A cape is the one piece of equipment every single client touches. Yours should not be the cheap one.

Full adult length, cut wide enough to cover the chair arms so clippings land on fabric instead of on a lap. The finish sheds hair on a shake rather than holding it in a static cling you have to pick off between cuts.

Elastic neck, so it sits close without choking — the difference between a client who relaxes into the chair and one who spends the whole cut adjusting himself.

Why it matters more than people think

On a full Saturday a cape gets snapped open and shaken out forty times. That is the real test, and it is the one most capes fail — the seams go first, then the neck closure.

A man notices a stiff, staticky, too-short cape and he does not know why the cut felt cheap. He just knows it did. Small piece of equipment. Real part of the experience.

The details

Adult size · Elastic neck closure · Wipes down, machine washable