paul secor Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 A woman cuts my hair. That's one thing. But letting someone work on my face and neck with a razor is quite another, No thanks! And I can use 40 bucks for a lot of other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I'ave never had one and would probably be hard pressed to find a barber who would even do one. For decades I've been shaving with the standard multiple blade disposables and canned cream. Shaving was always one of those unpleasant but necessary chores. Within the last year, I've gotten into shaving with the old style double edge razors with the disposable razor blades. I lather my face with a shaving brush using either a bar of shaving soap or shaving cream from a tube. What it's done is made shaving somewhat of a hobby and now I actually enjoy and look forward to shaving. To top it all off, I get great shaves as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Half-off topic: ain't no one ever shaved my legs but me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 By co-incidence, got this in an email today... An old cowboy walks into the barbershop for a shave, telling the barber he can't get all his whiskers off because his cheeks are wrinkled from age. The barber gets a little wooden ball from a cup on the shelf, and tells the cowboy to put it inside his cheek to spread out the skin. When he's finished, the old cowboy says that's the best shave he's had for years, "But what would have happened if I had swallowed that little ball?" The barber replied "Just bring it back in a couple of days like everyone else." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Had haircuts but no shave at a barber shop. Now, my wife cuts my hair...like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Had haircuts but no shave at a barber shop. Now, my wife cuts my hair...like it? Hair? You've got hair? Are you trying to make me jealous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Had haircuts but no shave at a barber shop. Now, my wife cuts my hair...like it? Hair? You've got hair? Are you trying to make me jealous? Well, most of it is still connected, white as snow, but connected just the same. I will, however, confess to a "proceeding" hairline; it's proceeding from the front of my head to the back of my head. Just like to be proactive in these things Edited February 21, 2013 by GoodSpeak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 And I can use 40 bucks for a lot of other things. Yeah, I can too...but mostly they all involve an indulgence of one kind or another and I'm thinking that there's no way I'll get into the 40-bucks-a-pop shave habit like I would the 40-bucks-a-pop-CD habit. Then again, I never turn down a free hot towel, so I might be flirting with disaster here with this whole facial-consideration consideration, especially the hot lather thing. That stuff RULES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) As for me, it's pensioners' rate of £14 with a £1 tip to the hairdresser. 10£ here but 2 £ tip !!! About £15 here, so 'Mosaic Single' territory. In a unisex salon too and cut by some lovely young ladies with cup of coffee or tea as part of the deal ! Edited February 21, 2013 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I always wanted to get a shave in a barbershop but I'm waiting till I get rid of my 45 year old beard. By now I'm afraid of what I'll find underneath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Never could grow a full beard then when I might be able it's all gray They still do shaves at my barbershop around $15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Does it count if you got the hot lather/straight razor treatment on the neck, after your haircut? That's all I've had and that was about 10 years ago. Then the barber moved to a smaller town. Also it's much easier to shave a several day old beard with a single blade razor than a Fusion (or anything > 1 blade). A few years ago I followed GA's lead in the thread and bought some variety packs of blades to try and have since added some Feather as well. Since sometimes I let it grow I still haven't blown thru the variety pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Now, my wife cuts my hair...like it? well, show a photo and we might tellya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 My Missus has cut my hair since 1971. She doesn't shave me though. I wouldn't ask MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 But when I shaved a couple of days ago, after about two and half or even three weeks, it took me quite a while ... Same here ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Only had a barber shave me once, in 1981 in the Philippines while in the navy. Interesting, but nothing I've missed. As for the back of the neck thing, well, last time was the last haircut I got. I go to a traditional barber shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Never could grow a full beard then when I might be able it's all gray They still do shaves at my barbershop around $15 Me either, SS1. The best I can do is a mustache. My "beard" comes out in patches. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 a local shop began offering them recently-it's been 50 years since my last. that's on this year's 'to do.' list. my late wife cut my hair as well; i have saved her barber tools all these years. her last night at home before going to hospital, i got a final haircut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hot scotch&lemon Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 As for me, it's pensioners' rate of £14 with a £1 tip to the hairdresser. 10£ here but 2 £ tip !!! About £15 here, so 'Mosaic Single' territory. In a unisex salon too and cut by some lovely young ladies with cup of coffee or tea as part of the deal ! good deal. For me 9£ by young lady but without tea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) As for me, it's pensioners' rate of £14 with a £1 tip to the hairdresser. 10£ here but 2 £ tip !!! About £15 here, so 'Mosaic Single' territory. In a unisex salon too and cut by some lovely young ladies with cup of coffee or tea as part of the deal ! good deal. For me 9£ by young lady but without tea Shampoo and conditioner too with hair-fondle, as part of the deal. Beat that ! Edited February 25, 2013 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 OMG I have the worst ingrown hair ever above the lip Looks like someone punched me in the mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Got a barbershop shave today as a birthday present from Brenda. The $42.00 job at Finley's mentioned up-thread. The house music was interesting...JB's original, pre-hit version of "I Feel Good", Nina Simone, just a lot of things I was not expecting to hear in an "upscale" Plano men's grooming center. So I commented on it to the barber, one thing led to another, he tells me that his father-in-law is an old jazz drummer in Chicago, who still plays, I ask him what;s his name, the barber has to think because he's only been married for a year and his wife always refers to the man in question as "Poopie", but he finally remembers, it's Robert Shy...and the shave had to go on hold as my jaw had gone severely out of position! So i told him, man, you father-in-law is the real deal, a bit of an underground legend,. He knew nothing about all that, just that he saw him play up in Chicago once and was really taken in by the music, how those "old guys" threw down from beginning to end. There's now just three degree of separation between me and Sonny Cox and Rahsaan, thanks to the barbershop shave. What's in your barbershop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Bright Moments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Two weeks ago. Razor and the whole nine. Alas, it grew back fast, and the line the barber made for my beard is overgrown. As someone once said: 'the problem with life is that it doesn't lay right'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 My skin is so damned wimpy that if someone took a straight razor to it I'd have razor burn for a month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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