Traditional Barbershops are making a comeback

[ATCclears]

A cut above: Traditional barbershops are back

Even as the grooming industry moves to a more gender neutral model, the traditionally masculine barbershop continues to thrive. Dave McGinn looks at why nostalgia still matters for men getting a cut

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[Rickenbacher39]

My wife has cut my hair for at least 45 years now.
I'm not a runway model but no one has mistaken me for a Shetland pony.
That and I can't stand anyone touching my big ol' head.
And...........AND...........I do not want to end up looking like that guy in the photo.
I'll stay with the Shetland look.
Man bun anyone?...............

 

[cigars]

Sorry, I'm no longer patronizing barber shops. For the last 30+ years since I ETS'd, I've been getting short haircuts. I'm doing the ponytail thing now a days. Now I can blend in with the rest of the dooshnozzles around here.

 

[cooper]

I hope so.....decent high n tight hard to find.
The established have passed on ....took their shaving creme machines and straight razors with em
That is my tell tale if I have found a barber.
Gotta knife that neck line...
What happened to worthy small talk as well ?
Screw beauty shop cut till even established.
I can shave my own head. Its the scissorhands then clip/knife.
No need to check mirror for leftovers..
bubblegum...I pay $55.00 to a retired gal to hit myself and my 11yr old son every 3 weeks.
Cash in hand..no taxes..
Cancer found our angel ....back to the clippers .

 

[KKG]

I found an Old Fashioned Barber Shop in Snohomish WA and have been going there for 40+ years. I have even driven up from the Kent Area to get my Hair Cut and NOT Styled for a good part of that time! We recently moved back into Snohomish County and that Shop was part of the Reason for the move!

 

[No_Regerts]

Going to get a haircut is one of life’s simple joys for me. #3 on top, high and tight.

 

[cigars]

Ahhh the Flobee. Good, bad or indifferent, it's a brief part of hair cutting history. Until recently, I don't think I ever had enough hair to use one. Looks legit though. Lol.

 

[GWS]

It's ridiculous. I wear a flat top and it took me 6 shops to find a barber who does it well. Flat top for gosh sake! It's a staple of the barber shop or was.

 

[ATCclears]

@KKG may I ask the name of the shop?

 

[Kruel J]

Going to get a haircut is one of life’s simple joys for me. #3 on top, high and tight.

I don’t remember the last time I got a “haircut”. I don’t own a comb, I don’t use shampoo and I certainly don’t have any “bad hair” days.

Of course, I also don’t exactly have them beating down my door either.

Sigh.

 

[No_Regerts]

I don’t remember the last time I got a “haircut”. I don’t own a comb, I don’t use shampoo and I certainly don’t have any “bad hair” days.

Of course, I also don’t exactly have them beating down my door either.

Sigh.

I’d give ya the ruckus!

 

[cigars]

I don’t remember the last time I got a “haircut”. I don’t own a comb, I don’t use shampoo and I certainly don’t have any “bad hair” days.

Of course, I also don’t exactly have them beating down my door either.

Sigh.

A better way to broadcast that to the world would be, "hey there ladies I'm not bald, that's a solar panel for a looooove machine".

You know, slay em' K man

 

[Kruel J]

I’d give ya the ruckus!

You’d never go back to girls, and that beautiful wife of yours would be pissed!

 

[GUNARCHER]

good story, I was raised in Indiana Pa. had a barber through school, got out of the Army, moved to CA. years later went to a barber shop in Canyon Country and there was my old barber. he had made fame when he cut Tennisee Ernie Ford's hair on TV. Mr. Charles.

 

[Kruel J]

A better way to broadcast that to the world would be, "hey there ladies I'm not bald, that's a solar panel for a looooove machine".

You know, slay em' K man

LOL I can barely slay myself these days.

 

[corey_pdx]

Antique Barber Shop in Tigard is well worth a visit. Can hit Oregon Rifleworks while you’re there.

 

[Mark W.]

Been two Barber shops here in town since as long as I can remember (so more then 60 years) there was three when the last one opened but then one of the guys retired and it became a tattoo parlor. SO still two.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Place here in Salem over on Lancaster, does a mean cut, that little lady will blade your entire hairline to perfection and hand you a shot of whiskey while you enjoy the hot towel! Gotta have the modified Mohawk, peach fuzz up the side and back, #2 on top, and i want square and level! Lol

 

[Stomper]

I haven’t stepped into a barber shop for well over 20yrs now, as I have been cutting my own hair since.

And no, I’m not bald by any means.

 

[CountryGent]

Due to the amount of pomade I use, the visit to the hair stylist is part haircut and part oil change.