Ok, didn't really know where else to put this, but this is going to be half rant, half information hounding.
Where have all the good barbershops gone!??!?! Seriously, outside of the bull crap super clips and a few "barbershops" that are just tools that don't know how to actually cut hair, what ever happened to a REAL barber that aside from actually knowing how to decently cut a man's hair would do the extra things like use a hot towel, shave faces, shave the back of your neck, and/or make you look like a presentable adult male?
It seems that all that is left are women's salons and chain stores that emphasize volume of clientele over quality of service. I can't tell you how many times I've had my neck raked by a pair clippers rather than shaved smoothly with a SE blade...or, how many times I've been given a fuzzy cut with strays all over then sent out the door without even having the clippings washed out!
GAHHH!!
Through all this, does anyone know of a decent barbershop in the western suburbs of Chicago that actually does what a barbershop is "supposed" to do? I know this is a pretty specific request for a broad forum like this, but someone somewhere must know where I can go or at least refer me to someone who can! I'm sick beyond belief of getting a great shave at home and having to pair it with a crappy haircut!
Where have all the good barbershops gone!??!?! Seriously, outside of the bull crap super clips and a few "barbershops" that are just tools that don't know how to actually cut hair, what ever happened to a REAL barber that aside from actually knowing how to decently cut a man's hair would do the extra things like use a hot towel, shave faces, shave the back of your neck, and/or make you look like a presentable adult male?
It seems that all that is left are women's salons and chain stores that emphasize volume of clientele over quality of service. I can't tell you how many times I've had my neck raked by a pair clippers rather than shaved smoothly with a SE blade...or, how many times I've been given a fuzzy cut with strays all over then sent out the door without even having the clippings washed out!
GAHHH!!
Through all this, does anyone know of a decent barbershop in the western suburbs of Chicago that actually does what a barbershop is "supposed" to do? I know this is a pretty specific request for a broad forum like this, but someone somewhere must know where I can go or at least refer me to someone who can! I'm sick beyond belief of getting a great shave at home and having to pair it with a crappy haircut!