Thread: Hey guys I'm a barber for 18 years, glad this place is around!!

Hey rob, ive been a barber 15 years and am in Richmond KY, welcome to srp! Ive been to Etown a billion times, my ex was from that neighborhood. I clean up customers razors, hone em, rescale em and the like, and carry shave products at times and place orders for customers as well.

"ability to sell shave ready. I think the guys selling not shave ready are actually shooting themselves in the foot when it comes to repeat customers. My two cents."

Hey RezDog.... please clarify shave ready and not shave ready. I may be reading it wrong. Thank you!

Ready to shave vs pops hairs vs dull as a butter knife basically lol

Bet I have a few of your old customers btw, whats the name of your shop?

Hey Dennise! Love Richmond , I have family going to school there as we speak. Yea,,,,,I'm going to try to get something like that going here in etown. I have the retail space and its a growing thing so I think its time to add a line of products.

Yeah you need to, unused space is still space you rent, heat, etc, may as well profit from our captive audiences.

Originally Posted by robscissorhands

"ability to sell shave ready. I think the guys selling not shave ready are actually shooting themselves in the foot when it comes to repeat customers. My two cents."

Hey RezDog.... please clarify shave ready and not shave ready. I may be reading it wrong. Thank you!

Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop

Ready to shave vs pops hairs vs dull as a butter knife basically lol

Typically straight razor that come from the factory are advertised as 'Shave Ready' I've purchased a new straight razor and the factory edge was 'decent' however after a proper honing the edge was excellent!

If you look at Straight Razor Design you will find that 100% of all of the straight razors are 'custom' honed by Lynn Abrams the founder of this site!

I think that by selling a custom honed razor you would be doing your customers a huge favor and probably make them repeat customers.

You could also offer honing services and perhaps classes to help others and to add to the profitability of your endeavor!

It's just a thought!

Its Andy's Barber Shop up on Woodland drive ( Behind the hospital)

Got it cudarunner. Thank you. Yea we have actually done that for some of our guys that got sent to Iraq. We would put a nice edge on the razor and send it to them.

Ill stop in if I ever get out there, feel free to drop by if u make it to richmond, always like chatting with other barbers. Dennis's Barber Shop half mile from I-75 if u ever pass through