Thread: Traditional cut-throat shave illegal in UK?

Hi WelshWarrior,

Here in New Zealand barbers are not allowed to use reusable straights for health and safety reasons and have to use a shavette style razor.
But as Bart observed they never seem to change the blade between customers so the purpose is automatically defeated.
We do have a good tattoo parlour on Queen Street(Aucklands main street) that uses tattoo machines that have needles permanently fixed in(custom made,old school rotary machines) and they are permitted to use a sterilizing liquid bath to store the machines in between customers so I guess that barbers could use the same but they would then have to learn to hone and strop

Illegal in Belgium and France too, except if you come with your own straight

Illegal in Ukraine and Russia