Thread: Barbers corner

Originally Posted by avatar1999

Here's a Q for the peanut gallery.

Just recently at school got taught how to do a neck shave after a haircut.

My question is this:

Any of you have any tips/tricks for edging around the ears?

We were taught "always lead with the toe of the razor" but I still feel a little cautious/hesitant to cut around the ear. Seems like an easy place to get cut...thoughts?

For what it's worth (and that's probably not much) when I was in the Army in the early 90s, I used to get my hair cut at John's Barber Shop just outside the Fort Monmouth NJ main gate. John was about 70 at the time, and had been cutting hair since he was a young man. Like everyone else, I'd wait in line for John because he was the best there was. John would always shave over the ears and down the neck line, and if I remember correctly, he did use the toe of the razor over the ears.

John was a great old guy with a heavy Italian accent (go figure, it was New Jersey). He gave the best haircuts I ever received. It was a sad day when he retired. A nice tight haircut, shaved neck and ears, a little Pinaud lilac vegetal, and I was a new man!

Cheers,

Larry

What I do when I shave around the ears.

When i am shaving around the clients right ear i shave using a backhand stroke using my left hand to hold the ear down and stretch the skin. I do the same thing over the right ear except I use a freehand stroke always using the toe of the razor. Nobody taught me to do it this way it just felt more comfortable.

My "Barbers corner" introduction:

I started attending Michigan Barbers college in Detroit in January of this year and I should graduate in March of next year. I work on mainly African American hair so I am really starting to understand some of the more difficult skin and hair types.

I am not sure how it works at most schools but upon graduation we will be considered Barber-stylists and they claim that we will learn and be able to do everything a cosmetologist can and more with the exception of nails.

Sounds like a good idea. If we need to generate more traffic perhaps we can include the subject of shaving other people, even unprofessionally, in the same "corner".

Wouldn't it be neat to include links to all the barber"s manuals as "stickies" ??

Ladies and gentlemen:

I think this is a good idea. We all can learn much from the learned barbers who pursue a noble profession.

The organization of it requires logical thinking and planning. I think the learned Moderators can work on the plan and create something that can well serve as a learning tool.

Also, it could serve as a source of news for the shaving world in general. I heartily endorse the idea.

Regards,
Obie

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Sounds like a good idea. If we need to generate more traffic perhaps we can include the subject of shaving other people, even unprofessionally, in the same "corner".

Wouldn't it be neat to include links to all the barber"s manuals as "stickies" ??

Great idea!!!

Originally Posted by detroyt

My "Barbers corner" introduction:

I started attending Michigan Barbers college in Detroit in January of this year and I should graduate in March of next year. I work on mainly African American hair so I am really starting to understand some of the more difficult skin and hair types.

I am not sure how it works at most schools but upon graduation we will be considered Barber-stylists and they claim that we will learn and be able to do everything a cosmetologist can and more with the exception of nails.

Since you started it, here's MY "Barbers corner" introduction:

I started attending the Barber Styling Institute in Camp Hill, PA in February of this year, and I will graduate in December of this year. We work on all kinds of people in our school...men and women of all racial backgrounds. I won't be working on cutting womens hair until a bit later on in my schooling, but I look forward to it

Young, old, full head of hair, and mostly bald...we don't discriminate! When done I will be considered a Master Barber and just like you detroyt, will be able to do pretty much everything a cosmo can and more, except nails, and that includes cut hair (haha!)

I look forward to more great Barber/shaving discussions