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Straight-razor shaves

TJ asks:

Need a place that does straight razor shaves, minus the Sweeney Todd effects. Any suggestions?

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What about a barbershop that also includes a head massage?

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Barbershop Deluxe on Columbus Ave. near Clarendon. Albert gave me a nice shave with no bloodletting.

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I second Albert at Barbershop Deluxe.

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If they actually do it… Tim has been cutting my hair for at least eight years now and he's an excellent barber. Shaving isn't listed on their website as a service offered, but he does always get the back of my neck and my sideburns with the straightedge, so I assume that they are set up for it.

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Gaetano and Rocco's Salem Street NE

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Never gotten shaved there -- but have had my hair cut there for 16+ years. ;-}

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in the South End, Washington St. I go there religiously for haircuts and have had a few shaves. Always a good experience.

http://tweedbarbers.com/

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I had thought barber-provided straight razor shaves were illegal in Massachusetts, due to sanitary concerns. Is that still the case, or do these places use the disposable "shavettes"?

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Yep, that's what they do. They replace the razor on every shave.

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Why not buy one of those old-fashioned double edge safety razors and do it yourself? You're not getting authentic straight razor shaving experience, those shavettes are just half of a standard double-edged blade stuck on a handle. You're getting a standard razor shave with more opportunity for cuts and nicks.

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I have a tough enough time letting someone touch me for a haircut and sitting still, but a straight razor? You must be OUT YO MIND!

And a head massage? Just Eww.

You guys are crazy. I shave myself.

and manscape too.

http://cappyinboston.blogspot.com/

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There are too many distractions in those places. People coming ad going, cell phones ringing, traffic noises outside. All it takes is one slip.

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Not only is it an awesome haircut, but it comes with a complimentary straight razor neck shave. I don't know how much the full shave is , but the prices all seem reasonable.

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I got one once at State Street Barbers, now Tweeds, in the South End, when I grew a pencil-thin mustache for a costume party and wanted a professional trim job. It's relaxing, letting your beard soften under a hot towel, the experience of the old single-edge technology. Worth doing once. It also makes you appreciate the convenience of giving yourself a close, fast, nick-free shave at home with modern multi-blade safety razors.

The ability to give a straight-razor shave is one of the things that differentiates a barber's license in the Commonwealth from a cosmetologist's (hair stylist's) license. The training for the two are rather different: it takes a thousand hours of schooling, an 18-month apprenticeship with a Master Barber, a long written test, and a live examination of your haircutting and shaving technique to get a barber's license.

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On Highland Ave in Somerville. They'll do a shave anytime, but I always preferred to go off peak. An excellent job by the guys there. The whole hot towel experience.

The Luxury Box on East Broadway will also do it, but I don't know about peak hours.

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It's definitely worth the trip.

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Elite Barber Shop is very affordable they give you a full shave included for $15. They take their time too, I'm pretty bald at this point but he still managed to spend a good 15 minutes carefully trimming everything. I was impressed.

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Go see Jim at Big Dog Barbershop in Brighton. He does full straight razor shaves, I've been going to him for over a year now and haven't gotten a full shave yet but he always does my neck and sideburns with a straight razor and it always comes out great. Also he doesn't charge an arm and a leg like tweed does.

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... I got a (sort of) shave with an old-fashioned straight razor -- at a Quebecois folk music concert. Benoit Bourque (then of Matapat, now of La Bottine Souriante) asked for a volunteer -- and being in the front and enchanted by the music (and urged by my children), I volunteered. One of the other band members then said something disconcerting -- "I sure hope your insurance is up-to-date". As it turns out, there is an old-fashioned folk dance and song routine in which the dancer shaves a seated person (towel, later, straight razor, and all) while step dancing about. BB also had a Jason mask (which he pulled out of his back pocket) and wore (while behind my back -- as I wondered what everyone else was laughing about). Luckily, I survived (and got a free CD, as a reward). Later Benoit Bourque confessed that he had once shaved the mayor of his Quebec town -- and misjudged (but no permanent scar). Consequently, by the time he got around to me, he was merely removing lather and not _really_ trying to do an actual shave.

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Adam, right in the square, Rialto does straight edge shaves.

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