Thread: Trip to the Barbers

I just had my first barber SR shave. He was a youngish lad and was using a shavette to comply with health and safety regs.
prep was poor and he was surprised at how tough my beard was and went t brought three blades!
In short, I would not repeat that exercise, as I can do a better and more comfortable myself.
One thing I learned was that I have tough whiskers, which I sort of knew.
The other was just how sharp my pro honed SR's compared with a shavette.

Interesting, kinda makes me want to stop by a barber and give it a go. Probably be better off borrowing a shave the and giving it a go myself though, unless I could find an old timer and convince him to use one of my own razors for the shave.

It's too bad it didn't go as planned. Maybe he was just too young to have the experience in.

It just mirrors what others have found. Check out the barber shave squawkbox thread in the General Forum.

Finding someone competent to give you a "straight" shave is akin to finding a mint NOS DD Wonderedge for $30.

There is a Truefitt & Hill in Singapore, DMA. Have you ever tried them?

I would like a barber shave some day. Maybe if it ever make a trip to London.

I fairly recently had a barber shop shave as well. I doubted if the shave would be as good as I get from my hand. I did not go specifically for just the shave, but also for the treatment. The hot towels, the atmosphere, the shoulder rub, the beautiful girl doing the shave, it was all very nice. I do think she needs to have more experience for the shave to be wow, but it is a newly resurfacing industry here. It was not that long ago that a hot shave was near impossible to come by. In a few more years perhaps it will be all that, as it once was. I would not call it terrible though.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

It just mirrors what others have found. Check out the barber shave squawkbox thread in the General Forum.

Finding someone competent to give you a "straight" shave is akin to finding a mint NOS DD Wonderedge for $30.

Haha !

Does anyone know of a list of which U.S. states allow or prohibit barbers to shave clients with traditional (non-shavette, non-disposable) SR blades?

I had a barber over here shave around my ears and the back of my neck with one of those shavette looking straight razors. It wasn't comfortable. There is no way a person could tolerate getting their face shave over here. I would love to see it happen and get it on youtube

Originally Posted by AlienEdge

I had a barber over here shave around my ears and the back of my neck with one of those shavette looking straight razors. It wasn't comfortable. There is no way a person could tolerate getting their face shave over here. I would love to see it happen and get it on youtube

Same at a few places I've been to. I'm always surprised my neck isn't gushing blood afterwards.