Do You Have a Barber?

[Crampedon]

Yep. Gary at Hairbenders in Paia. 25 years and only once got a trim elsewhere, up near Calgary one summer. He is still pissed.

[skiaholik]

A lesbian at work who has a similar hair style to mine recommended a joint/person within walking distance of work to me, gonna have to check it out, might become a steady joint.

Quoted for comedy. Pure gold.

[concretejungle]

Wife.

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[Dobish]

i used to go to Frankie the barber, and he only gave one haircut as well. Then I went to Lisa, and she cut my hair for about 6 years or so. Now I only get my hair cut every two years, so I go to someone that will cut it and I can donate it, and I generally get a free cut. Great clips is good. I went to one girl, and she charged me $35 and did some feathering thing. that was a waste.

[mock vomit]

Tony has been my steady for just about 20 years now... I stopped at a mall shop where I had been before to get a "who ever" cut when I was about 25, and ended up getting a great cut, had a good chat and he handed me a card... so went back. Except for the 3 or 4 times when he's been in the hospital or out of town and I was desperate, he's done every cut since.

I now know he was in his first year out of the Marines and had started his clipping in the service. His brother was in the business, and had some ethno-familial connections to one of the local salons with a couple shops, so Tony became shop manager quick... Then about 7 or 8 years ago started his own place with about 20 chairs. Almost didn't make it thru those hard early years, but his chairs are all rented these days.

Sold him a house, tried to sell it for him again during his divorce... basically function as his IT resource lately and have trouble making him taking payment for my cuts. Able to just walk in the break room and grab a soda (or beer when I'm in the mood) from the fridge... but now you mention it, I still remember those "bewbie bumps" from random hot chickas 20+ years ago. Fuck... thought I had it good until I remembered that.

[dk_alaskan]

I used to go to an old guy who had been a barber in the Marines back in the '60s giving the fresh meat their first buzzcuts. After he got out of the corps he set up shop in my part of town. I really liked going there, it was a definite "old time" place, men only, and he was a neat character. A couple years ago he decided it was time to finally quit working, closed up shop and moved to the Texas coast. Since then I haven't found a place I'm comfortable with. All that's left around here are chain type places staffed by little asian women who can barely speak engrish or young, fat, chatty white chicks who want to talk about buying $300 jeans. There is one "guy" type barber shop that I know of but he's only open during normal business hours on weekdays which is, of course, when I'm at work.

Given that scenario, I just go to the cheapest chain place and get my #4 clipper cut, slightly longer in front please, for $10 + tip.

have you tried the place right by the acme hotel/hostel dt seattle? buddy tried that one before his wedding and they did a pretty good yob, better than any chain

[XXX-er]

I quit cutting my hair after they quit paying me to show up at a place of work

[rightcoast]

Ive had a barber for my entire life. My dad has been cutting hair for over 45 yrs in the same shop.Pretty amazing, he just turned 70 and is still doing 4 days a week. The only time someone else has cut my hair was in college when one of my friends would buzz it from time to time. Wierd, I have never paid for a haircut!

[KQ]

Ive had a barber for my entire life. My dad has been cutting hair for over 45 yrs in the same shop.Pretty amazing, he just turned 70 and is still doing 4 days a week. The only time someone else has cut my hair was in college when one of my friends would buzz it from time to time. Wierd, I have never paid for a haircut!

That is so cool - is he in a "old time" barber shop?

This thread is bringing back such memories. We had a corner barber shop complete with the red and white pole where I grew up. I remember my Mom taking my brothers there to get their hair cut. The barber would put that booster seat thing on the chair for them (basically a padded board that hook on the arms), pull a comb out of the glass jar with the blue liquid and cut away. Sometimes on my way home from school we would stop by and talk to the barber and play in his chairs if he didn't have any customers. So much more fun than Super Cuts.

My Dad used to have a regular barber in DT Seattle that he went to for years and years. I remember how bummed Dad was when he retired.

[FJ62]

have you tried the place right by the acme hotel/hostel dt seattle? buddy tried that one before his wedding and they did a pretty good yob, better than any chain

You mean Rudy's? They've become a mini chain of their own (I think they expanded to NYC and LA after being in Seattle only). They're sort of like a hipster version of Supercuts.

I've had great hair cuts there, and totally weird ones. It's a bit of a lottery there... you just get whoever has a chair open after your name is called. A lot of their employees seem fresh out of hair school and too hip for their own good...

I've never had a good haircut at an old-school barber. Barbers and guys with curly hair don't seem to mix and my half Armenian roots give me the equivalent of a JewFro if folks aren't careful... For like 10 bucks more than most barbers/Supercuts, I just go to a real hair salon place. Considering that I only get my hair cut every two months, it's not that big a deal and it's stress free.

[Sphinx15]

Yup - always had 1 barber per living situation. I hate the "new period", floating around trying to find that next guy whenever I move somewhere new. Had the same guy for the last 4 years now, old school straight razor type. I'll put off getting a haircut if he's on vacation or something just to go to him...

[Mofro261]

Shave and a haircut.......


