Thread: Went to the barber, mixed feelings

Originally Posted by rolodave

Now that is one shave I would gladly pay the going rate.

30 Pounds according to GQ in 2010. British GQ that is.

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Laurens, could you tell us more about the museum? It sounds really interesting.

The museum is called the Spoorwegmuseum (Railway museum) in Utrecht. My dad is crazy about trains and goes there on a regular basis. They have a lot of old railway stuff, as well as tours through reconstructed villages and drama performances (basically for kids, but everyone likes those). Here's their website: Het Spoorwegmuseum.

The barber comes once a month and has his own little barbershop in the museum (with two big fat coticules lying unused there for ages, oh, how I ached!). Once you paid for entrance to the museum, a shave is for free. Actually, you turn into a living museum piece, as people come and watch and children point

I had one barber shave and it was a disappointment. Cost $14, got one pass, and there was visible razor stubble left when he finished.

A barber can make more money today confining himself to cutting hair. At least that's what my barber for the past 21 years tells me. When just about all hair styles were long in the 70s, he washed, dryed, and styled hair. When the AIDS scare began in the early 1980s, he was given more regulations to follow and instead decided to stop shaving customers. Unless you are a nostalgic-themed barber shop where time and price is no object, it really doesn't pay to offer these services. When would you go to these places, on a typical work day, or perhaps as a treat on your birthday?

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

I had one barber shave and it was a disappointment. Cost $14, got one pass, and there was visible razor stubble left when he finished.

A barber can make more money today confining himself to cutting hair. At least that's what my barber for the past 21 years tells me. When just about all hair styles were long in the 70s, he washed, dryed, and styled hair. When the AIDS scare began in the early 1980s, he was given more regulations to follow and instead decided to stop shaving customers. Unless you are a nostalgic-themed barber shop where time and price is no object, it really doesn't pay to offer these services. When would you go to these places, on a typical work day, or perhaps as a treat on your birthday?

Exact same story my barber gave me.