with combs and have "graduated" up to a Wahl 5-Star Magic Clip cordless. It cuts very well and precisely. If I make a conservative guess, cutting/trimming every two-four weeks @ say $15 a cut, I suppose that would be in the neighborhood of $12-13K. That buys a lot of oil .

$15 is cheap. I tried cutting mine during covid. I'm sure that the front and sides looked ok, the rear.... not so much.

 

[wavinwayne]

Once during 2020 using my Wahl trimmer. Ended up shorter than a soldier going into boot camp. Never again.

 

[Prison_Mike]

I bought a Wahl trimmer set with about a dozen guides including ear ones just before Covid and have been doing it since. Saves me $15 to $20 each time, so it's already paid for itself a dozen times over. I always keep my hair short and have no interest in styling it, so an even all around cut is perfect for me. My wife does my line in the back and cleans up a couple other places that need it.

 

[JoelB]

I've been cutting mine for something like 10 years. 6mm guard and buzz the whole thing. Wife does the back and above my ears.

 

[rstsco]

If I tried to cut my own hair, I'd probably end up cutting off my head, and it wouldn't be a clean cut.

There's a lady who owns a salon fairly close to me. She charges $8 for haircuts. I always give her a twenty, as she serves a community that can't always afford to go to Sport Clips or other more specialized barbers charging 5x or more.

 

[wander2039]

20+ years.. My renter left a set when they left so I thought I'd try it. Never went back to a barber. That corded Wahl lasted 10+ years till it fell and broke. Have a cordless Wahl I've changed the battery in 3 times. I cut mine, oldest son and even my dad's and uncles a time or two.

 

[DCDG]

Just gave myself a freshening up and wondered a couple things. How much have I saved over the past 35 years by cutting my own and if anyone else does it too. Started with a cheap Wahl set with combs and have "graduated" up to a Wahl 5-Star Magic Clip cordless. It cuts very well and precisely. If I make a conservative guess, cutting/trimming every two-four weeks @ say $15 a cut, I suppose that would be in the neighborhood of $12-13K. That buys a lot of oil .

just gave myself a buzz and beard trim last night been doing this since 2006. Call it what it is I am livid when my wife gives in and gets the kid a haircut @ $19 plus tip. I give him the old basic training induction buzz.

 

[Trav]

Not since I stopped making my own clothes and they stopped selling the Flowbee on tv.

 

[Hermann]

normally I do my own, But I go once in a while for the barber shop aromas.

 

[spasm3]

I do mine with a Wahl cordless trimmer, my wife trima the back.

Started during COVID.

 

[Number_35]

I've been cutting my hair since 1998, using clippers. I use the 1/2" attachment.

The savings must be well over $5000 by now (c. $20/cut x c. 9 cuts a year x almost 28 years).