Prompted by a comment on another forum where someone was explaining to and american that a crew cut was the haircut of choice for 90% of the UK male population.
Even allowing for exaggeration to make a point, he might not be all that far off.
I have my suspicions that crew cuts are more common amongst manual workers and STW has a higher proportion of office workers, but lets try it any way.
So, me first.
Crew cut.
grade zero = hero
or grungy dreadlocks for the soul clap..
anything in between is dour conformist mediocrity and betrays an atrocious lack of character.. and an absence of authentic charm that would make my granny turn in her grave..
Definitely not a crew cut here, far from it.
I'm no common or garden lout, and like to think I associate with other high brow individuals.
No crew cut over here
some way from a crew cut about 8 inches or so
Nº1 all over, suit wearing, director associating, middle classing (apparently) wine drinking professional. 😉
I had a crew cut until last year - worn it like that for decades, Now long hair in a sort of pathetic midlife crisis way.
Crewcuts certainly appear more common in the UK than in the rest of europe and almost all my friends have crew cuts
Not sure what a crew cut is. I have a quarterly grade 2 (or 1). At least 1/2 the people I know are sheared rather than cut.
Grade three here and work in an office.
haven't had mine cut since before christmas. it's a mess but I can't be bothered to do anything about it.
4mm razor here.I'm almost bald anyway,so why grow it?
ian
Zero 8)
hth
Used to have a number 1, but after pressure from the wife I moved to a 1 and a half and I work in an office.
I reckon about 1 in 20 men in the office I work have a crew cut, maybe slightly more.
Take the guard off and shave what's left of it off.
I'm going bald, & any longer than that I look like a salted peanut.
🙁
I can't really have the 'right' haircut, as I either look like a deranged mentalist or Moors Murderer Ian Brady. 😐
If I shear it all off, I then just look like a psychotic thug. I can't win. 😥
grade two all over here
but have you not noticed how most blokes under 30 have shaggy hair and beards now?
I'm going bald, & any longer than that I look like a salted peanut.
😆
Not sure what a crew cut is.
It's a pretty dated term which really only refers to the US sailor style whereby the hair was cut to create a "flat top" as is this case :
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Not something you see very much these days, although it was popular during the period when the mods made the transition to skinheads.
that's definitely a "flat top"; I suppose a flat top could be a kind of crew cut.
Very popular early 80s when 'psychobilly' became briefly popular. For example The Meteors
That's a proper crew cut, as in the style once popular with American naval crews.
rock mullet for the win.i have shoulder length hair,am going to get hair shaved off before the end of may (rush gig then erlestoke 12 hour).have shaved off my beard though 🙂
Mullet, 'tis the future.
some fine examples of flat-tops on this here video:
especially the drummer & bass player
I used to have a flat top when I was younger. It looked pretty good after it was cut, but as it grew back in the wave in my hair came through and it looked a bit pants 🙁
Geldof here
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is that ^ Wes Brown out of ManU?
mine's not as bad as Geldof.
not yet, anyway...
It's 'Kid' out of Kid n Play, no?
What a crap, crap film that was. My mates raved about it when it came out, I thought it was dreadful.
I'm giving serious consideration to having a Mohican/Mohawk cut like Travis...
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Well I can't really look any more unsettling, so why not, I reckon. 😐
Buzzed and buffed 8)
[i]It's 'Kid' out of Kid n Play, no?[/i]
no idea
[i]It's 'Kid' out of Kid n Play, no?[/i]
no idea
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compare & contrast...
I keep thinking about a mohican, but at 45 I think I might have nissed the opportunity.
Get a mohican and a hat, jobs a good'un.
No go for it don simon........I reckon a 45 year old with a mohican looks well ace.
Post a pic though
I keep thinking about a mohican, but at 45 I think I might have nissed the opportunity.
Friend of mine's stepfather has a mohican. A grey one. Not sure how old he is but he's got to be well over sixty.
Short back and sides here and gradually receding, incidentally...
It's a pretty dated term which really only refers to the US sailor style whereby the hair was cut to create a "flat top" as is this case :[img]
Not something you see very much these days, although it was popular during the period when the mods made the transition to skinheads.
That's a bit long for me. I don't do hippy. 🙂
Elfin, ya big dummy. You don't look deranged. You look sweet.
number 2 shave from spring bank then let it grow back over the summer, nice and warm for winter thro to spring bank again
There you go don simon - I bet mintimperial's mate 60+ stepdad doesn't like a **** at all, with his grey mohican.
I bet mintimperial's mate 60+ stepdad doesn't like a * at all,
Who you calling a *?
2 & 4 now, did spend a while having a 1 & 2 cut when radiotherapy had caused quite bizzarre but expected bald patches either side & to the back of my head.
compare & contrast...
I see yer point there, John....
Who you calling a ****?
