Comments on: Never barter with a Balkan barber

By: Phil Crabtree

Phil Crabtree — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:12:55 +0000

I used to go to a barber in Stourbridge.
He was called Albert Hinds .
He used a cut throat too ( but I was too Yong).
Singeing was also available for 6 d
Ie 2 1/2 p in today’s money.
I never risked that either but learned lots about the Baggies from the old times who called in for a chat and to keep warm.
I never saw one ever have a hair cut or even singeing.

By: Tina Mara

Tina Mara — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:57:09 +0000

I assume you are aware that the old USSR relied on Bulgarians to carry out their dirtiest of dirty

By: Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:57:12 +0000

Tried the Dancing Queen… doesn’t scan so well in Bulgarian…!?!

By: Bill the Youngest

Bill the Youngest — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:07:56 +0000

Very edgy story. I went for a couple of straight-edged shaves in Turkey many yrs ago: the edge starting in my gut regarding steel against my neck. But I returned once again on the memory of the smooth finish.
I do believe s good straight edge shave lasts longer as well. Perhaps it is the jostling hormones of fear that postpones the hair growth process a day or two. And Perhaps that’s where the term “hair-raising” comes from…