The hot towel shave. Forty minutes of doing nothing.
The old-fashioned wet shave: hot towels to soften everything up, hot lather, two careful passes with a cut-throat razor, then a cold towel and balm. The closest shave you'll get, and a lie-down in the middle of the day.
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What's in it
- Two hot towels and a pre-shave oil
- Hot lather, brushed on
- A brand-new blade in the cut-throat, opened in front of you
- A cold towel and an aftershave balm to finish
How it goes
Hot towel
The chair goes back and the first towel goes on, to open everything up.
Oil and lather
Pre-shave oil, then hot lather worked in with a brush.
Two passes
With the grain first, then across it, with a cut-throat razor.
Cold towel and balm
To close it all up again. No rash, no tug.
Ask for Kasia
Kasia runs the hot towel chair. If you're booking ahead, ask for her.
Asked at the counter
- I get a rash from shaving. Will this?
- Usually not. The hot towels and the single sharp blade are exactly what stops it. Tell us if you've got sensitive skin and we'll go with the grain only.
- Is the razor clean?
- A new single-use blade goes into the cut-throat for every client, opened in front of you, and the razor is sterilised between shaves.
- Should I have it the day before a wedding?
- The morning of, if you can. Groom and groomsmen can come in together before we open on a Sunday. Ask with the form below.
Book it, or ask us first.
For a hot towel shave on your own, book a chair or just walk in. For a group, a wedding party, or a question, send it here with a photo of the cut you're after.
Or ring the shop between cuts
07700 900745Already set to Hot towel shave. Change it if you're after something else.
The rest of the board
Everything else we do, with its price and how long it takes. Each one has its own page.