Thread: Ultimate barber shave?

Saw this posted on a Canadian wet shaving facebook forum.

Madr mr want to travel to Korea just to sit in this master’s chair.

https://youtu.be/7PGEY2vt1mg

Wow! Hows about that hot lather setup? The city would likely close that place down here.
That old finish strop! When's the last time you shaved your forehead? Radical blade angle!!
That water tank.....Rainwater?

Hoowee!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Wow! Hows about that hot lather setup? The city would likely close that place down here.
That old finish strop! When's the last time you shaved your forehead? Radical blade angle!!
That water tank.....Rainwater?

Hoowee!

Yeah, that stock-pot scuttle or whatever it is is a different way of making hot lather-seems to work? And how about that short, bouncing stropping stroke-he hardly gets any of the blade on the strop?! And that fancy hair-drying technique with the pink towel was pretty spiffy. I don't really see the appeal of doing something like this, unless for a very special occasion like a hot date, the morning of your wedding, a groomsmen's group thing, or similar. Cool to watch in an old world kind of way, though.

I'm awestruck! I never imagined a shave could be like that. I'm not sure I could trust anyone around my face that much. It is amazing. Can that Barber strop, lather and shave or what?

After watching his technique, I don’t imagine that fellow needed to shave again for another two or three days. The barber was shaving very close and cleaning up any possible leftover stubble right away.

I kept trying to see what razor the barber was using but was not able to pick that up from the video.

I think I’m going to put a big pot of soup on the stove so I can get hot lather the way he did in the video. I have never seen that before.

I don’t know too many barbers in the west who would have spent as much time or been as meticulous as that Korean gentleman.

Originally Posted by DZEC

I kept trying to see what razor the barber was using but was not able to pick that up from the video

I thought I saw the Henckels logo on the scales.

Bob

Looked like a Henckels to me also.

I also did a glance at the related hair cut video and it looks like it took an hour overall.

It was a Henckels Friodur. He had great technique. Lots of pinching the skin to shave the roll, final water pass, tiny slides etc.

I had a shave close to this in the Philippines some 40 years ago. It was the best shave that I have ever experienced in my life. I still grapple to come remotely close to their degree of talent. Great Video!

Great demonstration of shaving with one inch of edge at a time and how much he shaves with the heel.

I always see razors with dull heels and toes, that have not touched a hone for some time and obviously not shaved with.

Also, the importance of stropping, and a strop progression. He re-strops mid shave. Stropping is way under rated.

Nice video.