Madison, Wisconsin
Brass Chair Barbers cuts, fades and shaves by appointment, agrees the length at the chair before the clippers start, and finishes every cut with a razor neckline and a mirror check.
Each service names what it includes, how long the chair is booked for and what it costs. The price shown is the price charged for the service as described.
Scissors or clippers to an agreed length, finished with a neck shave and a mirror check.
40 min $38
Taken to the skin at the sides and blended upward by hand, at a height agreed first.
45 min $45
Length evened, cheek and neck lines set with a razor, finished with beard oil.
25 min $26
Two hot towels, a brushed lather and a straight razor, closed with a cold towel.
45 min $48
The cut and the beard trim in one hour, with the two necklines set together.
60 min $60
A shorter appointment for children, scissors first, with a parent in the shop.
30 min $28
A haircut is agreed before it is started. The client describes the result, the barber combs the hair out and shows where the length and the fade line will sit, and the service and price are confirmed at the chair rather than at the till. Where the hair will not hold the style asked for, because of a crown, a cowlick or too little length, Brass Chair Barbers says so before the clippers start.
Every appointment follows the same order, from the first message to the moment the cape comes off. Nothing is cut before the length is agreed.
A message naming the service, a day that suits and the result wanted. A photograph of a cut helps, though it guides the conversation at the chair rather than setting it.
The hair is combed out dry and the barber shows, with comb and fingers, where the length, the parting and the fade line will sit. Growth at the crown and the nape is checked here.
The result is described back in plain terms and the price is confirmed before a guard goes on the clipper. Where the hair will not take the style asked for, the barber says so at this point.
The cut is made, the neckline is finished with a razor and the hair is styled. The hand mirror goes round the back and both sides so anything uneven is corrected before the client leaves.
Photographs of the chairs, clippers, combs and razors a haircut is made with, and the stations a client passes through on an ordinary working day in a barbershop.
Four barbers share the shop, and each takes a different part of the work. The head barber and the senior barber are the two a new client usually meets first.
Lead barber and fade specialist
Keeps the shop's appointment book and takes the skin fades and the combined haircut-and-beard bookings. The role sets the fade height with the client watching, explains how a crown or cowlick will change the shape, and says when a style will need a shorter return visit to hold.
Scissor work and classic cuts
Concentrates on scissor-over-comb cuts, longer classic styles and the careful tidy between full cuts. Each head is checked for growth pattern, density and how the hair sits dry before a length is agreed, and every neckline is finished by hand.
The barber asked how often I actually come in before choosing the fade height, and three weeks on it still looks deliberate.
Colin S.
The second pass was skipped on my neck because the skin was getting red, and I was told why. No nicks, no rash the next morning.
Mariel F.
The price published on this website was the price at the till, which is not something I can say about every shop.
Andre G.
Start with the service descriptions and prices. When two look equally right, the contact form is the quickest way to find out which one fits.
Yes, for the service as described. A change of service at the chair, such as adding a beard trim, is agreed before it is done.
A photograph of the cut wanted, and a sense of how often the next visit will be. Hair is best left free of heavy wax on the day.
Yes. Name the preferred barber on the contact form; availability is confirmed separately.
The service wanted and a day that suits are enough to start. The shop replies with the times a chair is open.
It is published in the open, where anyone can copy it, so it is left short of its final polish and audit pass. The design chosen is fully audited and polished before it goes live.