there . `` Once my wife lets me retire , '' says Phil McAllister , `` my son will take over the business . '' Barbering has been around for centuries , and this old profession does n't seem be going away anytime soon . The barbers at Mustang Barbers really enjoy cutting hair and making small talk with their customers . Straight-razor shaves also are available . `` My clients are my friends , '' say McAllister . Fathers bring their sons , and sons come with their grandfathers . This American career has been passed from generation to generation . `` I 've cut grandfather 's hair , his son 's hair and his grandson 's hair , '' says barber Carolyn Wilson , who has been cutting hair for 17 years . `` Some ladies want to just cut women 's hair , but I just want to cut men 's hair , '' says Wilson . `` I just like to make them feel good about themselves . '' Watch the comings and goings at the shop '' Todd Blalock , 36 , has only been cutting for five years . `` I 'm gon na
DALLAS , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The minute you walk into Mustang Barbers you immediately smell the scent of aftershave lotion and your grandfather 's cologne . Mustang Barbers in Dallas , Texas , is usually buzzing with hair-cutting activity . The sounds of hair clippers buzzing and hair dryers blowing fill this hardwood-floor barber shop . Mustang Barbers is an old-fashioned barber shop . Men come from all walks of life to get their haircuts from one of Mustang 's 10 barbers . While some men wait their turn in the barber 's chair , they get a shoeshine and read the morning newspaper . The old saying `` the more things change , the more things stay the same '' could n't be more true at Mustang Barbers . The shop has been around this Dallas neighborhood for 40 years . Its owner , Phil McAllister , has been cutting hair for more than 35 years . He comes from a family of barbers . His father , A.E. McAllister , was a barber for 61 years and worked at Mustang Barbers into his 90s . Phil 's son , Wes McAllister , 28 , also works