Disinfection.

[toovira]

Rubbing alcohol on metal parts.

[koso]

The ingredient list of Scrubbing Bubbles is almost identical to Barbicide. If it must be the Blue, Sally's Beauty Supply carries it.

[Doc226]

Barbicide bath for the blade, good curbing with alcohol for the scales.

[Seraphim]

I Believe Dr Moss of SMF has said that 70% isopropyl is sufficient for most needs.

[ladykate]

I Believe Dr Moss of SMF has said that 70% isopropyl is sufficient for most needs.

And 95% ethanol is good for the rest.

[Debrushman]

A guy walks into the Barbershop and asks for a shave. While getting his shave he mentions that he has a toothache, Barber says "We can fix that" .After his shave the barber leans him back in the chair and starts slicing at his gum with the straight razor (to release the pressure from the abcess).
Than the man complains of a problem with his leg, he had been shot awhile ago and it never fully healed, it often weeped and dripped pus.
So the barber exams his leg and concludes that their is still a bullet fragment lodged in his leg. "We can fix that" He says as he reaches for his straight razor again. Slicing deeply into the near septic and
gangerous leg he deftly removes the bullet fragment.
He sends the man home to recover (or die from infection), wipes the blood and pus from the blade on his shirt and says"Next, whose ready for a shave?".
Yep, I wouldn't worry about disinfecting a thing. What could possibly happen?

[luvmysuper]

A guy walks into the Barbershop and asks for a shave. While getting his shave he mentions that he has a toothache, Barber says "We can fix that" .After his shave the barber leans him back in the chair and starts slicing at his gum with the straight razor (to release the pressure from the abcess).
Than the man complains of a problem with his leg, he had been shot awhile ago and it never fully healed, it often weeped and dripped pus.
So the barber exams his leg and concludes that their is still a bullet fragment lodged in his leg. "We can fix that" He says as he reaches for his straight razor again. Slicing deeply into the near septic and
gangerous leg he deftly removes the bullet fragment.
He sends the man home to recover (or die from infection), wipes the blood and pus from the blade on his shirt and says"Next, whose ready for a shave?".
Yep, I wouldn't worry about disinfecting a thing. What could possibly happen?

Where do you live that anything remotely resembling this scenario could possibly happen in ones wildest imagination?

[Prof. Moriarty]

Where do you live that anything remotely resembling this scenario could possibly happen in ones wildest imagination?

Do we honestly want to know?

[Rob72]

A guy walks into the Barbershop and asks for a shave. While getting his shave he mentions that he has a toothache, Barber says "We can fix that" .After his shave the barber leans him back in the chair and starts slicing at his gum with the straight razor (to release the pressure from the abcess).
Than the man complains of a problem with his leg, he had been shot awhile ago and it never fully healed, it often weeped and dripped pus.
So the barber exams his leg and concludes that their is still a bullet fragment lodged in his leg. "We can fix that" He says as he reaches for his straight razor again. Slicing deeply into the near septic and
gangerous leg he deftly removes the bullet fragment.
He sends the man home to recover (or die from infection), wipes the blood and pus from the blade on his shirt and says"Next, whose ready for a shave?".
Yep, I wouldn't worry about disinfecting a thing. What could possibly happen?

Not a thing, as long as you wipe the blade with soap & water and/or isopropyl, as the last time anythi ng like that would have happened would have been about 1917, at the latest. No pathogen, from any of the injuries decsribed, would survive that long. Post-1850, scalpels, lancets, probes, etc., were also very common, with local practioners, following the increase in production & training, during the Civil War, so... Getting closer to 1800, in some remote areas, one might use the same implement for all of the above.

