Recalling a Close Shave
Getting a haircut from famed Texas Ranger Capt. Frank Hamer's barber
Longtime Austin barber Sidney C. Frost got his start in this Congress Avenue shop. At future locations, he kept cutting hair well past the time that spittoons came to be considered antiques, not barbershop essentials. (Mike Cox Collection)
The hot foam he daubed on the back of my neck felt great, but when the old man picked up that glistening straight-e…