TWO BITS!!!!!

[rightcoast]

That is so cool - is he in a "old time" barber shop?

This thread is bringing back such memories. We had a corner barber shop complete with the red and white pole where I grew up. I remember my Mom taking my brothers there to get their hair cut. The barber would put that booster seat thing on the chair for them (basically a padded board that hook on the arms), pull a comb out of the glass jar with the blue liquid and cut away. Sometimes on my way home from school we would stop by and talk to the barber and play in his chairs if he didn't have any customers. So much more fun than Super Cuts.

My Dad used to have a regular barber in DT Seattle that he went to for years and years. I remember how bummed Dad was when he retired.

yup, original pole out front, booster seat, shaves with straight razors if you ask him too....pretty cool stuff.
i got myself pretty damn dizzy many times spinning around in that chair as a little kid.

[DeeAre]

I have Floyd's. They do a pretty good job, but I'm pretty low maintenance.

[cl1953]

The town barber has been cutting hair since he got out of the navy after WWII.

I used to go to Franco who cut my wife's hair, but he was expensive and hard to get an appt. Started going to Walt about 10yrs ago. He works Tues-Sat, 6am - 4pm. He is now 84.

Last year raised his price to $8.75.

[JoeStrummer]

When I was trapped in Omaha for a couple of years I went to Benders downtown. His joint was covered in boxing memorabilia and he was good friends with Carmen Basilio, who beat Sugar Ray Robinson for the world title.

They were in the Marines together and Bender had stories of the Japanese he had set on fire, deprivation in the Phillipines, killing a man with a knife, people hanging from trees, etc.

Good times. My last haircut was administered by a flaming homo with big doe-eyes who didn't want to go get his ipod out of his Tercel because it was sleeting.

[Jer]

You guys and your haircuts..

[squatch]

i just do a #1 on the whole skull and call it good. barber problem = sidestepped.

[Sirshredalot]

Meh - the Senate/House guys give one haircut, unfortunately the one I have now.

I'm not picky, but please don't make me look like one of the gray suit robots.

..and rub your tits against my very married arm.

Well, I don't get tits rubbed on my arm except when I'm at home. But they do a decent job of leaving me with my hair in curls down over my ears. Admittedly, they seem perplexed that it isn't the grey suit robot special, but they do a good job of it.

[dumpy]

I find the whole dichotomy of hair cuts interesting. If you want a really good one it seems like it's either:

A) Some pansy ass dude like Joe Strummer's who won;t go out in the sleet and you pay through the nose (makes me wonder where the real Joe Strummer got a haircut, my guess option B)

or

B) A cheap cut from a grizzled old barber, thats full of stories

It seems like the middle ground between the two=the suck for cuts. I guess the middle is boring and you don't want someone boring cutting your hair.
Guess it takes a special kind of person to enter the tonsorial arts.

The reference to Carmen Basillio is interesting, I always associate him more with his sausage sandwich career than his boxing career.

[CaddyDaddy77]

Used to go to Tuscon's in Durango when I was a kid, you would tell them you wanted a half-inch off the top = high and tight. "I'd really like a mohawk = high and tight. Nice part when was I was about twelve they would let you look at the playboys while Isador or Amador gave you a high and tight/mohawk.

Had a great guy that was downstairs from where I worked at for two years, sit in the chair don't have to tell the guy what I want and the guy looked out for my ears and nose, shit you can't see yourself. A good barber is worth his weight. However...... I'm now a bald motha, and trust a weekly once over from a set of Wahl trimmers.

[Lexi-Bell]

^^Heh, sound familiar. For the first 20 years of my life I went to Richie's barber shop, staffed by Richie, his brother Ronnie, and Genero. I thought those guys were so cool, tons of sports memorbilia, weren't afraid to swear, just shot the shit all day and cut hair. Everything about that place was old-school; straight razor, warm shave cream, aqua velva, the whole nine yards. And yes I got the high and tight routine as well.

Never got any tits rubbed against me but they also had an exhaustive collection of Playboy magazines.

Now I do it myself or have my wife do it, I'm a cheap old bastard with a basic buzz cut.

[KQ]

I have Floyd's. They do a pretty good job, but I'm pretty low maintenance.

Floyd? You have Floyd the Barber? Cool!

[Jumper Bones]

The military got me used to regular, short haircuts. Feel way out of place without one! However I've moved so much that finding a regular barber has proved pretty difficult, I'm changing places every couple of years...used to have a Korean lady do 'em when I lived in WA, lots of Korean barbers outside the mil bases - got one done on a trip to Korea and I swear they kicked my ass instead of doing the "scalp/shoulder massage"...

Lately I was in a Bozeman barbershop when the barber started talking about grudge fucking and how awesome it was. Looks to me for agreement/approval. Just so happens my now father-in-law was sitting next to me waiting for his haircut too...yeah no agreement from me today buddy...lol

[DEVO]

Sportsmen's Barber Shop in Beverly, MA. Been going there since long before Frank sold it to Ward and Donna (Frank is still there, just don't let him cut your hair)