[Seraphim]

[hide][top]Origin in barbering and surgery

Antique red and blue striped pole in Pottstown, Pennsylvania

The origin of the red and white barber pole is associated with the service of bloodletting and was historically a representation of bloody bandages wrapped around a pole.^[2] During medieval times, barbers performed surgery on customers, as well as tooth extractions. The original pole had a brass wash basin at the top (representing the vessel in which leeches were kept) and bottom (representing the basin that received the blood). The pole itself represents the staff that the patient gripped during the procedure to encourage blood flow.
At the Council of Tours in 1163, the clergy was banned from the practice of surgery.^[3] From then, physicians were clearly separated from the surgeons and barbers. Later, the role of the barbers was defined by the College de Saint Come et Saint Damien, established by Jean Pitard in Paris circa 1210,^[4] as academic surgeons of the long robe andbarber surgeons of the short robe.
After the formation of the United Barber Surgeon's Company in England, a statute required the barber to use a blue and white pole and the surgeon to use a red pole. In France, surgeons used a red pole with a basin attached to identify their offices. Blue often appears on poles in the United States, possibly as a homage to its national colors.^[2] Another more fanciful interpretation of these barber pole colours is that red represents arterial blood, blue is symbolic of venous blood, and white depicts the bandage.^{[citation needed]}
Prior to 1950, there were four manufacturers of barber poles in the United States. In 1950, William Marvy of St. Paul, Minnesota, started manufacturing barber poles. Marvy made his 50,000th barber pole in 1967, and, by 2010, over 82,000 had been produced.^[5] The William Marvy Company is now the sole manufacturer of barber poles in North America, and sells only 500 per year (compared to 5,100 in the 1960s).^[6] In recent years, the sale of spinning barber poles has dropped considerably, since few barber shops are opening, and many jurisdictions prohibit moving signs. Koken of St. Louis, Missouri, manufactured barber equipment such as chairs and assorted poles in the 19th century.
As early as 1905, use of the poles was reported to be "diminishing" in the United States.^[7]
There are locales where use of barber poles on barber shops is required by local ordinance.^[8]

[luvmysuper]

[top]Origin in barbering and surgery

Antique red and blue striped pole in Pottstown, Pennsylvania

The origin of the red and white barber pole is associated with the service of bloodletting and was historically a representation of bloody bandages wrapped around a pole.^[2] During medieval times, barbers performed surgery on customers, as well as tooth extractions. The original pole had a brass wash basin at the top (representing the vessel in which leeches were kept) and bottom (representing the basin that received the blood). The pole itself represents the staff that the patient gripped during the procedure to encourage blood flow.
At the Council of Tours in 1163, the clergy was banned from the practice of surgery.^[3] From then, physicians were clearly separated from the surgeons and barbers. Later, the role of the barbers was defined by the College de Saint Come et Saint Damien, established by Jean Pitard in Paris circa 1210,^[4] as academic surgeons of the long robe andbarber surgeons of the short robe.
After the formation of the United Barber Surgeon's Company in England, a statute required the barber to use a blue and white pole and the surgeon to use a red pole. In France, surgeons used a red pole with a basin attached to identify their offices. Blue often appears on poles in the United States, possibly as a homage to its national colors.^[2] Another more fanciful interpretation of these barber pole colours is that red represents arterial blood, blue is symbolic of venous blood, and white depicts the bandage.^{[citation needed]}
Prior to 1950, there were four manufacturers of barber poles in the United States. In 1950, William Marvy of St. Paul, Minnesota, started manufacturing barber poles. Marvy made his 50,000th barber pole in 1967, and, by 2010, over 82,000 had been produced.^[5] The William Marvy Company is now the sole manufacturer of barber poles in North America, and sells only 500 per year (compared to 5,100 in the 1960s).^[6] In recent years, the sale of spinning barber poles has dropped considerably, since few barber shops are opening, and many jurisdictions prohibit moving signs. Koken of St. Louis, Missouri, manufactured barber equipment such as chairs and assorted poles in the 19th century.
As early as 1905, use of the poles was reported to be "diminishing" in the United States.^[7]
There are locales where use of barber poles on barber shops is required by local ordinance.^[8]

Interesting info on Barber Poles. Thanks.

I can only imagine how many germs are laying around on Barber Poles in the U.S.
Something has to be done to stop this menace.

[koso]

Anyone else old enough to remember Theodoric of York?