Koken also invented and patented the side lever that allowed the barber to control the chair s functions.
Paidar barber chair restoration.
Paidar barber chair the hunt for your antique barber chairs is filled with many twist and turns.
Paidar company was based in chicago and has been the leading manufacturer of barber chairs until the late fifties.
As the market leader paidar s designs were generally the baseline and were often imitated by competing manufacturers.
Paidar would yield several vintage barber chairs and their parts.
As of this writing an ebay search of emil j.
Koken s barber supply company.
Barber chair hydraulics restoration antique 1920s emil j.
First there is the hunt then the calculated stalking and finally the euphoric capture and kill buying the antique barber chair.
Before the kokens and belmonts paidar barber chairs ruled the barber chair market in the united states.
The barber chair restoration process with custom barber chairs consists of the search the strip the build and then a full body restoration.
The barber chair restoration process.
Old barber chairs are made up of many different parts some of which include the following.
The chairs would sell anywhere from 400 for an as is condition to more than 4500 for a fully restored and functional one.
The first hydraulic barber chair was engineered by ernest koken in 1900.
The company has been making these chairs since the early 1900 s.
Second there is the trip home.
Paidar 12 01 2019 7 32 pm i don t have any plans but it sounds like the brake is set and the valves may be missing or shot.
Parts of vintage and antique barber chairs.
Paidar company was based in chicago and has been the leading manufacturer of barber chairs until the late fifties.
Our vintage barber chair repair restoration services include upholstery powder coating custom colors available chrome hydraulic seal replacement.
Whether it s a koken emil j.
Koch and emil j.
We replace all rotten wood break down all hydraulics and rebuild the chair up to factory specs.