Striped barber shop poles are a symbol that dates as far back as medieval times when barbers also served as surgeons and dentists. While you can't have an operation or get a cavity filled at Hall ...

It was the local barber shop, a haven for the male population ... Well, maybe not as old-fashioned as when a medieval barber put out a bloodied cloth to let the populace know he could let blood ...

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But the reality is pretty gruesome. Barbers have been cutting hair for centuries, but they used to have a longer job description. In medieval times, the professionals were known as barber-surgeons ...

And that brings us to today, and the release of the medieval action-RPG's 1.2 update, adding mod support, a barber shop, and "over a thousand" fixes and improvements. According to Warhorse ...