Well, it cost a bit more than ’two bits,’… but it was still pretty cheap. Twenty bucks.
I get the same cut every two weeks. The zero comb, by Steve of West End. The oldest of old-school barbers.
Disgraceful longhaired hippie waiting his turn.
I love it because it’s so easy to manage and quick to get done. Although that’s a double-edged straight razor. The twenty minutes it takes me to drive to West End is about four times longer than my time in the chair.
It means I get antsy when I see anyone waiting ahead of me. Like this morning.
There were two blokes waiting, so like a Nobel Prize winning brainiac, I figured I’d get a coffee and an egg tart and avoid the rush hour.
I usually go the same haircut (the 'go to' for the follicly challenged), done at home with clippers. At times I splash out and get the barber to do it - about 100m from my front door no less. They are popular though, so I usually have a book on hand for the wait.
Since we are on the topic... My barber ensures maximum cleanliness by waxing my ears and nose hairs. It a traditional Arabic thing apparently. I highly recommend it.
Out of sheer laziness, I've stuck with the hi-n-tight, lo fade. Even though hair loss on the dome fully justifies a zero-guard whack of the whole mess.
Wow, I go months between hair cuts. One of the last things my barber does is uses of the straight razor on the back of my neck to remove fine hairs. This is a sensation I really enjoy. Don't know why.
Periodically, I get the dome shaved at the barber old school - with a straight razor. Touch-ups with a safety razor.
However, last week I received a Pit Bull Gold wet/dry, 4-head, rechargeable, head shaver in the mail. Addressed to me with no paperwork. No clue why or who sent it.
Game changer. I lather-up my prodigiously sized dome and done in 5 minutes. Not straight razor smooth, but close enough.
Of course, I’ll still enjoy the occasional man-spa day when I need a beard pruning and will shell out for that wonderful straight razor shave.
"Shave and a haircut..."
The iron law of Murphy is inviolable. If you try and game the system it will rebound on you with extreme prejudice. Ask any IT professional 😂
I usually go the same haircut (the 'go to' for the follicly challenged), done at home with clippers. At times I splash out and get the barber to do it - about 100m from my front door no less. They are popular though, so I usually have a book on hand for the wait.
Since we are on the topic... My barber ensures maximum cleanliness by waxing my ears and nose hairs. It a traditional Arabic thing apparently. I highly recommend it.
Out of sheer laziness, I've stuck with the hi-n-tight, lo fade. Even though hair loss on the dome fully justifies a zero-guard whack of the whole mess.
Say Birmo’ why is there a fridge?
Wow, I go months between hair cuts. One of the last things my barber does is uses of the straight razor on the back of my neck to remove fine hairs. This is a sensation I really enjoy. Don't know why.
Periodically, I get the dome shaved at the barber old school - with a straight razor. Touch-ups with a safety razor.
However, last week I received a Pit Bull Gold wet/dry, 4-head, rechargeable, head shaver in the mail. Addressed to me with no paperwork. No clue why or who sent it.
Game changer. I lather-up my prodigiously sized dome and done in 5 minutes. Not straight razor smooth, but close enough.
Of course, I’ll still enjoy the occasional man-spa day when I need a beard pruning and will shell out for that wonderful straight razor shave.