I swore I'd never use a straight razor on kids, then a Tuesday walk-in at my shop in Boise changed that
For 6 years I turned down every parent who asked me to line up their kid with a straight razor, said I'd stick with trimmers and a light foil finish. Last month a dad named Marcus brought in his 9 year old son before a wedding, and my clippers died mid cut with half the neckline done. I grabbed my shavio, went slow, and that kid sat stiller than most grown men do. Now I'm wondering if I was just scared of my own hand the whole time, anyone here do straight razor work on little ones or am I still crazy for considering it?
Kids that age hold still because they don't have years of bad barber chair habits yet, so the real question is whether Marcus told him the wedding photos were counting on him.