What would you call this haircut?

[Alpo 6,215]

 

My first thought was crew cut, but I think it's even shorter than a crew cut. There's too much hair to be "shaved", so how would you describe it?

[Sedalia Dave 11,900]

Crew cut in my book

[J-BAR #18287 5,724]

Burr.

 

A burr cut is a butch cut less than 1/4” long.

Edited November 13, 2020 by J-BAR #18287

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,111]

Fuzzy

[Dirty Dog Doug 1,956]

Bad !!

[Blackwater 53393 5,448]

It is a burr or a buzz cut. A crew cut has the sides cut this way, but the hair on top is slightly longer and is left standing.  Many who wore the crew cut used a wax or other hair dressing to get the hair on top to stand at attention.

[Alpo 6,215]

Blackwater, what you describe is a flat top, also known as a Butch.

Edited November 13, 2020 by Alpo

[Duffield, SASS #23454 910]

Flat top and Crew cut are synonyms.

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 1,164]

Always just called it The Curly.

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L 2,000]

Back when I HAD to get mine cut like that, they were called BUZZ cuts.

[Dusty Boots 154]

Depends on your age, older was a burr, younger a buzz.

[Texas Lizard 1,059]

9 minutes ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said:

Back when I HAD to get mine cut like that, they were called BUZZ cuts.

I think I remember the same thing and place...5 Aug 1965...Lackland AFB....

 

 

Texas Lizard

[Subdeacon Joe 24,693]

https://images.app.goo.gl/wN3mjVcc9LpqHdz28

 

Edited November 13, 2020 by Subdeacon Joe

[South-Eye Ned 706]

No, crew-cuts and flat-tops are not the same.  I had a flat-top when I was 10.  With a flat-top is quite literally cut to give you a flat look on top 

[Seamus McGillicuddy 317]

My Dad always called it a Pig Shave.  When I got in trouble (which hardly ever happened  ) he would threaten to have my hair cut that way as opposed to my usual crew cut.  
 

Seamus

[Joke 'um 904]

Call it, "easy".

Do it yourself.  Free.  Next task?

My 'do' since 1981.

[largo casey #19191 166]

Still got a jar of Butchwax

                                                           Largo

[Diamond Jake 258]

Dad was a small town barber from 1950 to mid 80's.  He gave us Princetons when we were kids; crew cuts with bangs that you combed, while rest of hair was left natural.

[Diamond Jake 258]

4 minutes ago, largo casey #19191 said:

Still got a jar of Butchwax

                                                           Largo

 

Would you consider selling it to me?  Dad was a barber, and the smell of Butchwax brings back wonderful memories.

[largo casey #19191 166]

I Wont sell it to ya but I'll give it to ya.

                                                                          Largo

[Raylan 5,544]

That there haircut is called the "full metal jacket" - cause it makes ya crazy......

 

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 20,708]

Buzz cut

[Blackwater 53393 5,448]

From the picture provided by SDJ, the crew IS in fact flat on the top! The “flat top” is just a little longer than the “crew”!  

 

The crew IS flat on the top until it slopes off the back of the head.

[Eyesa Horg 1,495]

When I was a youngun, it was called a "butch".

[watab kid 969]

my dad called it a butch when i got it in the very early years - he cut hair for his crew on saipan ,