Do you remember when your barber used a Strop tied to his chair? They don't use 'em anymore because they use disposable single-use razors. Hal
When I was a kid, my dad used to take me to a Barber College, where apprentice barbers were trained. The price for a haircut was twenty-five cents. Hal
@Hal Pollner I was fortunate to marry a Cosmetologist the first time, and convinced my 2nd. wife she could cut my hair. Thus from age 21 until now, I have enjoyed free haircuts, save for giving up a lifetime of freedom to get them...... Frank
Whetstone by Colin Pink I broke the whetstone, knocked it off the shelf, reaching for a book. It fell to the floor, broke in pieces with a sharp clack and snap. I fitted them together; they balanced like drunks one on another. Their razor sharp edges made invisible joints but at the merest touch they fall apart again exposing the wounds of their separation. My father was a barber, it was his whetstone, the surface worn concave, honed by his hand, year on year spent sharpening the blade. Watching him sharpening the cut-throat razor was a childhood fascination as he spat on the stone and ran the razor’s edge over it again and again until it bore the shape of his life; and still it sharpens my memories.
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