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To Be Seated In An Antique Barber Chair - Men Have Abandoned What A Good Haircut Can Feel Like
When I was just a little boy I can warmly remember sitting on an antique barber chair at the community barber shop and observing my dad getting a haircut and shave. It is nothing like what it is today. There was an art to it. The barber really cared about what he was doing and it was obvious that my father loved it. Not only that, but the barber shop was where gentlemen could hang out with themselves.
The haircuts were always so thorough. My pop would be sitting in one of the countless used barber chairs as the barber would purposely take his time to give the flawless cut. Most men kept their hair short as that was the way back then. After the hair cut was a shave. This was not a shave as we see today, with foam from a can and a plastic disposable razor. Instead, the lather was applied with a badger brush and a straight razor was implemented. It appears frightening, but it is the cleanest shave you can ever obtain. After the shave was the hot towel that always felt so pleasant.
The men would mostly banter about football or local politics, though the subject of women would come up often. It was a time to relax and get to know each of us a little better. Today, when you get a haircut the chatter is kept to a minimum and you often attempt to get out as soon as you can.
As I saunter by the local barber shop and observe the sign indicating barber chairs for sale, I speculate why this rite has mostly vanished from our civilization. Do people not value a decent hair cut and shave anymore? Have we all become so anti-social that spending an some time socializing with our friends and neighbors seems like a job? While I am not one to be angry and only wish for "how things were", I do desire that people will recollect and value the way it was just a couple years ago.
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