Kid Rock

Just wanted to post a special plug to my little buddy, (who is not so little anymore!) Joseph.   Joseph is an accomplished musician and now looks like the rock star he really is. If only I had a pic of this kid's "before" hair.  He was buried.  Buried in mounds of sheep-like, afro-puff, hair!

His wonderful Mum Mara was kind enough to blast off some pics of us foolin' around just as I finished cropping his crazy rad cut.  

All in all, it was a very busy but fun Saturday at the shop!  Thanks to everyone who waited around today to get their lids clipped. 

 Applying a chin lock... such a cutie!!

GQ shoot?  Not.

Bro Mo!!

My buddy Scotty busted in this morning and we prepped his Bro-Mo for Movember!  This guy was made to wear a Stache!!!!  This may be the only moustache carved into a man's face while the Barber is holding a camera, taking pics of the excitement.  Awesomeness.

The Stash Bash Begins!

With November arising we begin the festivities of Movember mustashios being carved into faces raising awareness for prostate cancer... Yesterday I travelled to Fr. Bressani Catholic high school to take care of their music departments finest teacher.  

Antoine Buttegieg gets hooked up in his office.

If you are growing your stash for Movember, I will hook up any of my existing clients with a bro Mo, free of charge!

Rock Out Your Party Hair With Crew!!!

Gents, our American Crew Pomade, Fibre and Molding Clay are now just $20!!! (taxes included).

Great savings on a great product!

Family, Friends & Hair Droppings

My Pops came in with my little bro today to get some lid action taken care of!  Always good to have my Dad in the chair...

This is my little brother Robbie busting out a rap song...I'm ignoring him.

Now I am laughing at his dismal rapability... is that a word?  It is now.

Brothers.

The infamous Andrew and Justin always happy to pose!  If only you people could hear half of the b.s. that comes out of the mouths of these lads!  Drama, laughter, and total tragedy all in one visit.

Antoine deserves a post all to himself, but I think I will wait until the day we shave that beard!  Luv ya dude!

On Saturdays I only have a very brief moment to plot out my scheme for WORLD DOMINATION...

My Dad, never stops telling me what to do.

 Pure posing...

The Royal Visit

My friend and the Columbian King-Pin Luis Velez himself has graced us with his presence yet again at Mr. Barber's!  Velez is a Torontonian suit who deals with big $ and has impecable hair of course.

Rumour has it, Mrs. Velez, Luis' better half has been a little shy to enter the Man Cave on Dundas!  We want to let her know that she, the Columbian Queen is more than welcome!  

Luis, keep that hair growing man!

Matte Finish

Erin's lid is a perfect example of why folks love the Fibre product made by American Crew.  The finish is matte so that he still gets the hold, but without the shine.

Rockin' Lids

If my buddy here looks like an Astonian Rock Star, well, thats because he really should be... Ya, he's rough, he's tough, he's hip and he can sing like a lark.  Ok, I really don't know if he sings like a lark, but he sure looks like he could!

This is my friend and loyal client Anthony with his lovely wife Shawny and his daughter Serena.  Besides being an engineering genius, Anthony has recently been sporting styles that just may land him in a GQ ad.  Keep smiling folks, its always fun to have you all in together!

Cool Cats

The Fabulous Fidel is a sensational gent who is beginning his own plumbing business.  If you saw the mound of hair that came off of this guy's lid you would be shocked!

Andrew always looks good... he knows it too, so sometimes I have to physically keep his head from getting too big!  This is the barber vice grip move I learned many moons ago from an old barber.  Works every time.

When Men Were Men

Awesome little article on the resurgence of the barber shop in the modern era, with modern styles:

When Men Were Men

The Magnificent Marconi

The Magnificent Marco has been with me for 14 yrs!!!  This guy is more than a client here, he has been with me through thick and thin.  Marconi and his wife Nadia are the cream of the crop!  There is only one word for Mark's cranial fuzz... and he says it best after every haircut:  PUUURRRFECT!  Thanks for everything bro.

Hip Clip

These swell lads deserved a post on their own!  Alex and Aaron came in today and we had some fun!

Look at this little cup cake, our very own finger curling sensation tries to keep our cameras from seeing that he really does smile sometimes...

Okay, he really doesn't wear his hair like that... back to his all business face, with his all business hair.  The clip is so hip that I am feeling the heat coming off of his cranial cap!

You know Alex couldn't grow any facial hair at all until he started coming to see me!  We make these little boys men eventually!  He really is smiling inside.

We just couldn't get Aaron to keep it together!  This guy looked so fine after his cut, that he couldn't control himself.  Look how happy he is!!!  Don't worry bro, the facial hair is coming in, all in time.

Check out this guy's do... I would name it myself but Aaron's last name is so interesting we will name it after him.  Ok, ready, here it is... SCHWARTZENTRUBER.  Too awesome!

