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Posted by Gunny There is such a thing -- more properly once was such a thing -- as a horseshoe flattop recon. Newest Corp regs now outlaw it. But it's wrong to start with the idea that a recon is any kind of variation on a flat. The key element to a "recon" is a smallish patch of somewhat longish hair -- even comb-able -- that sits on top of an otherwise shaved head. One of its characteristics is that there is line where the shaving abruptly stops and the "patch" suddenly goes from shaved zero to 1/4" or more of real hair. No transition, no blending, no effort to make it look "finished". The other characteristics are the size of the patch back to front and side to side. Current Corps regulations state that the width cannot be more narrow than a patch that is measured by vertical lines upward from the center of the pupil of the eye. The "front to back" size of the "patch" is also small. The patch should not extend beyond the front 3/4 of the top of the head. For most guys and apparently for the new "regulations" you should draw a vertical line upward from the back edge of your protruding ears and confine the patch within those parameters. From the back a person who has no knowledge of the nature of the cut should see only a completely bald head -- maybe with a hint of the rear edge of the patch. From the front an observer ought to see the patch as sitting foward on top of a shaved head as if ready to slide/fall off. Ask yourself if your patch looks to most like you are wearing a road killed squirrel on top of your shaved head. If that is not the look you have then you don't have a recon.
on 4/10/2007, 18:32:54, in reply to "most extreme recon"
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You need to do some homework. Start with my recon page for examples.
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