Fade-only studio · Muggenhof, Nürnberg
Fades only. Measured in millimetres.
Four fades. Nine guards. One tolerance: half a millimetre. We do not cut anything else, which is exactly why the blend is clean.
0.8 mm to 25 mm, nothing in between invented
the bare blade every skin fade is built on
booked as 38, never rushed to 25
counted, because we log every cut
Drag the guard from #0 to #8 and the fade on the model re-renders — the photographic texture swaps through our own nine-step reference sequence and the blend line moves with it. Decide the length here, before anyone touches your head.
Reference frame 1–2 of 5
Guard
#1
3
millimetres
Use the arrow keys for single steps.
Reference frame 1–2 of 5
Skin is gone, colour is back. The line where a skin fade stops climbing.
Tolerance ±0.5 mm
Or load a recipe
Loads the guard this fade starts on.
Guard #1 · 3 mm · Skin fade
Every cut in the studio is one of these four, plus the design work that sits on top of them. If you want something else, we will happily tell you who in Nürnberg does it better than we would.
01
Bare scalp at the bottom, no visible step anywhere.
The blade opens on skin and the length arrives gradually, with no shelf and no shadow line. It is the least forgiving thing we cut, which is why we cut it most. Book it every two to three weeks or it stops looking like one.
from €36
02
The blend curves down behind the ear instead of running level.
The fade line drops in an arc towards the nape, following the skull rather than the horizon. It flatters a round head shape and gives a heavy top somewhere to sit. Slightly slower to cut than a straight fade — the arc has to be symmetrical from both sides.
from €38
03
A half circle radiating around the ear, the nape left long.
The fade fans out around the ear and stops, leaving the back weight intact. Grown from mullets and taper cuts, it is the one that reads loudest from the side. Works with strong curl patterns and with straight hair cut into a defined shape.
from €38
04
Only the perimeter shortens. From two metres away, nothing happened.
The quietest thing we do: sideburn, ear and nape brought down a few millimetres so the outline is clean and the length is untouched. The cut for people who need to look identical at work and better in photographs.
from €30
A freehand line, a parting or a geometric detail cut into the fade with the blade corner. Drawn on your head with a wax pencil first, cut second, and never freestyled without showing you the drawing. Booked as a longer slot because the layout takes as long as the fade.
from €48
Our guards are metric and unmarked, so we talk in millimetres rather than in brand numbers. Print this, screenshot it, or just say the number at the door.
| Guard | Length | Reads as | Typically used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| #0 | 0.8 mm | Skin, with a shadow | Skin fade base, design work |
| #1 | 3 mm | First grey | Skin fade lift-off, beard blends |
| #2 | 6 mm | Reads short | Low fade base, two-week edges |
| #3 | 10 mm | Reads tidy | Mid fade base, taper bottoms |
| #4 | 13 mm | Weight returns | Taper mid-section, burst edges |
| #5 | 16 mm | Soft edge | Taper top, drop fade landing |
| #6 | 19 mm | Full pile | Long taper, side length |
| #7 | 22 mm | Barely a fade | Blend into a scissor top |
| #8 | 25 mm | Top length | Sides on a long taper |
A number is a length, not a look. What changes between hair types is how that length behaves once the clipper is switched off — so we adjust the method, not the person.
01
Springs back against the scalp, so 6 mm sits closer than the number suggests. We lengthen the blend zone, work dry, and check the line with the head upright rather than tilted.
02
Shrinks by up to a third between wet and dry. We cut to the dry curl, take the blend in more passes, and leave the corner of the fade soft so the pattern can fall into it.
03
The wave comes back two or three days after the cut. We leave the top of the blend a touch longer so the settled shape lands exactly where you saw it in the mirror.
04
Shows every step, which means the blend needs more passes rather than more product. Lightest guard changes, most flicking of the wrist, slowest section of the cut.
Reference sequence
Scroll to run the studio reference sequence from bare blade to 25 mm. Same head, same light, same flash — only the guard changes.
#0
Guard
0.8
millimetres
Skin, with a shadow
One price per shape. Longer, denser or more grown-out hair does not cost more here — the clock does not start again because your hair grew.
Bare scalp at the bottom, no visible step anywhere.
from€36
The blend curves down behind the ear instead of running level.
from€38
A half circle radiating around the ear, the nape left long.
from€38
Only the perimeter shortens. From two metres away, nothing happened.
from€30
A freehand line, a parting or a geometric detail cut into the fade with the blade corner.
from€48
Prices are per person, including a hot towel and a nape shave. Card and cash accepted.
Hairline squared with the blade corner. Free within 10 days of a fade.
The beard taken into the fade so there is no visible border at the jaw.
A two-week touch-up of the bottom third only. 15 minutes, booked as a short slot.
Drag the handle across each frame. Both photographs are taken in the same chair, in the same light, twenty minutes apart.
Grown-out coily hair with a soft nape line, re-cut as a high skin fade with a sharp shaped neckline.
Straight dark hair grown to a single length with no outline at all, brought down to a low taper with a clean ear line and a soft, rounded nape.
Everyone here cuts fades all day, every day. Pick a chair or leave it to us — the guard number travels with the booking, not with the barber.
0.8 mm specialistFounder · skin fades
Opened the studio in 2019 after eight years in a general salon where he was allowed to fade about twice a week. Cuts the bare-blade work and trains everyone else on it. Speaks German, English, Serbian.
Book with Milan
Longest blend zonesBarber · tapers & drop fades
Came from a scissor-cut background, which is why her blends run so long and so quietly. Books out fastest for tapers and for anyone who wants the change to be invisible to their colleagues. Speaks German, English.
Book with Jule
Freehand design workBarber · burst fades & design
Draws every design on the head in wax pencil before the blade comes near it, and will show you the drawing in the mirror first. Works with every curl pattern that walks in. Speaks German, English, Twi.
Book with KwameWhat people say
4.9out of 5, from 214 reviews
“I said guard two and got guard two. That sounds like the lowest possible bar and it is somehow still rare.”
“First place that asked about my curl pattern before picking up the clippers instead of after.”
“The slider on this site is the reason I booked. I came in already knowing what I wanted and it took four minutes to agree on it.”
“Thirty-eight minutes, no small talk unless I start it, and the back is straight when I check it at home. Perfect.”
We photograph the back of every finished cut in the same corner, under the same flash. Below is our own archive; the live feed loads from Instagram only if you allow it.
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Pick a day, a time and a shape. We confirm by email within a few hours — this form places a request, not a binding appointment.
A former workshop unit on Fürther Straße, two minutes from U-Bahn Muggenhof. Black door, no window display, five dots on the glass.
Fade Lab
Fürther Straße 212
90429 Nürnberg
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