Thread: Nothing against the Barbers

We've had these discussions in the past and I think they are silly and I mean no disrespect to the opener of the discussion.

I can still remember going to a barber in the 1950s and seeing people being shaved with a straight. What you maybe don't realize is modern barbers have NO formal training in straight usage with very few exceptions and do not have to demonstrate any proficiency in its use. In the old days barbers couldn't get a license until they passed a practical shaving test with a straight. Most people who use a disposable these days are self taught and when you go to them you are their source of practice.

If you got a shave by a barber in the old days you walked out of the shop with a shave far better than you could give yourself with few exceptions and if you were nicked by a barber or had any irritation, after punching the guy out he would never work giving shaves again.

Most people today seem to have an inability to accept the fact that barbers were expert at giving shaves but this was fact and as generally accepted as the sun rising in the east every morning.