Thread: Barberchair

Hi.

Hoping that maybe someone can help me out. By who and when was the first barberchair made (year) Thanx

Originally Posted by TheBarber

Hi.

Hoping that maybe someone can help me out. By who and when was the first barberchair made (year) Thanx

Wow, what a question. I would speculate that it was a gradual transition. I wonder if barber and dental chairs evolved independently or together. Most likely the first barber chair was the rock used by Grok to shave his friend Gork with a piece of flint.

Hello.
You are probably right in that there was a stone. but I would really like an answer from anybody. I've looked on google patents. But do not know what to count as completed barber chair, and where to set a date or whether one should allow the early chairs on four legs?

I'm not sure how early it was but I once saw a Koken made of wood IIRC. It was a long time ago. I've also seen a hot lather machine with a hand pump gizmo instead of the electric feed.

Acording to my barber books, Ernest E. Koken patented the first reclining chair in 1881.

Originally Posted by jpm7676

Acording to my barber books, Ernest E. Koken patented the first reclining chair in 1881.

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Nice so you have a book intresting is it a good one. I have seen 2 books on the internet. I was looking in "google patents" and whrite barber chair and after that i am comfused there are som patents erlier then 1881. It´s a cool thing to look in to google p check it out. Do you perhabs know thw name on the chair tanxs alot! jens

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The old machin is so nice. It´s a piece of history to own one.

I think I saw something about that on "pawn stars" but of course don't remember the name or date. I would think they evolved with dental chairs as the barber was a dentist back in the day IIRC.

Originally Posted by TheBarber

Hi.
Nice so you have a book intresting is it a good one. I have seen 2 books on the internet. I was looking in "google patents" and whrite barber chair and after that i am comfused there are som patents erlier then 1881. It´s a cool thing to look in to google p check it out. Do you perhabs know thw name on the chair tanxs alot! jens

the book is called the vanishing American barber shop

Originally Posted by Utopian

... Most likely the first barber chair was the rock used by Grok to shave his friend Gork with a piece of flint.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the title of this thread. A rock or a log.