Thread: Greetings from the Great White North

I am a barber in Guelph, Ontario, Canada (near Toronto) and I am determined to bring the art SR shaving back to Guelph. My fair city has lost it's luster with this cornerstone of the barbering trade and its wrong. I am interested in learning what products people use so that is can try to incorporate this into my shop.

My father has been a barber for 50years and I am taking over his shop. I plan to keep the traditional aspects of the barbering trade that my father has learned and taught me. The schools here in Canada are just not producing barbers - they are producing hairdressers. THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE !!!!!

Throw me some feedback and throw some back.

Ciao for now - stay sharp.

Welcome aboard. Glad to have another "Barber" among us.

I think it's fantastic that you want to bring back the shaves to your shop. I read your other thread where you mentioned giving people a shave with their own razor if they brought it it. If this can be achieved with no health board interruptions, I think that's awesome. I really feel that there's a big difference between a shavette and a straight, especially in the smoothness of the blade.

BarberRino,
Great on you. You could get into the varied aspects of different soaps and creams, check out the review section of this place for some good advice. However, you might also go to the lather making machine route as it will not take very long to get a hot lather (push a button). That is what my barber uses (he only shaves around the ear and nape with a disposable straight.) Otherwise you would spend too much time making up the lather with the brush. Too bad I don't have a passport nor do I like to drive or I would be at the meetup at your shop. Keep it up and good luck my neighbor to the northeast.

Welcome Barberino !

I wish you the best of prosperity with taking over the shop, you CANT go wrong with this trade... even in todays age and the days to come... men will always need a nice proper shave



perhaps... to keep the tradition of straight-shaving alive... you could host mini information sessions AT the barbershop... say after executive hours... every once in a while. offering a mini stropping class... or honing class ... ??



A place for cut throat shavers alike to meet and greet and share expertise... play some show and tell maybe?

I think its an awesome idea ! =)

You could serve some Scotch ... stuffed olives... etc

make it a gentleman's affair.


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I plan to keep the traditional aspects of the barbering trade that my father has learned and taught me.

use the above idea as a way to spread and share knowledge and immortalize your fathers learnings

archerr, if he were to do that, it would definitly make me wish i could drive up there and sit in on some of those meet&greets, they would be very very interesting.

Coachschaller,
We do use a lather machine as we shave the nape and outline with a shavette as a rule. A shame a lot of barbers around here have gone away from this little finishing touch that makes a huge difference. Most "barbers" here are glorified hairdressers and I want to change that!