1893: Year first barber school opened in United States Chicago, Ill., by A.B. Moler A flash of light gleams off the silver blade. Surgeon-steady hands draw the straight razor slowly and carefully over ...

The straight razor is intimidating. Powerful. If shaving were a sport, the straight razor would be the chosen blade of the big leagues. It’s also a luxurious experience. A labored process. There is ...

They called him Shotgun. He was a barber. He served in the military during World War II, but that's not where the nickname came from. Charles Noppert played baseball growing up. He was a pitcher, and ...

Barber Tracy Crouch deftly wields a straight-edge razor, scraping the blade through the shaving cream to shape and trim a beard. Crouch is the barber at 19th St. Salon & Spa, 3915 S.W. 19th St., a ...

Q. I was wondering if you know of a barbershop in Orange that still does an old-fashioned shave. My elderly dad has been talking about the old days of getting a shave and I thought it might be fun to ...

The red, white and blue striped pole is there, that much is true. But little else at Capelli’s holds any resemblance to your father’s barber shop. Here, guys can slouch on the plushy leather chair, ...

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Cover Story New wave of barbershops brings back golden age of men's grooming with old-style shaves, haircuts - plus a few twists Barber James Lizotte is giving a shave today - and he's going back to ...

Gentlemen, San Francisco has a couple of things to say about a deftly-executed traditional straight razor shave complete with the hot towel treatment. First, the only thing that really looks good in a ...

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