Barber Shave Breakin' The Law
So I went to my trusty barber today and I asked why they don't do straight razor shaves. They told me that it is actually illegal in the state of CT for a barber to give a straight razor shave.
Has anyone else heard of something like that in their own states?
Seems to me that if they can use shavettes for doing the backs of necks and what not that they could do a straight shave.
Ohio Barber Sanitation Rules
I am lucky to know a barber who still uses a straight rzr and gives you a ten minute hot towel facial treatment. BUT, I think he's bucking the system :nono: --
I've visited many OHIO barbers who proclaim they are no longer allowed to shave customers with straight rzrs . . . I am a lawyer, and I've reviewed the OHIO barber regulations and I found no prohibitions -- unless it relates to the method of sanitization that barbers are required to perform on all babering instruments :hmmm: -- perhaps the barbers belive the effort to sterilize the blade isn't worth the effort :thinking: .
I think the sanitation rules are designed to minimize the transfer of skin diseases more than blood borne illness. Frankly, I do not remember a reported "rash" of transferable skin conditions that necessitated the sanitation rules.
Maybe we should become a political action group too . . . . let's advocate to return the art to barbering!! :rant:
RalphS