I finally gave in and tried thinning shears after 10 years of avoiding them

Always thought they were a crutch for bad scissor work, you know? But an older barber in Cleveland showed me how he uses them for blending curly texture. Now I'm wondering what other tools I've been stubbornly ignoring - any of you have a tool you swore off then changed your mind about?

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andrew_wood727h ago

70 year old barber in Tacoma talked me into trying an old-school straight razor for detailing after I swore them off for years. I was dead wrong about them being unnecessary, he showed me how it actually gives a cleaner line and respects the hair better than clippers for certain textures. Sometimes you just gotta admit the old heads know a thing or two that the internet tutorials miss.

seth_allen6h ago

Start thinking about how many things in life work that way. The old school stuff didn't survive because people were too lazy to change. It survived because some things actually work better and don't need a battery or an update every six months. I see it all the time with fix-it stuff around the house too. People watch a YouTube video that tells them to buy some expensive tool when a simple hand tool from 1920 will do the same job faster and last forever. The internet talks at you but experience talks to you. And experience doesn't care about your feelings about razor blades.