A barber working at a jaw with the whole station doubled in the mirror behind him

Station 02 — four people

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Four chairs, four pairs of hands, and a different answer in each one. Here is what each of them is actually best at, and what they will send you next door for.

Chair four and its mirror · 16.20 on a Thursday

A barber in a dark apron standing at his station, his own reflection in the mirror behind him — Chair one · 08.10 · before the first head

Dai Pritchard

Owner · 31 years · scissor-over-comb, flat tops, anything on grey hair

Started at fifteen on Rhosddu Road, took this shop over in 2014 when it was still a tanning place. Cuts fast and talks faster. If you want a flat top that is actually flat, he is the only one here who learned it from somebody who had to do it every day.

“A fringe is the only thing on a head you cannot fake. Cut it last, cut it dry, cut it short of where you think.”

Books out2–3 days

Won't doDesigns, or anything with a stencil

In the shopTue–Sat

A pair of old steel scissors lying open on a black surface — His own shears · 1990s, reground twice a year

Emeka Nwosu

Fades, line-ups, textured crops · 9 years · here since 2021

Trained in Salford, moved over for the rugby and stayed for the rent. Does the sharpest line in the shop and is the only one who will cut a design, which is why he books ten days ahead and why you should not turn up on a Saturday expecting him.

“People ask for a zero fade and mean a one. I will do the zero, but you are back in nine days, not twenty.”

Books outAbout 10 days

Won't doOpen-blade shaves — that is chair four

In the shopWed–Sat

A barber in a black apron photographed straight on against a dark painted wall — Chair two · between heads

Four chairs standing empty in a line down the length of the shop — All four, 07.45, before anybody is in

A barber with a top-knot and a tattooed forearm working a comb and clipper up the side of a seated man’s head — Chair three

Marta Sowińska

All-scissor work, curly hair, the nine-minute crop · 8 years

Trained in Poznań on a three-year apprenticeship where clippers were not allowed until the second year. Takes anything curly that three other shops have already got wrong, and will tell you honestly if your hair will not hold the shape you have brought in on your phone.

“If it only looks right the day you leave, it was the wrong cut.”

Books out3–4 days

Won't doSkin fades — ask for chair two

In the shopTue, Thu, Fri, Sat

A gloved barber running a clipper up the side of a seated client’s head under a single hanging lamp — Chair four

Reuben Ffoulkes

Straight-razor shaves, beard work, late walk-ins · qualified 2024

Did his apprenticeship on this floor and took the razor chair the week he finished it. Slowest shave in the shop and the best one — forty-five minutes is forty-five minutes, and he will not start one at twenty past five.

“Two passes. Anyone telling you three is selling you a rash on Thursday.”

Books outSame week, usually

Won't doA shave after 17.00, ever

In the shopTue–Sat

An older man with a full white beard looking straight at the camera — Gareth, every third Tuesday since 2016

“I have had the same beard for forty years and four barbers have ruined it. Reuben asked me how I sleep on it before he picked the scissors up. Nobody has ever asked me that.”
Gareth Ellis · Rhosnesni · beard, scissor & razor line, £16

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