[KosmicKitty]

I don’t remember hearing him described as a hairdresser before.

Did they have them back then? I thought they would have been called barbers.

[Charles Martel]

I don’t remember hearing him described as a hairdresser before.

Did they have them back then? I thought they would have been called barbers.

Modern re-interpretation? Seems likely - and barbers generally had lots of experience with sharp steel. That fellow with the shop on Fleet Street, for example.

[Bullish]

Did you read the entire article at the link? There was a barber as another suspect, but they called Kominski a “hairdresser”