The Hair Tattoo or Tribal cuts have been around for centuries, perhaps even longer. Think back to different times in history and I bet you can think of a Hair Style that coincides with it. For example, when I think of the Revolutionary War, I think of powdered white wigs like George Washington sported; a tidy whitey wig LOL. Anyways, if you are cutting men's hair as a stylist then you have probably have done a bit of easy hair tattooing. If you are a Barber, I know you are doing tribal cuts or giving hair tattoos, even if it is only a "part" line.
Hair Tattooing, Tribal Hair Cutting, is also sometimes called carving. Any Stylist or Barber that does it is a talented Artists. It requires imagination, talent, and mad skills to Hair Tattoo. The tools of choice are clippers and a razor for most Tribal designers. The best razor, hands down is the Tondeo Sifter Razor, sometimes referred to as the cut throat razor. Tondeo has even came out with a razor especially for Hair Tattooing, Tribal Styling, or carving, aptly called the Tondeo Tribal Razor. 
The Hair Tattoo can be anything the customer wants and anything the barber or stylists can do. The imagination is the limit! Using hand drawn art, cartoons, tattoos, images, logos, or just their imagination, barbers and stylists have been transforming heads into Art! Customers range in age from 10-100, male and female alike have been seen sporting them, but the majority of the hair tattoos seen are on younger guys.
I think it's cool. The Art work these barbers and stylist alike have created, run the gamete from serious to outrageous! And, seriously, it is so much fun to see the guy in front of me at an Alabama Football game with a raging Elephant on the back of his head, and next to him his three sons with the words: ROLL TIDE ROLL carved into the back of their heads. I guess he has to make sure they sit and walk in order, Hehe!
It is a great way for stylist and barbers to showcase their Artistic talents and a great way for the client to make their statement! It is also a fun way to bring younger guys into your shop, and increase your earnings. The awesome thing about the Tondeo Sifter Razor and the Tondeo Tribal Razor is that the blades snap in half. So, if you order a box of 10 blades, you are really getting 20 blades and it is the same with the Tondeo blades in the boxes of 100, you are really getting 200. The blades all snap in half. Unlike the newer hair razors, the Tondeo razor blades cost less than $1.00 a piece. How is that for saving you money is your barber shop or salon? Pretty good? ShearsforHair thinks so. 
Either way, don't worry if the mom's really hate it, it grows out or can be completely shaved down. Bringing in new client's is what it is all about!
