How much did barbers charge for a shave?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Peanuthead

I have never had a barber shave my face but I gotta say the best part of a haircut is when you get that back of the neck and sideburn straight razor treatment, Man does that feel good!

I know - I love that too! Something about the way the straight razor scrapes across the nubs just feels great.

[Petrobey_Mavromihalis]

@chowder

One night the owner said to us if we paid in English currencey the bill would be reduced by 25%. Naturally we always paid in sterling after this deal.

Now I do realise that the Turkish lira isn’t so stable but even so to reduce the bill by 25% seems an awful lot…perhaps you can tell me why he did this

I think you have one of the reasons - currency stability. The other that springs to mind is laws on currency exchange. I don’t remember specifics in Turkey, but it is not unusual to have restrictions on the amount a national can change into foreign currency. Therefore a stash of ready foreign cash gains disproportionate value.

I’m a bit pissed, so I hope the above makes sense?!

[guizot]

I still want to know: Why don’t women who shave their legs with a safety blade consider a barber with a straight blade that gives a shave that lasts much longer?

[Quercus]

@Siam_Sam

Two bits is 25 cents, or a quarter, so a bit would actually be 12.5 cents. Ever hear the old cheerleader yell: "Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar?

From here, it says it comes from colonial days.

Just remember “Brawwk! Pieces of Eight! Brawwk!” [/Parrot voice]

[Santo_Rugger]

@guizot

I still want to know: Why don’t women who shave their legs with a safety blade consider a barber with a straight blade that gives a shave that lasts much longer?

Because if a woman is going to pay to have her hair removed by somebody else, she is going to have her legs waxed. IIRC, waxing lasts several weeks since it actually pulls to follicles out of the skin, instead of just cutting them level with (or slightly under) the skin.

[ralph124c]

@Siam_Sam

Shave at a barber’s in Bangkok for US$3 or $4 tops in many shops. Occasionally I’ll stop in for one if it’s been a long day and I’ll be staying out late without stopping home first.

I remember reading about this-thye clean your ears 9using allkinds of stange instruments)-sounded like torture to me!

[Siam_Sam]

@ralph124c

I remember reading about this-thye clean your ears 9using allkinds of stange instruments)-sounded like torture to me!

I’ve only ever encountered that with one barber, but I tend to stick with a barber for years and not shop around, so I don’t know how common it is. The one I’ve been with for years now doesn’t do it. It did make me feel kind of squicky, and I remained absolutely still. I did hear better afterward, though.

[kaylasdad99]

I learned it as: Shave and a haircut – six bits. What’s up with that, I wonder.

[Siam_Sam]

@kaylasdad99

I learned it as: Shave and a haircut – six bits. What’s up with that, I wonder.

Inflation.

[Cisco]

When my friend was here on vacation last summer I got him a shave at a barber shop in Scottsdale. It was $45 and IIRC I tipped the guy $10, so $55. It took over an hour.