finding my kind of barber shop (Boise, Franklin: salon, school, costs)

[j_k_k]

If I don't do this soon, I'm going to get my hair butchered by your typical modern hair place, which I don't want. I would like to find a traditional barber in west Boise, ideally north of Fairview or at least Franklin. My concept of a traditional barber shop is:

• Male barber, typically older, typically owns his own shop.
• Typically costs $12-15.
• Understands that a flattop crew cut does not mean just cutting it all the same length like a tennis ball.
• Women (even the macha kind) are tolerated with minimal grace and in silence in the shop, unless escorting an older/disabled/child male relative. Otherwise, they do not belong.
• Most of the patrons somewhat know each other, because that's where they've been going for ten years or more.
• Doesn't ask patrons what gauge of clipper to use, because is enough of a barber to know that patrons pay a barber to figure out how to cut hair correctly.
• Has a large pile of obsolete magazines to read while waiting, mostly Field & Stream, Sports Illustrated and National Geographic type stuff. No Cosmo.

Is there such a barber shop in that neck of the woods?

[grmi66]

Had a great place to go to off of Orchard & Franklin. Unfortunately the years of cutting hair caught up with my barber and he had to retire about the time I left town last year. Took me a years worth of bad hair cuts and a bit of driving around before I found something like what you are looking for in Boise.

[mille]

There's a place like that on State & Collister. I had to get haircuts for kids before school started and he gave them a terrible cut in my view, but you may like it (my kids used to get cut at a salon where I got my hair done). When we got there, he was finishing one guy, and by the time he was done cutting my 2 kids, there were at least 5 more men waiting that came after us. He greeted each one of them as they came in, and it seemed that they've been there before at least a few million times. So the barber is an older male, price is within your desired range and it seems he might fit the rest of your criteria.
It's called Sportsman's Barbershop.
4734 W State St
Boise, ID 83703
(208) 424-1935
Hours:
Tue-Fri 8:30 am - 6 pm
Sat 8 am - 4 pm