The work
This is the work we do on the corner of Jean Avenue and Rabie Street. We cut hair, we cut beards, and we take care of the edges that decide how both of them look a fortnight later. If what you want isn't described here, phone the shop and ask us.
Most of our day is clipper and scissor work. We set a length, blend it into the sides, and work out with you how much weight should stay on top so the shape still holds two weeks from now. When you want a fade, we take that blend far enough that you can't find a step in it.
Bring a reference if you have one. A photograph settles more in ten seconds than a paragraph of description does, and we'd far rather see it before the clippers start than after.
Length comes down with a guard or with shears, but the part we spend our time on is the lines. Where the cheek line sits. How far down the neck we take it. Whether the moustache gets tidied back or left where it is. Done properly it looks like nothing was done at all, which is exactly what we're after.
The hairline, around the ears, the back of the neck — that's the detail that decides whether a cut looks sharp or merely looks recent, and it's the last thing we do before we hand you the mirror. It takes a few extra minutes and we take them.
If there's other razor work you had in mind, ask us on the phone and we'll tell you honestly what we can do for you.
Hair grows about a centimetre a month and it shows at the neckline first. If you're stretching a haircut through a busy month, come in for a tidy-up and we'll reset the outline and the edges without touching the shape you're still happy with. It's a short visit, and it's meant to be.
Most people describe a haircut in adjectives: short, tidy, not too much off. We work in landmarks — the guard on the sides, where the fade begins, whether the neckline is squared off or tapered away, how much length stays on top to comb.
You don't need our vocabulary. Point at your own head or show us a photograph and we'll translate. All we ask is that you say it before we start, and that you speak up if it isn't going the way you pictured — we'd much rather fix it in the chair than have you find it in the mirror at home.
We answer the phone ourselves. Tell us what you're after and we'll tell you straight.
