17 Mens Hard Part Haircut Styles Ideas: Gallery Guide

[A London Barber]

As a barber, I get to see and trim plenty of hard parts, so here are 17 hairstyle ideas for a hard part haircut that I feel are on point and aesthetic. For those unaware, the hard part haircut is nothing but a razored line imitating the line of side parted hair. This gives the hair a side parted look, even when it isn't styled as a side part. Basically, this is a hard part line trimmed onto the hair:

A hard part haircut is easy for any barber to do and you can probably do it yourself if you have a good t-outliner clipper or even a decent hair clipper (see this thread for recommendations), but if you're new to hard part hairstyles, then better get yourself a hard part first by a barber and then, use your own t-ouliner or hair clipper to keep the parted line in shape.

You can get a hard part haircut trimmed onto any hairstyle or hair type. Ideally it should be if you're meaning to frequently wear side parted hairstyles (see this guide for side parts) like side swept styles or quiffs. Hard parts blend really well with fade haircuts, undercut haircuts and contour haircuts.

Gallery of hard part haircuts and styles for men

Please feel free to ask any questions on the hard part haircut or anything to do with its styling!

[A London Barber]

Here's a before and after picture of a hard part with a nice fade haircut. Customer comes in with badly kept curly hair and leaves with a solid hard part haircut. Epic transformation and the hard-parted line adds a fresher look to the fade with the short top!

[HairAesthetics]

Hey man great job with the hard parts. Looking sharp and detailed. Not easy to find good references online for edgy hard parts as it seems the hard part is not understood by many posting stuff online. It's a seasoned skill to be able to hard part with confidence and transform the customer's haircut.

I'm bookmarking this guide as I'm getting some Cool haircut ideas for hard parts. We have our own dude at our barbershop who does all the detailing or at least who helps me as I'm still getting my hands on task as I learn this as an apprentice. I can sharpen up hairlines and trim all hair types alright but god help me if I have to keep a long hard part straight!

[JaimeSpain]

Can I ask you this question, is the hard part easy or difficult to do for a normal hairdresser? Like not a barber with experience but a hairdresser from a hair salon. I like these hard part ideas but I don't know if a hairdresser can do this haircut. Only barbers?

[A London Barber]

(04-11-2019 03:31 PM)HairAesthetics Wrote:  I can sharpen up hairlines and trim all hair types alright but god help me if I have to keep a long hard part straight!

Cheers mate! I have seen some of your work and you definitively are not a barber noob. There are hard parts and HARD parts in that s thin razored line can be picked up on the job easily. But crafting a solid thick hard parted line that complements the customer's haircut, that's another story.

Keep at it as sooner rather than later you'll be blasting it.

(04-12-2019 07:59 AM)JaimeSpain Wrote:  Can I ask you this question, is the hard part easy or difficult to do for a normal hairdresser? Like not a barber with experience but a hairdresser from a hair salon. I like these hard part ideas but I don't know if a hairdresser can do this haircut. Only barbers?

My advice would be to ask your hairdresser directly. The problem is that average hair salons don't tend to get the type of male clientele who asks for hairdressers and especially if the hair salon's is mostly females.

A thin hard part that isn't too long can be done by just about all hairdressers and hairstylists bearing in mind what they should already have as part of their skill. If you're talking about a thick hard part like many of the ones in this guide, then I', not even sure if a hair salon would be kitted out with the expensive clipping tools that help with crafting epic hard parts. You can do a thin hard part with no guard attached to a hair clipper but that's about it if you have no experience and no other clipping accessories.

Ask them. Literally just ask them if they have experience doing hard parts and if they have any pictures to show you of what they've done.