Why is it so hard to get a good men's haircut in Jacksonville?

[BoldBoyOfTheSouth]

We have never found anyone who gives a great haircut.  Most of the time these cuts are cookie cutter first day in beauty school styles to just terrible cuts.

I finally got a good haircut in this town. (after 15 years on not being able to find a single stylist who would just do a decent mens haircut from the present decade.)

Bruce Musser over at Hair Peace in five points.

Whenever I travel to Miami, California or up north, I always feel self conscious about my hair as if I just walked out of a one stoplight town.  I see up to date men's hairstyles and I want to put on a hat. 

I should make an appointment with Bruce.

[copperfiend]

Pomade & Tonic, as mentioned, or The Razor's Edge on King Street. You won't pay more than $20 including tip and you will get great service and attention to detail. And you can get a real shave at either.

Might have to check this place out.

[BridgeTroll]

Here is a good article... 

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2012-jun-pomade-and-tonic

[coredumped]

If you're in the Arlington area there's no shortage of barbers:
http://goo.gl/maps/8tnBr
I can't vouch for any of them (I just shave my head at home), but I'd like to go in to one of these places one day and just shoot the  with them.

[TheCat]

Wesley at Shampoo, near bold bean. $20 for scissor cut.

The only cutter I've seen regularly (other than my mom).

The chop shops (super cuts and such) are not man friendly. I tried for a good ten years and finally concluded it will never work out.

They don't pay attention to the nuances of skull architecture. 

[David]

Not sure if you're going for the basic butch look or for someone who'll style it up alil bit, but Carol at Head's up Salon on Edgewood has been doing my hair for 10 years. She's pretty good with texture and the razor blade.

[Rob68]

The best way to find a hairstylist is to look around you..go to a
mall or somewhere with lots of people traffic and sit and watch and find someone with your hair type and has a cut you like.

[DDC]

https://www.vagaro.com/PomadeandTonicTraditionalBarbershop

As mentioned above. Pomade and Tonic. Old fashioned barber shop that you can make appointments on line. Full service including hot towel shaves.

 If you know where Cassatt Ave ends at Blanding Blvd, there is a church across the street. P and T are nest door to the right. You have to turn right and go down to the light and do a U turn.

[PeeJayEss]

We have never found anyone who gives a great haircut.  Most of the time these cuts are cookie cutter first day in beauty school styles to just terrible cuts.

I finally got a good haircut in this town. (after 15 years on not being able to find a single stylist who would just do a decent mens haircut from the present decade.)

Bruce Musser over at Hair Peace in five points.

Whenever I travel to Miami, California or up north, I always feel self conscious about my hair as if I just walked out of a one stoplight town.  I see up to date men's hairstyles and I want to put on a hat. 

I should make an appointment with Bruce.

I'm not sure where these mythical cities are where everyone has their own hairstylist, but every city I've been to in this country has a bunch of Supercuts stores. Jacksonville may be 2nd (or 3rd) fiddle to a lot of places in a lot of different ways, but there is literally no one that will look at your hair and say "Oh, they must be from Jacksonville! that place only has bad hairstylists."

Getting a good cut is as much about knowing what you want as it is about the quality of the stylist/barber. Take a picture of one of those "modern" cuts to a half-decent barber and they'll be able to make it happen.

[funwithteeth]

Hawthorne in Five Points is the only place I go now.
Great haircut, cool people and free Intuition beer

Whoa, now this I need.

[blfair]

I've been going to Cliff's for a while...  1559 University Blvd W, in the shopping center with Tijuana Flats. Typical old guys kind of barber shop, nothing fancy. I usually get James (the owner), or his son if I can.

[Sentient]

barbers are not stylists.  The majority of schools push out hair stylists.  a barber is totally different.  Ask the people at the shop what kind of license and school they went to.  Nearly all of the "old school" shops just have the same stylist folks as supercuts, great clips etc.

Go see Farrel at Pomade & Tonic.  he is a master barber and the guys in his shop are all barbers.  The only guy in town who has ever come close to NYC barbers.  and just $15...  Been waiting 12 years with shitty haircuts from all over town...

[ChriswUfGator]

Wesley at Shampoo, near bold bean. $20 for scissor cut.

The only cutter I've seen regularly (other than my mom).

The chop shops (super cuts and such) are not man friendly. I tried for a good ten years and finally concluded it will never work out.

They don't pay attention to the nuances of skull architecture. 

+1

Wes does a great job. He's also a cool guy, plays guitar with my clerk. I have no musical talent I just have to hear about it from others. But I've been going to him for years never had a bad haircut.

[Jacksonville Salon]

Men's Haircuts are among the most technically difficult cuts to execute. Taking into account the bone structure and shape of the man's head must be carefully accounted for. A barber often follows the "guide" accentuating the natural bone structure when what is need is careful precision tailoring to create the ideal head shape.

Finding a Salon in Jacksonville where the provider looks at the whole person and not just the length of the guard is important to get a good haircut.

[CCMjax]

Men's Haircuts are among the most technically difficult cuts to execute. Taking into account the bone structure and shape of the man's head must be carefully accounted for. A barber often follows the "guide" accentuating the natural bone structure when what is need is careful precision tailoring to create the ideal head shape.

Finding a Salon in Jacksonville where the provider looks at the whole person and not just the length of the guard is important to get a good haircut.

Holy crap this came out of left field!  Last post on this subject was in 2014??

Anyway, interesting post, I had no idea us guys made things so complicated for barbers/stylists.  If ours are so complicated why are my haircuts $15 while my wife's are over $100?  I once paid $50 for a haircut and vowed to never ever ever ever do that again.  A $50 haircut from what someone told me was a "great" salon for men turned out to be the exact same thing I get for $15 at a cheap barber shop.