Not you mate ...............I would never call a 45 year old with a mohican a **** - they would be [i]waaay[/i] too hard for me.
You've actually given me the confidence to go for it ernie. I cut to Nº1 yesterday so it'll take a few weeks to get to a good length for cutting.
Should I go for a facial/neck tattoo aswell?
Crew cut seems to be the only thing for balding men. Which is many of us.
I bet mintimperial's mate 60+ stepdad doesn't like a **** at all, with his grey mohican.
To be fair, he doesn't look much more daft to me than all the other similarly aged giffers pootling about in their hideously coloured golf jumpers with trousers pulled up to their chests. Old-person fashion is rather alarming, crazy hairdo or no...
yes and it should obviously say [in a few languages obviously you can never be to PC]Should I go for a facial/neck tattoo aswell?
Who you calling a ****?
Crew cut seems to be the only thing for balding men. Which is many of us.
Speak for youself, full head of hair an shaven out of choice. 😉
molgrips - Member
Crew cut seems to be the only thing for balding men. Which is many of us.
No problem with balding here.
In fact my hair is still really quite thick and wiry with a Yugoslavian war criminal wave to it if I were to grow it long...
Think similar to this chap
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Guys - embrace your hair, celebrate it, cos you're worth it! There will come a time when it really has to go but hang on to it for as long as you can.
I do however think ponytails on over 60's look a little silly. 🙄
My curls have well and truly been embraced [s]although sometimes I look as though I've been dragged through a hedge backwards[/s].
Look at TJ - he has a brilliant head of hair. 8)
Edit: Ernie - I seem to remember you having a good covering!
Edit: Ernie - I seem to remember you having a good covering!
Yeah, but just on my head..............I'm not a bleedin' yeti 😐
Actually I had it cut a couple of days ago....... I got the 'Bob Geldof lookalike' comment a couple of weeks back.
OI! Clock nose what the fudge is wrong with Yetis, eh?!
ernie - nowt wrong with BobG hair!
TSY - was in your favourite store today, some bottled beers with 20% off. 8) Just indulging now. 😀
I was there today too!
Couple of ciders and now onto a nice bottle of red.
I'm obsessed with the Bury black pudding from the deli counter at the minute, looking forward to breakie already. I was mad about something a minute ago, what was it...
Blade zero once a week with me own clippers. No need for any early morning faffing about, no need for any styling gunk so it feels cleaner and fresher but I mainly like it as it means I don't have to look at me fizzer in the mirror as I preen (this is a good thing).
Right, I've decided. I'm going to do it. I'm going to have a Travis Bickle hair do. I may never get another chance! 😀
Don Simon; are you in too?
Actually, I feel a Bullheart fundraising idea coming up here....
Black pudding? O M G! Does iDave know about this??
Just supping London Pride. 8)
Lech Walesa has a magnificent head of hair!
C_G.. I'm not on the iDave diet!! If I was I'm almost certain that black pudding would be on it, it's a super food!!
*wishes had bought beer now*
I bought wine from the special section where they have them displayed all nice and that... la di da!
Don Simon; are you in too?
No worries and Mike Tyson facial tattoo too.
Just to clarify, when I said crew cut, I meant a grade 1 or 2 done with clippers rather than a hair cut with scissors and comb.
Anyway, regarding the mohican at 45, I'm not sure exactly when this was taken, but I reckon I was over 40 at the time.
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Blimey, James Nesbitt posts on STW.
Mine's about half way down my back or my chest depending on where you are stood,and makes a great scarf for winter. What's that count as?
"I'm almost certain that black pudding would be on it, it's a super food!!"
It's technically a vegetable, and thus counts as one of your five a day.
Grade 2 all over for the summer. Keep the top a bit longer over the winter, but still needs regular maintenance as my hair goes a bit er bouffant if I let it grow. I have photos of me with long hair as a student where I look like a Crufts semi finalist.
Re earlier posts on flat tops - does anyone remember the combs that they used to use to cut them. They were kind of like an oversize afro comb with a built in spirit level.... I kid you not!
Standard issue honking posho floppy hair here I'm afraid...
Mine started as a French Crop about 10 years ago, three barbers later and I think its pretty much the same style 🙂
Just done a Google to see what a French Crop is meant to look like and it appears I share George Clooneys taste in hairstyles...
suedehead
grade 1 all over - apart from the bits where i wish i could grow it that long.
"baldness is natures way of stopping men from having any more crap haircuts"
in my case, this is/was devastatingly true.
ernie_lynch - MemberNot sure what a crew cut is.
It's a pretty dated term which really only refers to the US sailor style whereby the hair was cut to create a "flat top" as is this case :
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Not something you see very much these days, although it was popular during the period when the mods made the transition to skinheads.
That's pretty much me only I have darker hair, had the same style since 1982 !!
Haven't cut mine since October 2008.