Thread: Hello From Istanbul/Turkey

welcome to the forum and the world of straight razors.

Hello, and welcome!!

Welcome! You could make extra money shipping Arko to the US. It goes for about $2 or $3 per stick here.

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

Welcome! You could make extra money shipping Arko to the US. It goes for about $2 or $3 per stick here.

If you guys demand Arko, I can send without profit. But Shipping is the main cost I think.

So I have a dumb request.I know it would be easy to figure out probably but if you could humor me for a moment. If you could ,would you ask a Turkish barber about the mini torches they use for burning of residual face hair. I am curious to know if there is any special trick of the trade to it. i.e what do they use for the fuel. I took a q-tip and doused it with lighter fluid to see if I could get the same effect but the flame was way to big and I did not want to risk injury. It seems they get the flame small. For the record to everyone.I am researching this carefully first before going willy nilly and attempting to burn my flesh off. So you won't be hearing any time soon of me going up in flames. But The Turkish shave intrigues me very much. I have watched several videos of it being done and those guys are artist at what they do.Way to go Turkey. In fact, I would like to know where or how Turkish Barbers learn their craft ? Is it just passed down or is their an actual school or exam they have to take ??

Originally Posted by Nightblade

So I have a dumb request.I know it would be easy to figure out probably but if you could humor me for a moment. If you could ,would you ask a Turkish barber about the mini torches they use for burning of residual face hair. I am curious to know if there is any special trick of the trade to it. i.e what do they use for the fuel. I took a q-tip and doused it with lighter fluid to see if I could get the same effect but the flame was way to big and I did not want to risk injury. It seems they get the flame small. For the record to everyone.I am researching this carefully first before going willy nilly and attempting to burn my flesh off. So you won't be hearing any time soon of me going up in flames. But The Turkish shave intrigues me very much. I have watched several videos of it being done and those guys are artist at what they do.Way to go Turkey. In fact, I would like to know where or how Turkish Barbers learn their craft ? Is it just passed down or is their an actual school or exam they have to take ??

Hello mate, Turkish barbers use "Denatured Alcohol-http://www.amymittelman.com/methylated-spirits/" as a fuel for the stuff. They wrap some cotton around a metal stick and drop some alcohol I mentioned above and use it until it is not flammable anymore(alcohol completely evaporates). I don't recommend though it can be dangerous. I will ask my barber for further info don't try immediately

Barbers hire apprentices at the age of 8-10 to train and as an errand boy(it's common to poor families are eager to send their children to learn and have a job in the future). After years of learning(but they drop out of school of course) they work as second barber in the shop then they get promotion etc. It goes like this. If the Master is a good barber it means the boy will be a good barber too.

Thank you very much for that and don't worry,if I decide to use the flame,I will make quite sure I know what I'm doing. Just such an awesome art to watch being done whether your poor or not. My hat and whiskers off to the Turk Barbers. They rock !!