Thread: This looks like a great old school barber to get a shave from

hey, ain't that the 20th century Sweeny Todd? Didn't they find that customer floating face down in the east River?

Yes, but they discovered it was accidental strop sag that caused the razor to be too dull that killed the guy.

Help me out: How did he not roll the edge of that razor with the way he was stropping?

After the vid scroll to clip 8 and look at Waldorf Barbershop on RTE Capital D.
It is a spot (?) about the shop and the owners.

Originally Posted by stygian

Help me out: How did he not roll the edge of that razor with the way he was stropping?

Guys who have been stropping for more decades than most of us have been alive are probably doing ok...

I believe a member here has actually gotten a shave there, and said it was great.

I go there myself for the odd shave and a haircut. This place is only 10 minutes from my house. Great 1920s Dublin atmosphere. Liam has sharpened and stropped a couple of my razors in the past, so dont worry about the sag in the strop - look at it closely and you can see the blade still runs across a flat piece of leather.

Originally Posted by Olav Vittfarne

After the vid scroll to clip 8 and look at Waldorf Barbershop on RTE Capital D.
It is a spot (?) about the shop and the owners.

That was really interesting!

Loved that. Among other things, I dig the barber's coat he's wearing. Cool.

I never tire of reviewing the vid. It was not too long ago that such service was widely available in New York. Now, it's an oddity.