Four chairs, no rush
Since 2014
Hot towel with every cut
Clerkenwell EC1
01 — Philosophy
Not just a haircut.
A ritual.
The chair is the one place in the week where nobody needs anything from you. We take that seriously.
Every appointment starts with a conversation, not a clipper guard. We look at how your hair grows, how you wear it on a Tuesday and what you want it to say on a Saturday. Then we cut, slowly and properly.
Hot towel, straight-razor neckline and a style you can repeat at home. Every time.
02 — Signature services
Six ways to
leave sharper.
Every service includes a consultation, a hot towel and a finish you can recreate at home.
Cuts
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The Signature Cut
Consultation, a precise scissor and clipper cut, hot towel and finish.
45 min
£35
Cuts
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Skin Fade
A seamless fade taken down to the skin, blended by eye and finished by hand.
45 min
£38
Beard & Shave
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Beard Sculpt
Shape, line and condition, with a hot towel and a clean straight-razor edge.
30 min
£25
Cuts
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Cut & Beard
The Signature Cut and a full beard sculpt in one unhurried hour.
60 min
£55
Beard & Shave
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Traditional Hot Towel Shave
Pre-shave oil, two hot towels, a straight razor and a cold finish.
45 min
£40
Rituals
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The Full Experience
Cut, hot towel shave, scalp treatment and a drink from the bar. Clear the afternoon.
90 min
£75
03 — The experience
The details
make the difference.
I
Hot towel, every time
Steam softens the hair and the skin before any blade goes near it.
II
A straight-razor finish
Necklines and outlines finished by hand, the way they should be.
III
Products worth using
Small-batch pomades, clays and oils, chosen for your hair, not our stock room.
04 — The craftsmen
Three specialists.
One standard.
Founder & Master Barber
Elias Ward
Scissor work, classic tailoring
Trained in Mayfair, opened Stropwell in 2014. Elias cuts the way a tailor cuts cloth: measure twice, take less than you think.
Senior Barber
Marcus Hale
Hot towel shaves, beards
Marcus runs the shave chair. Twelve years with a straight razor and the steadiest hands in the studio.
Barber
Tomás Reyes
Skin fades, texture
Tomás brings the precision of competition fades to everyday cuts. Ask him about texture; he will tell you everything.
05 — The studio
A converted print works off St John Street.
North light, iron columns, Italian leather chairs and a coffee machine we take very seriously.
Tue – Fri 9:30 – 20:00
Saturday 9:00 – 18:00
Sunday 11:00 – 16:00
Kind words · sample reviews
“
The first barber who has asked how I actually wear my hair. Best cut I have had in years.
James R.
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Proper hot towel shave, proper conversation, no rush. Worth every minute of the hour.
Daniel K.
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Tomás fixed a fade three other shops had made a mess of. I will not go anywhere else now.
Ade O.
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