I'll have a trim and a shave!

**Doc** · 02-07-2008, 10:09 AM

The way it used to be

**Doc** · 02-07-2008, 10:10 AM

mans place

**Doc** · 02-07-2008, 10:11 AM

A great sign

**RalphS** · 02-08-2008, 12:30 AM

I had a haircut today at a traditional OHIO barber (he bought the shop in 1982) and he confirmed my suspecion that it is the Ohio Department of Health Regulations relating to sanitation of instruments that discourage the art of straight razor shaving in Ohio barber shops. Aparently the intent of the reulations is to discourage the spread of topical infection which the Regulation maker decided was enough of a risk to justify the regulation. Does anyone want to form a PAC to return the straight razor to Ohio barber shops?

RalphS

**Still_Ged** · 02-08-2008, 06:36 AM

Here in the East Bay (ie, Oakland, CA), most of the barber shops I've seen are run by young black men - usually when they buy the business from the 65-year-old guy who'd had it before. It looks like a great place to hang out, but I haven't tried going into Ebony Man Barber Shop and asking them if they'd be willing to cut an ivory man's hair. And their hours are like noon to eight pm, which confuses me when I'm going to get a pizza down the street.

And I'm convinced they're not doing shaves.

On the other hand, across the bay there's a new high-end business called Mister, or maybe "Mr." It's a nightclub-cum-barbershop - you can get a drink there, they have events, and yeah, they do what they call a "classic shave". But the membership fees are like going to my girlfriend's salon, so I haven't tried it. They have a nice Web site, though.

I miss the place I got my hair cut at when I was a kid. Used to walk there with a five-dollar bill in my pocket, and the guys there were about a thousand years old. Good collection of Playboy magazines, though.

-Scott.

**gatorfan** · 02-08-2008, 11:40 PM

My dad told me that there is a place in Phoenix next to one of the malls that will sell you a shave, haircut and a massage for $30.00.

I need to get over to that side of town and investigate...

**honedright** · 02-09-2008, 12:34 AM

Doc,

If you've never watched this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RsnhhWvaTk

**floridaboy** · 02-09-2008, 01:52 AM

No doc, Wait a minute, I didn't mean that I didn't like the rural life, thats why I am in NC. Some folks don't know what there are missing. I haven't paid for a haircut in about 12 years. The barber I go to will not take any money from me, he's one of our patients. He knows I shave with a st8, and for about the last six months, I have been sharpening his razors, He had a bad wreck and can't right now. That's what I like, everyone knows everyone else, and helps each other out.

Phil

**Doc** · 02-09-2008, 03:15 AM

Great video I really enjoyed watching that! Floridaboy just pulling your chain abit. Great posts everyone keepem coming. If we can get people thinking about barbershops maybe we can get people going to barbershops.

**Justfreewheelin** · 02-10-2008, 02:12 AM

Just a little while ago, I was walking through a mall for something, and I was in need of a hair cut, there was the hip trendy looking hair place w/t some guys working there, but they all looked GAY. so I keep on walking down the mall, and I come to this little place, which say "BARBERSHOP", walk in and I am taking off my coat the barber takes it and kindly directs me to the chair. You can tell they are all new chairs but w/t the older barber styling, red, with large metal foot rests, there is however small flat screens at every spot. so he asks the general questions, what you want, how you doing. We get talking about what ever, He is from Lebanon and has been cutting hair for 18 yrs, and he explained how for 5 years all he did was work at the barber shop and clean up and watch. he thought it terrible how these girls go for two yrs and can be called hair dressers. over all good time, and relaxing. The next time I went got the same guy, and he offered to fix up my eye brows, so I said sure since I had neglected them for a while, and I had someplace I was going w/t the wife that night, so he goes and takes this thread and wraps it around his fingers and proceeded to "Thread" my eye brows and my side burns, hurt a little, buy that night the wife actually noticed and said that they looked great. So I guess what ever works.

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