1. SHAVING

2. 1.Backhand Stroke: Razor position and stroke used in 4 of the 14 basic shaving areas 2,6,8 and 9 2.Close Shave: _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Cutting Stroke: _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 3.Freehand Stroke: Razor position and stroke used in 6 of the 14 shaving areas 1,3,4,7,11, and 12 4.Neck Shave: Shaving the areas behind the ears, down the sides of the neck and at the back neckline

3. 1.Once-over Shave: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ 2.Reverse Backhand Stroke: Razor position and stroke used for making the left sideburn outline and shaving the left side behind the ear during a neck shave 3.Reverse Freehand Stroke: Razor position and stoke used in 4 of the 14 basic shaving areas 5, 10, 13, and 14 4.Second-time-over-shave: ____________________________ 5.Styptic powder: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

4. HISTORY SHAVING WAS INTRODUCED BY __________________________________________________________ BARBERS WERE KNOW AS BARBER SURGEONS SYMBOL OF BARBER POLE – _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ & THE BOTTOM SYMBOLIZES THE BASIN USED TO CATCH THE BLOOD DURING A PROCESS KNOWN AS __________________________________________________ BARBER IS DERIVED FROM THE __________ WORD “___________” MEANING BEARD

5. HISTORY CONTINUED EARLY BARBERS USED CRUDE INSTRUMENTS LIKE FLINT AND OYSTER SHELLS TO SHAVE IN EARLY YEARS THERE WERE LOST OF SUPERSTITIONS – SOME PEOPLE BELIEVED YOU COULD BEWITCH PEOPLE BY SAVING THEIR HAIR CLIPPINGS. THEREFORE IN SOME CULTURES ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO CUT THEIR HAIR SUCH AS A PRIEST OR MEDICINE MAN OF THE TRIBE. OTHERS BELIEVED IN BURYING HAIR CLIPPINGS SO NO EVIL SPIRITS COULD BOTHER THE PERSON THEY WERE CLIPPED FROM OTHER CULTURES BELIEVED LONG HAIRED PEOPLE POSSESSED MAGICAL OR MYSTICAL TRAITS SOME EARLY GENERALS ORDERED THEIR MEN TO BE CLEAN SHAVEN TO AVOID THEIR BEARDS BEING SEIZED IN BATTLE. HENCE THE TRADITION IN THE MILITARY FOR “BUZZ” CUTS

6. IMPLEMENTS IMPLEMENTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, THE BARBER IS NO BETTER THAN THE TOOLS HE OR SHE USES PRINCIPLE IMPLEMENTS USED: RAZOR, SHEARS, CLIPPERS ACCESSORIES: HONES, STROPS, COMBS, BRUSHES AND LATHERIZERS

7. PARTS OF THE STRAIGHT RAZOR

8. BALANCE OF THE RAZOR REFERS TO THE RELATIVE WEIGHT OF THE BLADE AS IT RELATES TO THE HANDLE PROPER BALANCE – ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________

9. TEMPER ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ HARD – HOLD AN EDGE LONGEST BUT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHARPEN SOFT – EASY TO SHARPEN BUT DOES NOT HOLD EDGE VERY LONG MEDIUM – IN BETWEEN NOTE THE MOST POPULAR IS SOFT

10. SIZE ________________________________________________ THE WIDTH IS MEASURED IN EIGHTS OR SIXTEENTHS OF AN INCH (MOST GENERALLY IN 8THS) THE _____ AND _____ ______________________________

11. STYLE ________________________________________________ THE MODERN RAZOR HAS A STRAIGHT, PARALLEL BACK AND EDGE, A ROUND HEAL, A SQUARE POINT, A FLAT OR SLIGHTLY ROUND HANDLE TO PREVENT SCRATCHING THE SKIN THE BARBER USUALLY ROUNDS OFF THE SQUARE POINT, BY DRAWING THE POINT OF THE RAZOR ALONG THE EDGE OF THE HONE

12. GRIND ___________________________________________ __________________________________________. 2 TYPES = ______________ – WHICH COMES IN FULL, ½ AND ½ CONCAVE ______________ – GOOD FOR COARSE BEARDS, HARD TO SHARPEN _____________________________________

13. FINISH ___________________________________________ 3 TYPES= PLAIN STEEL POLISHED STEEL METAL PLATED (NICKEL OR SILVER) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________

14. HONES _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 3 TYPES OF HONES: 1.__________________________________________________. THEY MUST BE USED WET (WATER OR LATHER) THEY ARE CALLED “____________________” THEY PUT A VERY SHARP EDGE ON THE RAZOR AND ARE USUALLY BROWNISH IN COLOR. THESE ARE _________________________________ 2._______________________ – MAN MADE PRODUCT; THERE ARE 2 TYPES “_______________” & “_____________”. THEY CUT FASTER THAN WATER HONES, CAN BE USED WET OR DRY. THEY GIVE A FINE CUTTING EDGE QUICKLY 3.COMBINATION HONES – 2 SIDED; NATURAL HONE IS GLUED TO A BLOCK OF SYNTHETIC. THE SYNTHETIC WOULD BE USED FIRST & THE NATURAL LAST

