Thread: Old Barbers - Worth a Try!

Originally Posted by jpm7676

Barbers are a dying breed.

Here too, unfortunately. Now all we see are unisex saloons and weird stuff like that.
Every barber I talked to is more than 60 y.o, so they won't be here for long and I don't see any youngsters following their footsteps.
My barber is one of the few who still resist the new "trends". A good gentleman, like every other barber I met. I have great conversations about straight razors and brushes.
I wonder how I'll have my hair cut in 30 years

Well...my son (28 yrs old) is getting ready to start barber school and is being taught the old-school way of barbering...He has to learn the straight razor shaving (not a shavette) first before he can go on with learning to cut hair. He allready shaves with a straight now he is practicing on me...alittle worried about that part...LOL. He has a good mentor that has been in the buisness about 30yrs and is teaching him things on the side too. He is learning to hone and will be doing mine for free... Anyway its good to see young people step up and learn the old ways of doing things right.
RB