The Pro-Hawk

This is Pearson showing off the famous Pro-Hawk.  NOT Faux-Hawk, thats right, Mr. Barber (Protomanni) has developed a much cooler system here, where the young man's lid goes from business in the back to party in the front... The Pro-Hawk!

"You lookin' at me..." Pearson is way ready for public now.

From East to West They Flock To The Best!

The Red Bomber has descended upon Dundas for a clip!  Its my friend David from Ireland who happily shows off his lovely locks!  What a smile, makes me want to smile... I'm smiling.

Josh is a very special young man who is busting out his back to school do!  This guy is from the City of  Brotherly Love, Philly!!! The home of ROCKY BALBOA!!! I love people who live in Philly especially because ROCKY is from Philly! Big up to all of my brothers who cannot make it over to T.O. for a manly haircut.

Cowboys & Indians

Andrew is famous at Mr. Barber's.  There are many reasons for this but what is said in the shop stays in the shop, but just looking at this guy's lid says it all.

He is laughing now, this is because he just narrowly escaped getting out of the chair before the guy below came in the room!

Yes, we don't hear of him much anymore in Canada, but the Marlboro man is alive and well, and he is cool.  Real cool.  Actually Gwill is ready for anything once we have carved out the hunting hair!

Ferocious Hair Styling

Ever since the Bruce Lee of Dundas St. my friend Bob found out I was a boxer, he has been
wanting to have a go.  Today was the last straw, as soon as I cut his hair, applied the AMERICAN CREW into his hair, I took up to offer.

 Buddy throws a good right and then follows up with a left... impressive, but I've always had a good chin.  We'll rematch next time your fro is out of hand my friend!

People think I only cut hair, but the fact is I help these young boys become men! Check it out, Jake here couldn't even grow facial hair until he started visiting me, now look, you can see there is some obvious plumage there. Jake's so proud!

Mr. Barber on Facebook

Mr. Barber is now on Facebook.  You can reach my Facebook page by typing Dario Protomanni in the search engine.  The shop's general info is also found by typing Mr Barber.

Soooo, if you Like us, Like us on Facebook!  Thanks!

More Mugs

Had the privilege today of shaping up Stefano's lid.  This lad has crazy great hair but unfortunately could not do anything really special for the camera, like backflips for example.  So, he flashes his teen idol smile and holds up some American Crew!  You would think someone was plugging American Crew or something.... American Crew...

Marvelous Michael has made his wife a very very happy girl in getting that afro puff taken care of by yours truly!

  This dude was so paranoid that a hit would be put on him if he revealed his identity on this blog, he only let us take a picture of his leg!  Check out the shoes eh, nice.  Parenthetical remark: Mr. Barber does not, will not, nor has ever trimmed another man's leg hair.  Friendly reminder.

Another buddy of mine, the greek sensation himself, Spiro came in for a muggin' today!  Spiro is not just another pretty face... this guy is a photographer.  In fact, if you ever see pics of Mr. Barber on the net with the body of Sylvester Stallone, its probably because Spiro has been at his craft again!  

My Peeps They Travel Miles And Miles, Just To Get Those Swagadelic Styles

No one touches my tools, no one.  But this is a family joint and these folks are just so cute you can't say no!

Here Taka, Kaio, Kiko and their Mom Harumi think they can bust out some skill after I had already taken care of the boys. 

Not too bad guys, but you know I would have done a better job myself!  The cheque is in the mail.

Pumped Up Kicks With Johnny Stix

My friend Johnny Stix came in today.  Unfortunately the pic is terrible, but it really doesn't matter because everyone in the Junction already knows Johnny anyways!  This guy is the Don of Toronto Real Estate, I mean, this guy is a class act.  Johnny puts the Head in headcheese, the Mac in macaroni.  You can visit him here if you are looking for a place in T.O. he is the owner of Bloor West Village Real Estate Ltd.  

Johnny we will hook up a retake of this awful pic in the near future!

James is a newbie at Mr. Barber and I absolutely owned his lid today...(look at the floor) This guy has gone from chasing crack heads out of establishments to putting on a suit and tie for work.  Heres looking at you bro, wear that mad swag with pride!

The Maestro of Woodworking entered for his Romano special today.  Garry is kicking back after his do and always has a good story to tell us.  Not only does he specialize in high end wood work, but this guy has been all over the world!  Keep smilin' Garry!

Making Toronto A More Beautiful Place One Head At A Time

The boys were back in town today... and boy were they hairy!  

My baby brother Robbie is shown here (kind of) as the Protomanni Pony himself applies the American Crew to his lid.

James is a newbie at our shop but the dude was just so interesting we did not hesitate to  give him a plug on the site.

Paul is my personal body guard, Toronto's greatest police officer  and sports the world's most spectacular smile.