What is a "horse shoe" hair cut?

My boyfriend is in the marines. He said he got a "horse shoe" haircut. Is that a military hair cut? Does anyone have a picture of one? :)

What is a "horse shoe" hair cut?

horseshoe flattop - an extremely short version of the flattop cut. This cut gets its name because the only hair left on the head is a "horseshoe" shape ring of hair around the upper sides and across the front. The "landing strip" area is bigger than in regular flattops and the unguarded clippers are taken over the crown of the head. One contributor to this website provided some more information about this cut, also calling it a "TH flattop". This is described as a flattop cut with a TH clipper. The TH clipper is a type of clipper that will cut hair even closer than the 000 Wahl or 0 Oster clipper and is almost as short as an electric shaver.

The horseshoe flattop is also sometimes known as a "burr with bumper". The cut is basically 1/4" (no more than 3/8") butch waxed in front and an 1/8" along the sides of the "flat" - it's as short as you'll get before going to the full burr or induction cut. It was popular among career Marines in the 1960's.

This link should give you an idea what it looks like

http://wolfsbarbershop.homestead.com/Hor...

What is a "horse shoe" hair cut?

You see this kind of haircut often in the Marines. A horseshoe haircut is a variant of a "high %26amp; tight," where the head is shaved below the ears and gradually faded to hair beginning above the ears, with the remaining hair cut very short. A "flattop" begins as a "high %26amp; tight" but with enough hair on the top to be cut and left extremely flat on top. Because your head is rounded at the top, the hair on the top slopes of the noggin has to be a little higher on the sides to match up with the short length on top to acheive the flat look. In a "horseshoe" cut, the the short length on top in a "flattop" is shaved flush with the head, leaving only a small amount of hair on the slopes of the noggin to still create a "flattop" look. However, with the top middle of the head shaved, the remaining hair is left in a horseshoe pattern -- when looking from the top.

It takes a little bit of getting used to, but it'll become the norm soon enough. Then, it'll look weird to see him with hair longer than that!

Here's a picture of a Marine with an extreme horseshoe haircut. It was posted on a public Marine forum called, "The PX Barbershop." http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycskinboi

You can also follow the link below and click on "still images." Look for the "H" files (for high %26amp; tight) and the first picture you'll see is a horseshoe haircut.

What is a "horse shoe" hair cut?

They slam you on the head with a horse shoe and cut around the dent