Thread: More Razors from my Barber

Jimmy, I meant the second razor below that paragraph when I typed it. That would be the sixth and last picture overall. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

Lou is in his sixties, so I would guess he has been in business for 40 to 45 years. He seems to have forgotten most of what he knew about honing and stropping, as he asks me about it. (Perhaps he is just being polite.)

When he gives a haircut, Lou just used the razor to shave around your ears and on the back of your neck. As I mentioned, he generally uses a shavette style razor. I think the shorter blade length makes it easier for him to shave in a sort of half circle around the ears. One of the days he used a real straight razor on me, he cut the crap out of his thumb on the heal of the blade. He showed me how he was used to holding his thumb there on a shavette, but it's part of the cutting edge on a real straight. Fortunately, there is a hardware store next door, so I was able to get Lou some superglue to fix up his thumb.

I'll ask Lou about wide blades next time I'm in. I'll bring him an 8/8 and see if he flinches.




PS: Not to beat a dead horse, but since I don't know stimpy52 and have never had a problem with him, I assumed his post was meant to be a joke and took it as such.

While I'm not nearly as fortunate as Chris, I do have a cool barber who collects straights. His go-to daily for customers is a nice Dubl Duck Wonderedge. He's also got a W.L. Greaves & Sons "The Celebrated" 7/8 wedge, a Union Spike, and a few others I couldn't quite see - all just casually tossed in a box. I'm hoping to talk him out of at least one of them!

Larry

It's prolly WM Greaves - IIRC it's William Greaves & Sons.

Originally Posted by ChrisMeyer

Jimmy, I meant the second razor below that paragraph when I typed it. That would be the sixth and last picture overall. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

Lou is in his sixties, so I would guess he has been in business for 40 to 45 years. He seems to have forgotten most of what he knew about honing and stropping, as he asks me about it. (Perhaps he is just being polite.)

When he gives a haircut, Lou just used the razor to shave around your ears and on the back of your neck. As I mentioned, he generally uses a shavette style razor. I think the shorter blade length makes it easier for him to shave in a sort of half circle around the ears. One of the days he used a real straight razor on me, he cut the crap out of his thumb on the heal of the blade. He showed me how he was used to holding his thumb there on a shavette, but it's part of the cutting edge on a real straight. Fortunately, there is a hardware store next door, so I was able to get Lou some superglue to fix up his thumb.

I'll ask Lou about wide blades next time I'm in. I'll bring him an 8/8 and see if he flinches.




PS: Not to beat a dead horse, but since I don't know stimpy52 and have never had a problem with him, I assumed his post was meant to be a joke and took it as such.

What I was try to say, in my typically immature way, is that the only thing I've ever gotten from my barber is so-so haircuts, bad breath, constant talk about the Yankees, and lollipops...which I have to steal from my grandson. I'd throw my barber off a cliff for one who gave me razors.

There, angst assuaged, feeling better.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

It's prolly WM Greaves - IIRC it's William Greaves & Sons.

Yup, you're right. I stand corrected.

I'm gonna go see my barber tonight and see if he's got any razors to part with. I haven't been to him in a while but have been going there for years and do all the work on his heating/AC for his shop and home when he needs it for next to nothing so I figure he owes me. Also, I found Stimpy's comment quite funny and true for me aswell. All these years I've gotten lollipops, okay haircuts, stories I can't understand because of his heavy Italian accent/mumbling, and all the daytime soccer and 1980's penthouse magazines I can look at.

My haircutter gave me half my genetic information. Yup, that's my pops - the only person besides me who's ever cut my hair. It's been his business for my whole life, and I think his only business. As far as I know, he's never done anything shaving related. I did get him a vintage synthetic combostone to sharpen his kitchen knives and scissors on, though.