nora54•23d ago

Walked into a barbershop in Brooklyn and saw something wild

I popped into this little shop near Flatbush last Thursday to grab some clipper oil. The guy at the chair was using a butter knife to section hair for a fade. I asked him about it and he said his comb broke and he was improvising. Has anyone else seen some weird tool substitutions on the job?

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kelly.robin23d ago

Butter knife for sectioning is actually pretty smart in a pinch.

davis.gavin22d ago

And @kelly.robin, you're right it is pretty smart. But honestly this is part of a bigger thing I've noticed - people in trades are always making stuff work with whatever is around. My buddy who fixes bikes once used a flattened soda can to shim a brake pad. It's like there's this whole secret layer of ingenuity that happens when the proper tool isn't available and you just need to get the job done.