Not too many places to get a haircut and a shave around anymore: Men are pretty much left to do it themselves. This may explain why some men prefer beards, and why so many commercials on television are for electric razors.

In 2022, Dave Collins acquired Boone Village Barber Shop, a beloved Zionsville establishment that has been proudly serving the community since 1973. With over 20 years of barbering experience and as the owner of two barber shops and a barber school, Dave was excited to continue the shop's legacy of quality service. "I want to be able to provide a service that is kind of a dying breed these days, to an area that values that tradition."

He said, "A thing of the past is definitely the straight razor face shave - hot steam towel, hot lather, lay back in the chair just like grandpa used to get. That is the stuff you see in western movies now, or something outdated. We still offer that. It is an old-fashioned procedure that we've carried on into the modern world."

We wanted to know why is that something so difficult to find anymore - why has it disappeared? "The reason it is dying off over time has been the price. It takes a long time to do a full-service straight razor shave.

Many barbers feel like they don't have that time. We think it should be something that is in the barbering world, and we are going to keep it.