DALLAS , Texas ( CNN ) -- 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 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 do this forever , '' he says . Blalock was a musician and a Mustang Barbers customer for years . Then he decided to change careers and become a barber . He is glad to see young people decide to become barbers . `` There 's opportunity for youth to revitalize barbering , to show it 's strong and still here . '' Barbering is not for everyone . `` You have to be thick-skinned , '' says McAllister . `` There 's lots of teasing . '' If want to know the latest talk of the town , a dirty joke or just the hottest sports opinion , this barber shop is the place to visit . `` We pretty much rake [ each other ] over the coals all day long , '' says Blalock . Mustang Barbers has stayed in business by keeping it simple for 40 years . `` The techniques are all the same , '' McAllister explains . `` Once you know the basics , you go from there . '' In a fast-paced world of ever-changing technology , Blalock is glad that places like Mustang Barbers are still around . `` Everything in the world changes so quickly , there 's something about a place that has stayed the same , '' he says . Wilson agrees . `` Barbering will never go away , '' she says . `` It 's been around forever and always will be . ''
Hair clippers buzzing , hair dryers blowing at old-fashioned barber shop . Shop has been passed down through the generations . Mustang Barbers is place to go to hear latest joke , sports opinion . Recommend0