When was the last time you had a barbershop shave?

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I had never had one before but was curious so popped in to my local Turksh barber. Was a great job: £13 but he really took his time, steam, massage, mini hair style and a hot towel. It's not somethingI would do regularly as too expensive but was a nice experience.
 
Yes really good; I have them regularly in India. They really take their time and they use a very light touch, but it costs around 50p for a shave and another 50p for a haircut. Locally they charge £15 for a shave and another £15 for a headshave. A lot to pay when you need another one the next day.
 
It was a few months ago and it cost my local Turkish barber my custom

The owner assured me the young man who would shave my head and trim, shape and tidy my beard was someone he trusted completely

After an hour I still have patches of stubble on my head, several cuts that required the application of the stypic pencil and an uneven neck line

It was a disaster
On the plus side by not attending regularly I have saved money*
*spent more on wet shaving gear
 
arthur101980; another examp;le of the old hand skills in decline. Usually Turkish barbers are okay. You would have thought the owner, hopefully a more experienced hand, would have stepped in to save the day. It certainly did not seem a case of rushing it!
 
Hiya,

There's probably still a Truefitt and Hill store located downtown Chicago in the 900 N. Michigan building that offers shaves and a haircut and other services, along with a nice selection of shaving crap from lots of well known companies. Sadly, years ago, not even injector type shaves were offered. Barbers were only using a Mach3, which put me off.

Parking around there is normally expensive in the private lots, even for a couple of hours. There's a few meters that are much cheaper but hard to nab. However, that store opened on Sunday at 7am, so no problem finding a spot then.

Martin
 
2013 for a wedding. Best thing that ever happened in my shaving world.

I went away and said 'I can do this' and welcomed proper shaving in to my life. Saved the cost of paying someone to do it all for me and replaced by spending a hundred fold on shaving gear.

On second thoughts possibly the worse thing that happened in my shaving world.
 
About a year and a half ago at Sultan Barber, Fermoy, County Cork. Hot towels and all the rest of it. Busy shop, great service and a very, very close shave.
 
The last one, my second, was in 1977 or 76 in Dearborn, Michigan from Domenic my barber. Don't recall the price, but the shave was pretty good. The first was in 1965 in Washington D.C. on my way home for boot leave. It is was really cheap, $.50 or so, due, I think, to a discount for being in uniform. Not having much of a heavy beard at the time, I wasn't all that impressed. The luxury was nice though.
 
I had a fairly good one in Morocco last year. I say fairly cz it included a nice argan oil/hot towel treatment which was really nice but his blade could've been sharper and he charged me a bit more than I'd expected.
Used to go regularly whilst travelling in India. Mostly top notch and cheap as chips. Usually with a head and shoulder massage thrown in..... quality!
 
In 2016 I visited a barber in Essex, great shave and cut by a visiting Ozzie girl using eShave and other fine products. I have been disappointed with Dutch and Turkish shaves, they always cheap products such as DVH or Arko.
 
The last time?... 48 years ago in India. Seriously! Didn't have much stubble back then, but thought I would try it out anyway. They did a good job from what I can remember and it was dirt cheap too. I should give it another try soon. Maybe I'll go for the 50th anniversary of my last barbershop shave :D
 
My one and only was in 1998, Ukunda town, West Africa, I think the hotel is now called Kaskazi Beach Hotel. A couple of days sea and sun, a straight razor shave before a 2 week safari in the bush, visiting Tsavo, Amboseli, the Masi Mara, the Serengeti, and Kilimanjaro. Then a few days back at the hotel. What a holiday. The shave sort of faded Into insignificance.
 
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