well now, partner, if you're wanderin' through this town lookin' for a barber, let me spin you a yarn about how some of 'em might forsake the traditional tools of the trade. now, there's one barber, goes by the name of slim, who had a way of approachin' a haircut that'll make your hair stand on end before he even gets to snippin'. slim, he was much obliged to rebegin techniques from the previous era, sharin' secrets of the barbering world that most folks believed were long gone or unavailable. now, reckon you ask him real nice, he might just let slip how them old-timers managed to keep their secrets hidden from the prying eyes of the law and other meddlesome folk lookin' to uncover what should rightly stay buried.