Thread: Barbers in Oz

Hi Guys (non-gender specifically speaking),
I finally got to hear the ad for the barber chain that I mentioned earlier yesterday while I was polishing my vintage razors in the shed.
They aren't coming up too bad and am ready to go to the hones now (I think).
The link for it is
Jimmy Rod's Barber Shop | Brisbane CBD | The Barracks | The Gap | Calamvale | Oxley
Hope this helps.
Maybe we should organise a meet up at one of their shops and all get a shave at the one time, although $35.00 is getting up there, I think.
What do you reckon?
Cheers,
Geoff

I guess I will put in my experience with a barber.
Last year I went to an old Italian barber here in Darwin.
As soon as I sat in the chair he started chatting away about how he grew up next door to a barber in Italy and how it was a dream that he accomplished in becoming a barber, moving to Aus and starting his own business.
Being a person whose passion and hobby is straight razors, I asked if he was trained in the art and if he still had any blades.
His face wrinkled back into a warm, nostalgic grin.
With glossy eyes he explained how he hasn't shave a man in 15 years, thanks to people no longer being interested in a barber's shave

With empathy I responded, if you do a good job on the haircut, when my hair grows back to cutting length can you bring in your razors for me to inspect and possibly give me a shave with one, for old times sake. The old Italian's grin turned into a missing toothed smile.
He then went into detail about how he was saddened that shaving men wasn't common anymore and that people tend to rely on the cheap disposibles.
"I completely agree" I exclaimed. "It is an absolute shame that men no longer follow this gentlemans ritual of the bathroom!".
He began to choke out a laugh as he finished his last snip, dusted the back of my neck and accepted my payment.

As I drove away, I saw in the rear view mirror the old man standing next to the barber's pole out the front and a forgotten past time that current generations are missing out on.

I also saw that my hair looked like shit.

I didn't go back.

Originally Posted by Zidago

I also saw that my hair looked like shit.

I didn't go back.

Thanks for the warning. Just moved up here, and had heard about the greek barbers, and was planning on trying to find him.
Now, maybe not!

Don't confuse the Greeks and Itallians. If nothing else they WILL get offended.

Originally Posted by MickRussell

Don't confuse the Greeks and Itallians. If nothing else they WILL get offended.

Oops. There can't be that many barbers up here.

Originally Posted by eggbert

Oops. There can't be that many barbers up here.

The old Italian was the only Italian that had a barber shop. All the rest are Greek. In my experience, the best actual barber in Darwin is a lady in Nightcliff who owns an old shop. She can talk your ear off, but leaves a nice head of hair. Go to an expensive stylist for anything else.