Cut properly, so it grows out properly. Four chairs, no music you have to shout over, and a price list on the wall that has not needed an asterisk since 1998.
Every barber here has done at least four years on the floor. We will ask you what you want, tell you honestly whether your hair will do it, and then do it. If you do not know what you want, say so and we will work it out between us. Nobody is going to sell you anything.
What we do
Three things, done properly
No colour, no perms, no packages. If you want those, we know two good places and will tell you where.
The cut
Scissor or clipper, washed and finished. Half an hour, and we will show you how to get it looking the same on a Tuesday morning.
Beard work
Shaped, lined and trimmed to something you can maintain. Booked with a cut or on its own.
Hot towel shave
Cut-throat, two towels, proper balm. Forty minutes, and the closest shave you will get anywhere.
The work
Cuts that walked out this month
Ordinary haircuts on ordinary heads, which is most of what we do.
Short back and sides
The bread and butter.
Scissor crop
Grows out well.
Skin fade
Four weeks, then back.
Beard shape-up
Fifteen minutes.
First haircut
Certificate included.
The shave
Book it once.
The regulars
Some of them since the old shop
★★★★★
I asked for something different and was told, politely, that my hair would not do it and here is what would. He was right. Nobody had ever just said that to me before.
Ryan A., PADDINGTON
Every five weeks
★★★★★
Took my lad for his first cut. They had a booster board, a certificate and a lot of patience. He now asks to come.
Tariq S., RED HILL
Saturday mornings
★★★★★
The shave is worth booking for its own sake. Forty minutes, hot towels, and you leave feeling like you have had a small holiday.
Frank O., BARDON
Birthday every year
Walk in and take your chances, or book and take your time.