Best place to go for a shave?

Lucutus · 03-12-2002 2:22pm #1

lo all,

I recently went and had a hot towel shave in a barbers on Patricks Street in Dublin, it was painful and the resulting shave was crap, (the guy even use a polishing blade! Hair was growing back less than an hour afterwards!).

I've had good shaves in other places in the past as was wondering if anyone here knows where to go for a decent shave around Dublin?

Post your experiences here anyway, good or bad.

Luc

Thanx 4 The Fish · 03-12-2002 2:30pm

After a turkish bath, sweating in there for a couple of hours the shaved with one of those cut-throat razors and the cotton bud treatment*, and alcohol splashed on afterwards. No growth for a couple of days, excellent shave and no irritation.

* For the uninitiated, the cotton bud treatmen involves dunking a cotton bud in alcohol and shoving it into you nose and ears to burn the hairs.

Graemo · 04-12-2002 7:13am

Yis are both a pair of lazy feckers. The best and only place for me to get a good shave is my bathroom.
Did you not ever hear of Sweeny Todd?

xx · 04-12-2002 8:39am

Arnotts do a cut-throat shave too, I've rubbernecked once or twice and they look like they do a good job. Gonna gets me one of them before Xmas, methinks. 24 euros I think

DapperGent · 04-12-2002 9:14am

Best place I ever went was the Grafton Barber (I think that's what it's called) right up the top of grafton st and on the left hand side and down the stairs. Preety sumptious too.

I don't go anymore as a mate of mine raised the possibility of communicable disease from the last person shaved. I know they use disinfectant but do you really trust them?

xx · 04-12-2002 9:17am

diseases, never thought of that...
Well, what with Dubs being finicky people, I'm sure if there was any health probs, the place would be closed down by now. SO its all good I reckon.
That said, the whole shave thing seems a tad homoerotic.

TomTom · 04-12-2002 9:56am

I'd love to get one of those shaves. I have the problem of not being able to get a clean shave. Even with a brand new mach 3 razor I can't get a clean shave.

Kone · 04-12-2002 10:00am

I know how you feel TomTom, everytime I shave I end up with annoying itching stubbly bits!

Has anyone tried that place on Westmoreland Street?

daveg · 04-12-2002 10:15am

When I shave I have the following ritual. I shave in the shower with gillette sensitive gel and gillette mach 3 blades. Result is a clean shave with no cuts/blood on my neck. I wonder would a shave in one of the formentioned babers result in the same clean - no blood - shaves or would I come out looking like someone had tried to slit my throat ?

Thanx 4 The Fish · 04-12-2002 10:29am

Originally posted by DapperGent
Best place I ever went was the Grafton Barber (I think that's what it's called) right up the top of grafton st and on the left hand side and down the stairs. Preety sumptious too.

I don't go anymore as a mate of mine raised the possibility of communicable disease from the last person shaved. I know they use disinfectant but do you really trust them?

They switch the razor for every shave in the place I was at, I would be fairly sure that this would be common practice.

I have a somewhat similar ritual buy this shave was the best I have ever had and there was no blood, no irritation and no stubble for days...

Best place to go for a shave?

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