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Been seeing new barbers mess up the fade with the wrong guard order
I was watching a kid in my shop struggle with a split fade last Tuesday, and he kept jumping from a 2 to a 1 mid-section. Thing is, you gotta go 2 to a 1.5 or blend that area with the lever closed before dropping down. It leaves these harsh lines that take forever to fix if you skip that middle step. Any of you guys got a trick for blending that transition smoother without needing a third hand?
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phoenixh741mo ago
Hell yeah @gibson.sean you're spot on with that cooking comparison. I watched a dude try to build a grill last summer and he put the side shelf on backwards because he skipped the part about checking the bracket orientation. Same damn thing with fades - you jump that guard and you're basically serving up a line that screams "I rushed it." That lever work or 1.5 guard is like the salt in a steak, you can tell when someone left it out. I always tell the new guys to slow down and treat that middle step like it's the most important part, because it really is.
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gibson.sean1mo ago
You ever notice how people skip steps everywhere, not just in barbering? I see it all the time with guys trying to build stuff from IKEA, they jump ahead and then wonder why the drawer doesn't close right. Same thing with cooking, people skip the simmer and wonder why the meat's tough. That middle step you're talking about, that 1.5 or lever work, it's like the seasoning in a recipe. Without it you get this rough line that stands out like a sore thumb. I think some folks just get impatient or think they can rush through the boring part. But that boring part is what makes everything else look clean.
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