10 images of research :)

Barber's pole, Red and white the colour of bloody rags

 Barbers advertised with a red (for blood) and white (for tourniquet) striped pole. The pole itself represented the stick squeezed by the patient to dilate the veins.

Blood-letting tools



Medieval Barber Bloodletting

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

The Barber's hat

Vintage Barber's Chair

Blades, bruh and sharpner



Razor shell used in the olden days to shave :)



Antique Barber's bowl used for bloodletting