20 FORGOTTEN Old Barbershop Grooming Tricks That Make $40 Salon Products Look Like a Scam

In 1904, a salesman named King Gillette was granted a patent for the safety razor, and an entire industry learned how to sell you the same shave again and again. Today a pack of cartridge refills runs forty dollars, and the shelf beside it sells salon products that promise what a small town barber once delivered with a mug, a brush, and a hot towel. These are the 20 forgotten old barbershop grooming tricks that make forty dollar salon products look like a scam: the shaving mug lather, the hot towel, the bay rum splash, the kitchen chair cut, the barbershop newsroom, and more. This is old grooming tradition, not medical advice. New episodes every 2 days. Subscribe for more forgotten American skills the modern world left behind.