Ryan's Barber Post....

Ernie's Barber Shop in Universal City, Texas is still an old style shop. Ernie is about to turn 80, and his Saturday help, Ben, who recently retired from his own shop in Houston, is 83.

Ernie has been cutting hair in Universal City since 1949, and in his shop's current location since the early 1960s. I don't think anything has changed in the shop since it opened.

Ernie has a steady hand, and still gives a great haircut. I was just there for a cut and beard/mustache trim yesterday. He uses clippers, hot shaving cream, and a straight razor just like he always has.

It is a cool old place, and Ernie's a great guy. There aren't many of those shops left. I recommend him if you are in the San Antonio area.

Slonaker

 

Some one mentioned the hot lather shaving creme. That is the best. It is probably the best part of the hair cut at my barber shop. My shop has a couple girls that work there as well, they do aq good job but you can tell a difference between their razors and the old mans. He is very quick, and you feel nothing. You caqn feel theirs is not quite as sharp, they are allot slower and you actually feel the razor against the back of your neck. They still get the job done, but the 50+ years of experience speaks for itself!

 

I would kill to have a place like that here in Phoenix. The barber shop I go to is run by Russians, caters to yuppies and never give me the same cut twice.

At least they have the hot lather, straight razor and the hot towel.

If someone could clue me in on a Phoenix Metro area barber shop, I would appreciate it.

 

My buddy opened a shop last year in Berkley Michigan , it's pretty nice, vintage chairs and kind of a garage feel to it. Plenty of pinstriping displayed and other nice artwork, he usually has some good reading material too. When it's nice out there's usually a few cool old rides that show up, oh yea they do some fine haircuts too! Here's a link http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...did=480 06938 I started going to this guy when the 50 years of experience guy started getting shaky with the straight razor, something kind of unsettling about it.

 

There's nothing like a good barber... Unfortunately, I've been going to a Smart Looks "hair salon" because it seems the only person that can seem to cut my hair the way I like it is a cowboy lovin' girl in Mansfield. Tough luck.
But, to say the least, I miss the barber experience a lot. I used to go with my grandpa to our family barber in Georgia. Doug's an older guy now, used to smoke a cigarette, chat your ear off, and cut your hair all at once. I swear, he had an extra set of hands somewhere, because he'd always flick the ashes from his cigarette and still keep cutting your hair.
There's a huge shortage on good barbers lately... sad.

 

My granddad ( Highpockets) use to take me to a place called Thrashers barber shop on Bleckly street here in Anderson,,,across the street from Richburgs Grocery,,,


The smell of witchhazel is still burnt in my brain,,,the board seat that fit across the arms of the barber chair for us kids,,,

The shoe shine stand and the shop even had a back room that offered hot showers,,,the photos on the wall showing the styles of cuts,,,,

In the early 50's Anderson was a small cotton mill town and having hot running water was not in most homes and outhouses were common.


The sound of Jack calling ,,"NEXT",,and he called every kid PeeWee,,,,,,man that place was usually packed on saturday
morning,,,

Sadly he died in 66 and this type of barber shop is no longer around.

I am going to go by and see if the building is still there,,,I know it hasn't been in operation since the sixtys but this thread makes me want to take a photo. HRP

 

Man, I wish I could find a "NO SHIT" barber shop around here but I just can't. There was one on my way home to the STYX. It was in Catoosa and aptly named the "Catoosa Barber Shop." Two chairs, one dude. (the other chair was where all the magazines were stored )

The barber grew up around there and learned to cut hair from the guy who cut his hair as he was growing up. Right in that chair, in that shop.

I loved stopping by there on the way home from work. Always a long wait but you could learn alot about the community from the older dudes who hung out there ALL THE TIME.

Ron, the barber, died suddenly last year at the ripe old age of 41. Some dimwit chick from the "Salon" across the street bought it and drove it into the dirt in about three months.

Now it's ome tax prep place and all the stuff is gone.

 

I was born in Anderson, and my grandparents used to take me up there all the time on Sunday afternoons after church was out. It's a nice little town from what I remember of it.

 

Groing up my friends and i went to this old italian barber who imigrated during ww2. he used to let us hang out all day while he sang italian opera to us and told us dirty jokes. the day of his funeral was amazing everybody from a 50 mile radius showed up. it was neat to see how many generations of the same family was touched by him. to this day i cant find another good barber near me.