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

Originally Posted by robscissorhands

Sorry guys, thats a great point cudarunner. I'm from Elizabethtown ,Ky . I live about four minutes from the Gold Vault at FT Knox

I used to live on the vine grove city limits. I. Louisville know and will most def make a trip down to check out the shop sometime. May have to bring some of my favorite blades.

Do you all do full shaves? I have a shop here in Louisville that says they will give the shave if I bring the razor. They say the only thing they can't use is a brush and soap. And they use feather AC for neck and sideburns.

Welcome aboard and enjoy

Restoring a blade for a customer right now, his last razor got confiscated on his way home from iraq...gave him a blade to use till I finish his.

Hey thanks Dennis! Where did you go to Barber School? I went to tri-City in L-ville with Steve Kennedy

I went to Bailey's Barber College in Lexington under Paul Bailey, turned awful tho up there, gotta love government prison rehabilitation scholarships.....barber working for me now couldnt get the G I Bill to pay for his barber college yet theyll put felons in there all day long for free.

Oh and hes a 26 year vetran with two bronze stars, pretty sad

We dont at this time we get so busy doing cuts we dont have time and that's a service that is ruined if its rushed. I always thought it would be something to do on a appointment basis. I may explore the idea . We do neck shaves with real straight razors. I live up on High Street in Vine Grove.

We started doing them again, takes about the same amount of time as a haircut and costs the same price. Plus they tend to tip big

Well I did use my GI bill BUT I know what your saying. I have a BA in Psychology,,,,wanted to get out of barbering BUT its a job that grows on you. Most of those guys ( not all ) on the free prison ride......wont last in the biz for very long.

yea but we get stacked up in there and if guys are waiting then they find out they gotta wait for a shave too,,,,,they usually dont have time to wait, we just do walk-ins.

Just added a 4th barber and 5th one starting in August. Trying to combat the pile ups