15. CARE OF HONES _________________________________________________________________________ AFTER SEVERAL USES THE STEEL PARTICLES MUST BE CLEANED FROM THE SURFACE USING PUMICE STONE AND WATER

16. HOW TO HONE ____________________________________________________________________________

17. STROPS/ STROPPING A STROP IS INTENDED TO BRING THE RAZOR TO A SMOOTH WETTED EDGE. IT IS USED TO FINISH THE SURFACE OF THE BLADE AFTER IT HAS BEEN SHARPENED ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ THERE ARE 5 TYPES OF STROPS

18. 1.FRENCH OR GERMAN STROP USUALLY A COMBINATION STROP W/ LEATHER ON 1 SIDE AND A LINEN ON THE OTHER

19. 2. CANVAS MADE WITH A HIGH QUALITY SILK OR LINEN WOVEN INTO A FINE OR COARSE TEXTURE ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

20. 3.COWHIDE AKA – RUSSIAN USUALLY MADE OF COWHIDE USING THE RUSSIAN METHOD OF TANNING CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST IN USE TODAY

21. 4.HORESHIDE 2 TYPES A- ORDINARY HORSEHIDE – MEDIUM GRADE AND HAS A FINE SMOOTH GRAIN – NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PROFESSIONAL USE B- RUSSIAN SHELL – HIGH QUALITY LEATHER FROM THE RUMP OF THE ANIMAL; THIS IS CONSIDERED THE BEST AND DOES NOT REQUIRE BREAKING IN

22. IMITATION LEATHER HAS NOT PROVEN SATISFACTORY – AVOID THIS STROP

23. CARE OF STROP ______________________________________________________________________ SHOULD BE HUNG THEY CAN BE TREATED AND CLEANED WITH STROP DRESSING ACCUMULATED GRIT SHOULD FIRST BE REMOVED BY RUBBING WITH LATHER AFTER LATER, RUB THE STROP DRESSING INTO THE STROP

24. USE OF STROP FIRST STROKE: START STROKE AT THE TOP EDGE OF THE STROP CLOSEST TO THE CHAIR DRAW THE RAZOR PERFECTLY FLAT WITH BACK LEADING STRAIGHT OVER THE SURFACE OF THE STROP BEAR JUST HEAVILY ENOUGH ON THE STROP TO FEEL THE RAZOR DRAW SPEED WILL COME WITH PRACTICE

25. USE OF STROP CONT’D SECOND STROKE: TURN THE RAZOR ON THE BACK OF THE BLADE BY ROLLING IT IN THE FINGERS WITHOUT TURNING THE HAND USE A LONG DIAGONAL STROKE WITH EVEN PRESSURE FROM THE HEEL TO THE POINT DRAW THE RAZOR AWAY FROM YOU TOWARDS THE CHAIR

26. TESTING OF THE RAZOR ON A MOISTENED TIP OF THUMB NAIL DRAW THE RAZOR A DULL EDGE PRODUCES A DRAWING FEELING A PROPERLY EDGED RAZOR THAT IS KEEN WILL TEND TO STICK AND NOT SLIDE ALONG ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

27. THE SHAVE IS CLASSIFIED INTO 3 SECTIONS: THE ________________________

28. PREPARATION SANITIZE HANDS DRAPE CLIENT

29. PROCEDURE APPLY _________________________ OPEN AND ______________________ APPLY _______________________________________________________________________ SHAVE THE ___________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ APPLY __________________________________

30. FINISH REMOVE TOWELS AND DRAPE CLEAN UP WORK STATION COMB CLIENTS HAIR

31. LATHERING – IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP PRIOR TO SHAVING BECAUSE: CLEANS THE FACE BY DISLODGING DIRT ______________________________________________________________________________ AFFORDS A SMOOTH, FLAT SURFACE FOR THE RAZOR TO GLIDE OVER RUB LATHER BRISKLY INTO BEARDED AREA USING ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

32. STEAMING _______________________________________________________________ PROVIDES LUBRICATION BY STIMULATING THE ACTION OF THE OIL GLANDS ____________________________________________________________ SOOTHS AND RELAXES THE CLIENT __________________ APPLY A STEAM TOWEL (OR SHAVE) IF FACE IS SENSITIVE, IRRITATED, CHAPPED, BLISTERED OR COVERED WITH ACNE

33. 4 STANDARD SHAVING POSITIONS & STROKES Freehand – face your client, stroke toward yourself #1,3,4,8,11,12 Backhand – stroke away from yourself #2,6,7,9 Reverse Freehand – stand behind client & stroke toward yourself #5,10,13,14 (Reverse Backhand – used only on the left side back of neck )

34. INGROWN HAIRS HAIRS THAT HAVE GROWN BENEATH THE SKIN CAUSING A LUMP IN WHICH PUS FORMS. ____________________________________________________________________________ OR THE RUBBING OF A SHIRT COLLAR CURLY HAIR PEOPLE ARE MORE PRONE TO INGROWN HAIRS

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