salon vs. barbershop

[sbbbjm]

Originally Posted by Eason

Getting your hair cut at a barbershop is like buying your whole wardrobe from Banana Republic or at best, J. Crew.

wonderful

 

[lefty]

Originally Posted by FlaneurNYC

My barber in NYC, Igor at Clean Cuts on 1st Avenue and 1st Street, rocks. He knows how to cut hair as well as any salon stylist I've been to and it's only 14 bucks, plus a five dollar tip.

That's my barber.

lefty

 

[brad-t]

Originally Posted by Reggs

Barbershops mostly employ men, which usually makes for better conversation. Men, regardless of quality, are usually a lot more consistent in their work than women are. Men are also much more thankful when they receive their tip. They see it much more as something earned than an entitlement.

you're sexist as ****, nice

I stopped going to a barber when I was 13. It's fine if you just get standard, short haircuts but if you want a style with any degree of complexity some old dude with shears isn't going to be able to help you. I'm going to a new salon tomorrow because I just moved; hopefully it's not terrible.

 

[baseball_guy]

Barbershops are quick and it gets the job done.

 

[Eason]

Originally Posted by Uncontrol

you're sexist as ****, nice

I stopped going to a barber when I was 13. It's fine if you just get standard, short haircuts but if you want a style with any degree of complexity some old dude with shears isn't going to be able to help you. I'm going to a new salon tomorrow because I just moved; hopefully it's not terrible.

Yeah, hope they don't **** up your hair and make it weird-looking or something.

 

[FlaneurNYC]

Originally Posted by lefty

That's my barber.

lefty

Small world. But it's not surprising considering he's the best barber I've ever had. He was mentioned in Time Out New York recently by a guy who moved to Williamsburg but still makes a trip over to the EV so he can get his hair cut by Igor.

I'm sure glad he bought that place from the previous owner because the barber I was going to prior on 1st Ave and 8th, another Russian guy, moved his shop over to Chelsea right before Igor moved in. And Igor is even better than Lenny.

 

[lefty]

I followed him from Neighbourhood Barbers. I did have a short stint at FSC, but they were inconsistent so went back to Igor at 1/3 the cost.

lefty

 

[Asch]

Perhaps the popularity of barbers here is due to the weeding out of ****** ones in a place like NYC. In the less populated areas I've lived, barbershops tend to do 5-minute hack jobs, full of obvious errors and asymmetries, that I can't imagine any OCD-ish SF member would be satisfied with, unless bald spots in one's cut are considered part of sprezzatura