Thursday, February 19, 2009

Andis on Iverson, literally

In the run up to this years NBA All Star game Allen Iverson decided to embrace President Barack Obama's call for change. Gone was the long hair for the braids in favor of a crisp and professional Obama cut. The bad boy of basketball as he used to be know is now looking down right executive. Of course Andis tools were the tools of choice for delivering this new look. The world famous Andis Master and category leading Andis T-Outliner were deftly wielded by Iversons barber.

Have a look for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUsjm4oBBvw

Monday, February 16, 2009

Awards of Coincidence

Awards of coincidence

I spend the morning with the students at Atlanta area tech. The barber program there, under the direction of Mr. Jim Harris, has just recognized by barbershipdigest.com as the best barber program in the state of Georgia. I can see why. This is a very strong program. The students are respectful, energized and ready to learn. It is refreshing to get up in front of a group of students for a presentation and look out over a room filled with crisp white jackets, white shirts and neckties. It is a bit of a throwback to the good old days of classic barbering and that is not a bad thing.

The coincidence comes in the fact that just this week as well Andis was awarded the recognition by that same group as having created the “barber tool of the year” in the NEW Andis Phat Master. It is nice for us to get that recognition…. And to know that we are in some good company.

I am looking forward to my return trip to Atlanta Tech College on my next trip through town.