I think the average experienced barber, with fewer options, was able to produce a superior shave to what most of us do on a daily basis, mostly because of experience and a deeper understanding of what needs to happen.

I think a lot of guys today try to figure out why something is happening above the real discipline it takes to learn what needs to happen.

I do not believe that any modern convienence has changed the way shaving or barbering is best done . . . although I think many of us here think that it has.

I've had great success focusing on the way its supposed to be done, to the lament of many others.

To me, the basic process of stone, strop, and shave hasn't changed much . . .