Vintage Advertisement

advertisement from Workbasket magazine
circa 1958
This "Home Haircut Kit" looks a lot like the ones that my mother used to cut my brothers' and nephews' hair. Previous post and photos can be seen here.

source: wikipedia
I remember Mom taking the clippers apart and oiling the motor with 3 in 1 oil from a can  like the one shown above.

Old clippers (probably long broken) were stored in boxes on an upper kitchen cabinet shelf. They were probably saved for parts, but I doubt they were ever utilized.
source: online image
Several hand clippers like the ones shown above but with a broken handle were also stored on the upper shelf, but I don't remember my mother using them.

Given a choice, I would prefer to have a haircut with the electric clippers.

Comments

  1. With only girls in the family, home haircuts were rare in our house, though I do remember my mom trimming bangs on occasion.

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  2. I love that ad... I love vintage SO much!!! I remember a can of that oil around our house!

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  3. I remember those clippers. My Mom used a pair just like those on my brother every year right after school was out for the summer. He wore a Mohawk haircut every summer !
    wyogg

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  4. I love that ad too. My mom used to cut my hair but she just used her sewing scissors. And no, she didn't sew much. ;)

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  5. I would use electric too. Otherwise, I'd cut someone's ear off!!!

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  6. I remember going to the barber shop with my Dad and watching him get his hair cut with those old hand clippers. Also, I just checked to see if it is still there and my old can of 3 in 1 sewing machine oil is still in the cabinet drawer. I never use it because the old sewing machine has been replaced with a new one.

    Love the old ad!!

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  7. I enjoyed seeing the vintage add. We had a electric clippers in the house, used very often on the guys. Very handy between trips to the barber.

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  8. I've had short haircuts and they used the clippers on the back...it tickles.

    What a great vintage ad.

    Jen

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  9. I love having my neck shaved with electric clippers at the salon!

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  10. I'm sure we had that exact pair of clippers!!! How fun - such great memories!!

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  11. I've been cutting my hubby's hair for nearly 30 years now (he's retired Navy) and I use clippers like those, but a slightly newer version! They work really well.....with just a dot of oil on the cutters! Once I got the cutter, I never went back to the scissors (well, except for the mustache and eyebrows.....gotta keep those tame, too!) lol

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  12. My husband cuts his own hair with electric clippers... or maybe battery-operated somethings?

    No memories here...

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  13. My Mother still cuts my Dad's hair..I think the clipper is in the same red case it came in forty years ago. I had a clippers once..I wasn't very good at hair cuts:)

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