Notes from the floor
The journal
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StyleHow to ask for the haircut you actually want
Numbers, photos and the one word every barber secretly wants to hear. A short guide to walking out with the cut in your head.
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CraftThe case for the hot towel shave
Forty minutes, two towels and a razor that has been honed that morning. Why the slowest service on our menu is the one people rebook first.
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StyleClay, pomade or nothing at all
A no nonsense guide to styling products, from the barbers who go through a jar a week each.
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Shop NewsTwelve years on Foundry Lane
One chair, a borrowed mirror and a sign painted by a regular. How a side project became the shop on the corner.
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CraftGrowing a beard: the awkward first eight weeks
Itchy, patchy and tempted to quit? Every good beard goes through it. Here is how to get to the other side.
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CraftWhy we still hone every razor by hand
A leather strop, a whetstone and ten quiet minutes before the doors open. The ritual that gives the shop its name.