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Two chairs and a borrowed pole
That is how the shop opened on Harbor Street. It has five chairs now, the pole is its own, and the rules have not moved.
The story, short
Marco cut hair in his uncle's shop downtown for eight years before he signed the lease at number 214. The first pole was lent by a barber who was retiring; it turned outside the door for two winters before it went back and a new one went up.
Elias came for the second chair, Theo brought the razors, Nils the scissors and the long cuts, Dani the kids and the patience. Five chairs, five barbers, one standard.
A cut is finished when it is right, not when the clock says. The clock is there so the next person does not wait.
That sentence is painted inside the door. It is why every service on the menu has a time next to it, and why the booking only offers slots long enough for everything you asked for.
Three rules on the wall
Right before fast
Every cut is timed so nobody waits, and every time has slack in it so the barber never rushes the last five minutes.
Clean tools, every client
Shears and combs go through the steriliser between chairs, the straight razor takes a fresh blade for every face, towels are hot and used once.
Say no when it is right
If a cut will not suit your hair or your week, the barber says so before the cape goes on, and offers the one that will.
The shop today
Tuesday to Saturday on Harbor Street, with a fridge of coffee and beer, a wall of this month's cuts and a pole that turns whenever the door is open.