[IrishCatholic]

Shaving the back of the neck with a straight razor? I thought those days were gone.
They’d get my business.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

They could double their business if they went topless.

[Eagles6]

My barber, when I don't do it myself, started cutting hair after he was wounded on a destroyer in the NA in WWII. He was a gunners mate and when he got out of sick bay they put him on light duty.

[CTOCS]

I asked my barber once - “What’s thd difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut?” He said - “About a month.”

[AlaskaErik]

It’s been a long time since I’ve had hot shaving cream on my neck and a straight edge to scrape it off. No barber in my area does that anymore. Too bad, because that was part of a real hair cut in the day.

[SkyPilot]

[Textide]

Good article. I like when people like and are good at what they do. It shows in their work.

I used to go to a Korean barber in northern VA. He would use a straight razor for the neck after a warm towel. After the haircut, he or his wife would give a shoulder massage for a couple of minutes. Not much in the way of conversation, but man, those were the best haircuts.

[dalereed]

“some men would walk into Mel’s Barber Shop expecting to see a male barber. Some even walked out rather than have their hair cut by a woman, she said. “

A good friend of mine owns a barber shop and 4 of his 10 barbers are women and they do real fine and i’ve never seen anyone refuse and wait for a male barber.