What are the different guard lengths?

All clipper guard sizes are graded in numbers and not their actual sizes. Usually, it’s a number between 0 and 12….Oster Hair Clipper Guard Size Chart.

What is the longest clipper guard length?

Oster’s Clipper Guard Sizes In general, there are three sizes of hair clipper guards used on Oster clippers. The mini/size 1 is the smallest, only 1/16 inches in length. The size #2 is the most common, coming in at 1/4 inches in length. The size #10 is the longest at 1-1/4 inches.

What is a number 8 haircut?

The number 8 haircut is usually the highest of all clipper lengths in haircut numbers. The hair it leaves is an inch long, so you can use it to trim the top while getting the sides faded with the help of a lower hair clipper size.

What Clipper length is a buzz cut?

The standard cut you should go with is a 3-2-1 buzzcut, which has a No. 3 guard on top, No. 2 on the sides, and No. 1 around the edges.

What size Clipper guard?

Hair clippers use different lengths (known as guards) to clip the hair. These clipper guards are numbered in intervals of 1/8 of an inch as follows: #1 Guard Length: 1/8 inch (3.2 millimeters) #2 Guard Length: 1/4 inch (6.3 millimeters) #3 Guard Length: 3/8 inch (9 millimeters)

What size guard for Beard?

Clippers come with different guard sizes that allow for short trims or long trims. To trim your beard close to your face, you will want a 1/2 guard or 1 guard. These sizes will leave hair on your face, but cut close enough so it will not bother her face when kissing.

What is a clipper guard?

Clipper guards are plastic attachments which snap on to barber clippers which prevent them from cutting shorter than a certain length. For example, if a plastic clipper guard is rated at 1/2 inch, then in theory it should only cut hairs longer than 1/2 inch and leave hairs shorter than that length uncut.