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Barber Cut and Client Preference Card

A free printable barber client card — how a regular likes the sides, top, fade, neckline and beard, plus a visit log of what was done each time.

First page of the Barber Cut and Client Preference Card — Give a regular the same cut whoever is on the chair, and stop the 'same as last time' that nobody can remember.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Give a regular the same cut whoever is on the chair, and stop the 'same as last time' that nobody can remember.

Who it is for

Barbers and barbershops with regulars, and any shop where more than one person cuts the same heads.

How to use it

  1. Fill in the top half on the first visit, in the client's own words where you can.
  2. Write the guard numbers, lengths and products you actually used — they are yours and the client's, not printed.
  3. Log each visit with the date, the cut and anything to change next time.
  4. Update the preference block when the client changes their mind, and cross out the old.
  5. Keep the cards in a box at the desk in alphabetical order.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: One card per regular — how they like it cut, in their words and yours, so any barber in the shop can give them the same cut next time.

Their cut, in their words. Guard numbers, lengths and the products you finish with are yours and the client's, written in as you agree them. Nothing here says what a fade or a taper ought to be — it records what this client asked for and got.

Write-on lines: Client · Contact no. · First visit · Usual barber

How they like it — fill in on the first visit, update when it changes

Write-on lines: Sides and back (guard / length) · Top (length / style) · Fade or taper (where it starts) · Neckline (rounded, squared, tapered) · Parting / direction · Beard (shape, length, line-up) · Finish and products they like · Dislikes / do not · Skin or scalp sensitivities they told you about · Hot towel / razor? · Talker or quiet?

Visit log — what was done each time

Table, 7 rows: Date · Cut done · Guards / lengths · Beard · Barber · Notes for next time

Questions

Why does the card not list guard numbers to pick from?

Because clipper guards, blade lengths and what a 'number two' means vary between makes and between shops. The blanks take whatever you use, written the way you say it, so the next barber reads it the same way.

Is this the same as a consultation card?

No. A consultation card is for the first conversation and the questions you have to ask before a chemical service. This is the running card for a regular cut — the shape they like and what was done last time.

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