Old timey barbers are beyond excellent. I recently got a quiff haircut, after having 20+ inche straight hair.
(an example of a quiff can be found here: http://layrite.com/images/quiff_aka_sh arkfin_14.jpg)

This was swell enough, since they had a barber specifically trained to do it at the Hootenanny, which is a 50's, rockabilly, greaser sort of event with live music all day.

Anyway, the barber's that set up the tent there are only located in california, so I had the task set of finding one to do my cut in reno.

Of course, seeing the pic you think it looks quite simple, but because the head is round, the hair on the very top of my skull is shorter than the hair on the back, even with the graduation down towards the back.

Anyway, I asked around at a supercuts if they knew of an actual barber, and they gave me the adress and all that. The barber itself was in the most mexican part I've ever seen in Nevada. I was slightly disheartened, thinking to myself that they'd just have cholo cuts or something.

When I walked it i was made at ease: this place was a total man den. boar heads, buffalo heads, antlers of every stripe adorned the wall. There were three old white stereotypical barbers cutting and one in his thirties.

Anyway, the cut was awesome. And since the sides of my head are completely shaved he brought out the straight razor. and ungguhguhguhguhgghuguhg. It's hard to explain how awesome getting a straight razor cut is, to someone who doesn't know.

Not quite as awesome as the hot towel shave, but still bliss.

I don't really have anything to go out on, so I'll say this:
People on the east coast will never know the unbridled joy of In-n-Out