CUT & SHAVE • Penang's Vintage Barbershop • George Town • MALAYSIA • Son and Dad Schorem Barbers
Channel: Oxlaey
Date: 2015-09-14

How Elyas opened the first vintage barbershop in Penang and brought the scumbag back to life.

CUT & SHAVE is part of the OXLAEY mygeorgetown film project, made possible by a grant from Think City (www.thinkcity.com.my). 

Dan Wojahn was the Sound Editor. Listen to more at: www.soundcloud.com/dajahn 

Thanks also to Team 108 in Singapore (www.team108.com) for loaning equipment for the production and audio mastering. A big thanks also to Canon Malaysia (www.canon.com.my) for supporting the screening of the mygeorgetown films by providing a 5000 lumen projector during the 2015 George Town Festival.

Location: 53A Lebuh Acheh, 10200 Georgetown, PULAU PINANG, Malaysia

"My name is Elyas Bin Yunoos. I’m a barber. The name of my barbershop is Son & Dad. Here our concept is old-school, vintage haircuts which is why we have these old barber chairs from 50 - 60 years ago. I found out about these famous barbers on YouTube. They're the Schorem barbers from the Netherlands. I watched them on YouTube. I studied their techniques. Then I felt like I had found myself - found the real me. What makes a barber different from a hair salon is that we only do cut and shave. Our clipper machines are different than those in hair salons because we use our clippers more and we can use them to cut as close as a razor. That’s the difference. We’re also unique because we use straight razors. Hair salons don’t use them. Business is going very well. I trained two people. One is Fazil. He’s very skilled, focused, intelligent, hardworking. The other is Faizal. He’s equally a hard worker. Every day after prayers. I call on Allah for his blessing. Thanks be to Allah. My confidence has grown as I’ve become more popular. I’ve received so much support. Especially from my wife who never got frustrated with me. Some day my dream is to open up a branch of Son & Dad perhaps in every state - in every state of Malaysia.