During my studies, I went to a small town in Colorado for an internship when I was 23 years old. As there was not a large offer of things you could there, I went to the Basketball games of the local High School. Almost the whole team had these extremely short flattop haircuts, which really attracted my attention (more than the game). At this time, I had medium length hair, not really long hair, but about 3 inches all around. As those haircuts really fascinated me, I decided one day to go to the local barber on Main Street. You did not have to make an appointment, so I went straight to the shop on a Saturday morning. There were already one customer waiting and one in the chair. The barber advised me to sit down and wait. So one of the guys in the chair was finished with a short buzz cut. Next was a young guy, which I identified as a member of the Basketball team. He jumped in the chair and the barber tied a neckband and a red and white striped cape around his neck. “As usual?” asked the barber, “yes” answered the young guy. The barber started to shave his sides and back with the clippers and thereafter went with the clippers over his flattop to cut it almost to the skin on top. The barber used some razor foam to clean the neck and around the ears. He was finished and the barber said: “Next please”. Now it was my turn to sit in the chair. I sat down and I was also supplied with a neckband and cape. “So what can I do for you?” asked the barber. I answered nervously “I like the flattops the Basketball team guys have.” The barber said: “Yes this suits them well, some of them have a short variant like the last customer, but some prefer an even shorter type with razor shaved sides, back and there is even one where we also shave the the landing strip with a razor, it is called a horseshoe flattop,…what should we do with you?”. I was really thrilled by the idea to get the most extreme shaved type, so I could hear myself saying: “I would like the horseshoe flattop with shaved sides, back and top….”. “Ok, let’s start” replied the barber. I was really excited and thought: “Oh my god you dared to…..”. The barber came back with the clippers, turned my chair and started immediately to shave off my blond hair on the sides and back. I saw estimated tons of hair fall into my lap. Meanwhile two teenagers came into the shop and took place right in front of me. They observed my shaving treatment very closely, which even increased my excitement. After a couple of minutes, my sides and back were clipper bold and the barber started to cut my top. He used a comb which he pushed over my front into the hair and ran the clippers of the comb, so that long bunches of hair fell over my face into the lap. He went all the way back, further decreasing the distance of the comb to my skin down to zero distance. He started to clipper the horseshoe parts, also quite short. Now I had a rather typical flattop, but that was not the end as I ordered a shaved horseshoe. So he took the clippers and shaved also the inner part of the horseshoe down to the skin. He blended the horseshoe, so there was no hard edge. “Now I start the shaving…” said the barber. He went behind me and I heard that he prepared the shaving foam with a shaving brush. He started with the sides and back and lathered them, thereafter lathered he the horseshoe area and I could feel the warm shaving foam on my head. He took the straight razor, put an new blade in it and the shaving began. First the sides were shaved, that was an awesome feeling, all the time being watched by the two guys waiting. Then he went to the back, which he shaved thoroughly. The best part was the shaving of the horseshoe top, that was spanking. It was not a fast untidy shave, it was thoroughly and so smooth. The barber pushed my head forward so he could access my upper head. I could hear and feel the razor scraping through the stubbles. The barber checked the smoothness several times with his fingers and reworked if he was not satisfied. When he was finished he took a towel, cleaned my head from shaving foam, and put some skincare on the shaved parts. He put some grooming in the short front hair and used a brush to push up the front hair for a real flattop impression. He removed the cape and the neckband and said: “Here we go, a super short horseshoe flattop”. After I had payed I heard one of the teenagers who sat in the chair say to the barber: “I’d like to have the same haircut like him” and he pointed into my direction. What a fantastic day. I could not stop the whole day to touch my head and feel the freshly shaved parts, especially to pet the shaved horseshoe was awesome. I kept the shaved flattop over the whole 8 months I spent there and got a fresh shave every two weeks.
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