Four chairs · north verge
We work slow on the first visit — consultation, dry finish, and a plan for how it grows out. Every cut below lists its length, its price and who it actually suits.
The ledger
Each chair runs a different clock. Pick by how much shape you want changed, not by the name — and if you are between two, say so on the request form and we will book the longer one.
45 minutes£32Clipper & scissor
Our standard full cut. Ten minutes of consultation and a look at your growth pattern, then a clipper taper blended into scissor work on top, finished dry so you see the real weight of it.
Best if you want a clean outline you can live in for four to six weeks.
40 minutes£34Straight razor
Two towels, a pre-shave oil, and two passes with the grain before anything goes against it. We stop at one pass on skin that reacts, and finish with an unscented balm rather than anything astringent.
Best before an occasion, or if shaving at home has started to irritate your neck.
20 minutes£18Between visits
Neck, ears and edges tidied without touching the length on top. Meant as a mid-cycle visit so a longer shape keeps its line instead of being cut short to fix the outline.
Best two or three weeks after a full cut, or the morning of something that matters.
70 minutes£46Cut plus beard
A full cut and a beard worked as one shape — cheek line set to your jaw rather than a template, length graded toward the chin, and the moustache cut clear of the lip while you are sat upright.
Best if your cut and beard are currently fighting each other for the same line.
From the floor
Brass Verge has four chairs and one rule: nobody gets rushed into a shape they did not ask for. We talk first, cut dry at the end, and tell you plainly when a style will not hold on your hair.
Consultation is part of the booked time, not an extra. If a photo you bring in needs a different density or growth pattern than you have, we will say so and offer the nearest cut that will actually sit the way you want.
We stock a short shelf of products and recommend them rarely. If water and a comb will do it, that is what we will tell you at the mirror.
A good cut should look deliberate the morning you have no time to style it. Ivor Mead, head barber
The week
Booked chairs are held to the minute; walk-ins are taken whenever a chair is genuinely free. These are the windows where that happens most often.
Before you sit
The questions that come up most often at the mirror, answered the way we would answer them in the chair.
Yes, roughly every six weeks, but ask for Upkeep & Outline rather than a full cut. Growing out fails when the sides catch up with the top; taking weight out of the sides and leaving the length alone keeps the shape moving in the right direction. Tell us the length you are aiming for and we will work backwards from it.
Bring two or three if you have them, ideally of hair with a similar thickness and wave to yours. Photos are useful for showing us the shape you like and the length you are comfortable with. They are less useful as a target to match exactly — we will tell you which parts of a reference will translate to your hair and which will not.
Shorter on the sides than you think, and less length on top than you think. Contrast between a dense side and a thinner top reads as thinning; closing that gap reads as a deliberate cut. We will also keep the front line soft rather than drawing a hard edge, because a sharp outline makes a receding corner more obvious, not less.
From about five years old, booked into the twenty-minute slot and best in a quiet midweek morning. We do not use a cape with a child who does not want one, and we will stop a cut early rather than finish it over a protest. If it is a first-ever haircut, say so on the form so we leave extra time.
Usually, yes — tell us on the request form. We can skip the hot towel, drop to a single razor pass, use unscented balm, work with a comb guard rather than the blade against the skin, and avoid the neck entirely if that is where it flares. Nothing on the shelf gets used on you without being named first.
Reply to your confirmation as early as you can and we will move you to the next suitable chair at no cost. Arriving more than fifteen minutes late usually means we switch you to a shorter service that fits the remaining time, because the chair after yours is somebody else's booked slot.
Request a chair
Send this across and we will reply with the chairs that fit, usually the same working day. Nothing is held until you have that reply.