Head shave and a learning opportunity for barber

I recently spotted Anand, my college mate outside a movie theatre. He was having a buzz haircut(appeared to be a #2 all over). Because of the huge rush outside the theatre, I didn't get a chance to approach him and talk. Anand was a cute fair guy in our college and I never saw him with a short haircut before. I was really eager to know the story behind his head shave so I called him the day after saying I saw him outside movie and asked him if he was free to join me for lunch on that day. He said 'Yes' immediately.

That was a Sunday and we soon met in a restaurant. We began our conversation with the movie we saw the day before. Later we started talking about some of our mutual friend. In between I asked him. 'Hey, What happened to your hair?'
'I thought of having a change in hairstyle' He said by scratching his stubble hair and suddenly changed topic.
He was talking continuously without giving me a gap to ask more about the haircut. Soon the food came and he paused his conversation. I took the opportunity and asked him 'Did you shave head or buzzed it with clipper?'
'I shaved it completely, two weeks back' he said and laughed.
'What happened?' I asked him. With a pause he started narrating the below story.

I(Anand) was thinking for a head shave for a long time and finally one evening I went to a barber shop in our town to make it happen. The shop was not so crowded and I was waiting for my chance. Soon I sat down and asked barber to shave my head. He suddenly became happy and It appeared he was waiting for someone to ask for a head shave. At the shop there was a young guy who helped the barber to clean the floor. The barber shouted at the guy saying "aap seekhane ke lie ek sir mila"(meaning you got a head for learning).  I was shocked to hear that and looked at the barber confused. The barber politely requested 'This guy is my apprentice, I'm worried to give him my customers to start learning haircut. Since you are ready to shave head, would you give him a chance to try a haircut and then I will shave your head completely bald?'
I was confused first but the situation looked okay for me to give the young guy a chance. The barbershop was empty that time and also I didn't have anything to do for the evening. I asked the barber
'Will it take too long?'
'We will give him a 20mins for a haircut and I will shave your head soon after that' he replied.
'Go ahead' I said with a smile.
'You asked for a razor head shave right?' the barber asked. I didn't mention anything about a razor shave to barber and actually I planned of getting a #2 clipper shave. But I didn't disagree at that time and decided to go razor bald. I said a loud 'Yes' nodding my head. Soon the young boy capped me to start his hair cutting practice. On the background the barber said 'I was telling him today, someone will come for shaving head and we will ask them for a chance. In this case, there is no risk as anyway we are shearing the head and there will be no problem even if the boy gives a terrible haircut.' He also added 'Don't worry I would not let him shave your head because it require experience. I can shave them carefully without hurting the skin'
Soon the guy took a scissor and started cutting the back side of my hair very slowly. The barber stopped him and asked him to cut the sides and back of head using clipper #4. He also showed a guideline around my head. The guy took the clipper started cutting the back of the head giving a large strokes. The barber commented 'always give small strokes using clipper'. After completing the sides and back with clipper, the guy took a comb and scissors and started cutting the hair to blend it to top. With some guidelines of barber he finished cutting my front hair to a medium short length. It was a very decent haircut. It looked like the outcome of a experienced barber. I even thought of keeping the haircut and drop the idea of shaving head. After inspecting the haircut, the barber said to guy 'Now, use to clipper to take off all the hair. Use guard #1 in it, let's make him taklu(bald)'. The barber turned to me and said
'This will help to give a clean head shave, otherwise the big hair will make it difficult to shave and can also cut the skin'
I asked him back 'Why did you ask him to use #1, you could use #0 right?'
He replied '#0 means cutting using the clipper blade, it can scratch the skin. Anyway we are going to scratch the scalp with razor blade, #1 will not hurt your skin'
Soon the guy changed the clipper guard to #1 and started shearing the back of my head. I was getting goosebumps the moment he started cutting with #1. Through mirror I was able to find that it was close to scalp. The guy was quick, he finished and side and back soon and started working on the front. Large mob of hair started falling from front side revealing the scalp with stubble hair. Soon he finished his task making me almost bald. I was so excited to see new look and was waiting to see myself with smooth shaved head. The barber came and brushed away all the loose hair in my head. He took a large shaving cream tube and squeezed it over the top of my head. He took the wet shaving brush and started making thick lather on my head. Soon my whole head was painted white using the shaving form. He took a straight razor and starting shaving the top of my head. He was very slow and careful while shaving my head. In ten minutes he finished shaving my head but didn't stop. He again applied the shaving form in head and started shaving the second time. The scalp was so clean and I was not able to see any spot of hair in my head. He also applied after shave lotion and also a hand full of cold cream to my bald head. He also gave me a gentle massage and my head felt so light.

My friend stopped his story rubbing his bald head. I laughed hearing his story and said 'You are lucky to get this barber to shave head carefully'
'Absolutely! To get a smooth shave' he said and laughed.