Thread: What would you give a barber?

Originally Posted by ScottS

My understanding is that if she doesn't have the required licensing, she's a stylist and not a barber.

She has a barbers license, but may be limited to using a shavette.

Originally Posted by richardhead

She has a barbers license, but may be limited to using a shavette.

It should have nothing to do with it. A barbers license, among other things, is a license to apply blade to skin.

every video ive seen of a barber shaving someone (new videos) have been using a shavette.

its just to prevent cross contamination, itd be kinda like a tattoo artist using the same needles, even if its been put in an autoclave... its still kinda gross. and im sure itd have to be honed much more often considering there could potentially be several customers per day.

id say she should maybe get a shavette and another straight razor.. shavettes are pretty cheap anyways.

if you had her charge an extra ... what, quarter, or less (if she orders more blades im sure they are cheaper) she would easily make up the money lost in blades, plus ya know.. its only half of a blade.

BUT yeah. gotta check regulations.

sorry for my long and pointless post. heh.

Insurance

John

Don't give her the Ducks... She is gonna be using them and abusing them. You should get her a utilitarian razor, a starter strop, some cheaper shave creams that smell good and feel good or similar soaps so TGQ soap or cream would work well, a pure badger brush, a pasted strop, some classic aftershave like pinaud or aquavelva balm since it is cheap nand smells good, and some lessons. For now she should use a honemiester and the strops, later she will need to learn to hone.

Giving her the ducks would be a waste

Originally Posted by The Topher

Don't give her the Ducks... She is gonna be using them and abusing them. You should get her a utilitarian razor, a starter strop, some cheaper shave creams that smell good and feel good or similar soaps so TGQ soap or cream would work well, a pure badger brush, a pasted strop, some classic aftershave like pinaud or aquavelva balm since it is cheap nand smells good, and some lessons. For now she should use a honemiester and the strops, later she will need to learn to hone.

Giving her the ducks would be a waste

+1 I couldn't agree more. It would be much more appreciated and well used. I would go for a lower end TI and preferable 1/2 hollow. This is a barbershop standard for rouged shop use. Give her the Duck for a later present once she learns about the cadillac's of tonsoral blades. MikeB

Originally Posted by The Topher

Don't give her the Ducks... She is gonna be using them and abusing them. You should get her a utilitarian razor, a starter strop, some cheaper shave creams that smell good and feel good or similar soaps so TGQ soap or cream would work well, a pure badger brush, a pasted strop, some classic aftershave like pinaud or aquavelva balm since it is cheap nand smells good, and some lessons. For now she should use a honemiester and the strops, later she will need to learn to hone.

Giving her the ducks would be a waste

I like your suggestions, I will forward these ideas to her.

Unless she's going to be shaving her legs with the straight, I would avoid the duck all together- in the US I doubt there is place that will allow anything but disposable razors so the duck would be of little use.

A shavette would be most economical, but a Weck would be a good practice item that she should have already!

Personally, I think I'd like to see a barber with a Feather AC over a Shavette and that would be a better gift than the duck.