Monday, June 19, 2017

My Little Barbershop

May 3 2017

There's nothing better than the feeling of getting a new haircut, especially if your hair grows as fast as mine does.

I'd previously found a barber very close to my house, but I wasn't overly impressed.  There was always a huge line up for a haircut and most of the people were lined up for the owner of the store.  The less popular older lady cut my hair, and while she did a job that was good enough, I just wasn't that happy with it.  Also, I'm just not used to women cutting my hair.  It's not sexist.  It's that men understand men's hair better than women do.  It's a thing.

Unless you're the famed 'Man From Ironbark' from the A.B.Patterson poem.



I found another place a little further away, tucked away in Mountain View Avenue.  It turns out this guy has just opened his own shop almost a year ago.  Yes, there was still a line up, but I loved that Roberto gave a lot of attention to each customer.  He seemed to take forever with each client, which is a nuisance while you're waiting but I didn't mind as it meant he would also take a long time with me.

It had been a long, hot day, and I could feel myself struggling to keep awake in the barber chair.  The buzzing of the clippers can be quite relaxing.

However, to finish up he pulled out a cut-throat razor to finish off the job.  Funny how somebody holding a very sharp knife to your head can wake you up very, very quickly. 

Just ask 'The Man From Ironbark' about that...


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