#STANDARD HAIR CLIPPER SIZES MANUAL#

So for example, if you want your barber to give you an even, ½ inch buzz cut all over your head, you would say, “Will you please give me a number 4 buzz cut?”Įven if you say, “Can I please have a buzz cut, and will you leave ½ an inch of hair on my head?” your barber should know what you’re talking about, and he’ll choose the right clipper guard.

They each work their way up in ⅛ of an inch increments, like this: There are 8 standard clipper guard sizes, and they’re named by number. But if you regularly visit the barber, I recommend bringing a photo of the haircut you want rather than getting technical with what guard sizes you want him to use. If you cut your own hair or anyone else’s hair, you should start getting familiar with guard sizes. The classic taper fade haircuts that plenty of guys like are created by using different guard sizes to taper your hair from long-on-top to short-on-the-bottom. Guards are the perfect hair clipper accessory for getting a haircut with different lengths.

#STANDARD HAIR CLIPPER SIZES MANUAL#

You can look at your user manual to see how long each guard is (and we’ll go over the standard guard sizes below).įor example, if your clipper guard is ¾ of an inch long, then it holds your hair clipper blades ¾ of an inch away from your head, so when you’re done cutting, you’ll have ¾ of an inch of hair left.

The larger the guard, the further away it will hold the clipper blade.

Once you attach a clipper guard, it holds the blade away from your head. They help you cut your hair to a specific length – you could say, they guard you from accidentally cutting your hair too short. Hair clipper guards look like combs that you can attach to your hair clippers.

Standard hair clipper sizes