Blunt chin bob

Read this out: “One length at jaw or chin; minimal layering; slightly weighted perimeter.” That's 8–10 in (20.5–25.5 cm) on top with a blocked neckline, recut every 6–8 weeks. Your own barber card adjusts it for your part side and texture.

The blunt chin bob and the italian bob share short length and a recut every 6–8 weeks, which is why they get mixed up. The blunt chin bob is cut as “Minimal layering; slightly weighted perimeter”; the italian bob as “Invisible internal layers (point or slide cutting); keep the perimeter solid; curly hair: cut it a little longer, dry”. On texture, the blunt chin bob takes 1A–2A hair, plus 2B with adjustments; the italian bob takes 1A–2B hair, plus 2C–3A with adjustments. Our engine scores both against your own texture, density and hairline, so the free check tells you which of the two ranks higher for you. Full spec: italian bob.

Yes: our catalog lists the blunt chin bob as a women's cut, so it comes up when your check is set to women's cuts, and not in the men's list. That is where gender stops counting: the shape is decided by your hair and your proportions. The spec wants 1A–2A hair at low to medium density, and it still works with a clearly receding hairline. The free check measures your texture, density and hairline, then ranks the blunt chin bob against every other women's cut.

It's best on 1A–2A hair and possible on 2B with adjustments. On 3A–4C hair the shape doesn't hold, so our analysis rules it out.

Yes: the catalog allows low to medium density, so low-density hair isn't ruled out. Nothing else in its spec marks it down for fine strands or low density. Density is measured in the free check, and our thinning hair guide lists the cuts our engine favours for thin hair.

A trim every 6–8 weeks: 7–9 cuts a year, about $210–$270 at $30 a cut, plus 5–10 minutes of styling a day.

3A–4C hair (curly and coily): the shape depends on a texture it can't hold, so we rule it out. A hairline past Norwood 3: at stage 4 it's shown with a caveat; beyond that we hide it. Scores lower if you have a square jaw. Barbers also flag: A square jaw or a large chin (end above or below the chin), 2C+ hair (turns into a triangle), dense coarse hair.

On proportions alone, our engine places it in the top 3 for oblong and diamond faces. Proportions are the smallest part of a real score; texture, density and hairline count for more, which is why the free check looks at your hair first.

“Chin length bob” is one of the names people use for it. Ask for it by the spec above rather than the name, since names vary between barbers.