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    30's Barbering

    Haircut link Warbird , Here's a fair haircut link http://www.joeri.net/retro/fashion/gentstop.htm Shows some of the latest styles ;) I've done most of the cuts pictured, my favorite is still the german whitewall Alphonse
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    30's Barbering

    This is Otter AKA Alphonse ;) Now I know somewhere along the line I've met you Mike. This my alter ego Otter I've also been doing 18th cen reenacting for 20 or more years :eek: I've been to missasinaw, Prairie du chien, Grand Portage, Pine City, along with numerous other through the years...
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    30's Barbering

    San Fran Barbers Swami , This is what i'd do if I was looking for a Barber :) kindly ask the Barber if he can fade or close taper that's the key to knowing if he can do it, then flash a picture of Jonh Dillinger * I've had that happen*. If he looks at you like :eek: move on to the next, you...
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    30's Barbering

    High Fade, Low Fade 6String ,not off topic at all. It all depends on the customer & what style, some men like low fades some like high fades. Fading is the same thing as tapering. Where does it end & start hummm. most retro cuts start at the skin ,ie shaved neck. it should end just above the...
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    30's Barbering

    Retro Haircut Doran, Thats the style I cut alot * Most modern cuts are based from them*. slicked top & tight sides it's a very basic cut. It's coming back I think. Being a Barber I look at haircuts when I go out on the town or out of town, people out strolling, driving, standing at the...
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    Barber Shops

    Straight razor shave Most states it is not allowed :( why you say, Blood borne pathogens & sterilization. Any sharp instrument that shaves, pierces the skin or otherwise has to be sterilized not sanitized but high heat sterilized ie autoclave :O I myself as a Barber can shave you with a...
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    30's Barbering

    Hand clipper Doug C, They still make them, I have several vintage sets I've picked up along the way.I'll keep my eyes open for you I see them quite often. Watch for them at garage sale, auctions, junk sales you'll find them. The blades can be sharpened with a sheet of glass & valve griding...
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    30's Barbering

    Lately in my Barbershop I've been doing alot of short & sharp haircuts on older gentlemen (ie long on top combed back, short *16th* sides & tapered nape) Now I've got some younger 20's, 30ish fellows coming in asking for them. Did one today & the guy was a dead ringer for Dillinger when I got...
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    DOGFIGHTS

    Well Done! The series is FANTASTIC! It's almost like being there ;O The history channel has some super shows on history. I have it on all day long at my Barbershop. My favorite Dogfight's is the F-86's in MIG alley. Did anyone catch the other night Baron von Richthofen & the wings of death...
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    RAF Pilot boots

    Slip ons? Spit, Are you looking for slip on's or lace style? I've seen the lace up styles on Ebay. Al
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    Geatest designs of WWII

    Clothing list Fav 1. Waffen SS camouflage oakA pattern & Blurred-edge pattern, type 1 M1940 Tarnjake AKA Smock & reversible helmet cover. Way ahead of it's time. 2. WWII Marine corp camouflage. 3. Denison Airborne Smock British/Canadian. 1942 First Pattern . Donned by some US Airborne during...
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    Geatest designs of WWII

    Designs My Favorites 1. P-51 mustang 2. Panzerkampfwagen VI Sdkfz 181. AKA Tiger 3. Hawker Hurricane. 4. The Mighty Supermarine Spitfire 5. German Sturmgesch?ºtz III (40) Ausf G AL
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    What do you do for Living?

    Barber I'm a plain & simple Barber.
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    WWII Crusher and Garrison Caps

    Army Air corp pictures. I have a dear friend I've known since I was young ;) he served in the Army air corp during the big one, WWII. He was a Major & a B-24 pilot 1941-1946 with 52 combat missions in the Italitian campagine, 460th Bomb Group bomber base at Spinazzola. He was also a flight...
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    who belongs to a Lodge

    Lodge "Masons are men who voluntarily asked to join a lodge. They were accepted because they were good men who believe in God and hold high ethical and moral ideals. I have never invited, I have been asked by one to join the Lodge 2b1ask1. Masonry is alive & doing very well all over the world...
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    who belongs to a Lodge

    Bro AL Koop, I'm a Freemason & a 32nd Degree S.R. Been a Brother for years. 3 time Past master. AL
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    Big Al, Introduction ;)

    The Cut It is true Hard Boiled Pierpont has had me cut his pretty locks ;) The moustache was a mistake ;) only half he says! So half I did, looked good from the street side ;) I've been surfing the forums, Have'nt figured out how PM anyone :( Says I don't have premission, well! I have...
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    Big Al, Introduction ;)

    Hello, Ladies , Molls, Torpedo's & Gentleman. Thought I might introduce myself , Name is Tim AKA Alphonse Capone, I've been involvled 18th century renenacting for 20 years 18th Cen British Naval boatswain ,19th century Cowboy , 1930's, 40's. I'm a working Barber by trade. Yes I can do 20's,30's...
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    Stand up and be counted

    Iowa born and raised, South Side of Chicago would be my second home :p

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