Rut's Barber Shop

For Rut and An­dreu, the world of hair­dress­ing has al­ways been at­trac­tive, and as in­ter­est­ing and spe­cial as the smell of new books, cof­fee or chest­nuts.

Their life­long dream was al­ways to one day have their very own tra­di­tional bar­ber's chair, and at long last that dream came true. From that day on, for them, there has sim­ply been no look­ing back.

For a while it looked as though the tra­di­tional bar­ber­shop had dis­ap­peared, but now there are more and more of them. Per­haps it's thanks to Hip­ster fash­ion or the aes­thet­ics of the Lum­ber­sex­u­als, with their un­kempt and ne­glected look and telling long beards. Yet, the in­dus­try has taken a turn for the bet­ter and shops began to spring up again, first in the US and then in the UK. Now there are bar­bers, or bar­ber­shops, in al­most every Cata­lan city or large town. For Rut and An­dreu it is a lifestyle, a com­mit­ment to cul­ture, poise and good man­ners.

This is the basis on which the pro­fes­sion has de­vel­oped, al­ways ac­com­pa­nied by good music, and why not, good con­ver­sa­tion? And we shouldn't for­get, good ad­vice. Sur­rounded by the scent of Floyd and a good dose or typ­i­cal Eng­lish hu­mour!

Now their bar­ber­shop boasts four chairs, which they are proud to show off in their premises in Girona's car­rer Güell. Every­one gets a warm wel­come in this mag­i­cal place known as Rut's Bar­ber Shop, an Amer­i­can retro style es­tab­lish­ment from the 40s and 50s, and man­aged proudly by hosts, An­dreu and Rut.

1- Tis­sue paper to pro­tect the cus­tomers' necks.

2- Con­tainer for used ra­zors.

3- Dis­in­fec­tant to ster­ilise the equip­ment.

4- Mir­rors for the cus­tomers. Check­ing out front and rear.

5- Pre­ci­sion hair clip­pers, a must.

6- Beard clip­pers, in­dis­pens­able!

7- Dust­ing-off brush, to re­move fine cut hairs from the shoul­ders.

8- Trim­ming razor to pro­vide that well-de­fined cut.

9- Brush, ob­vi­ously.

10- Spray, to moisten the hair just be­fore cut­ting.

11- Towel heater, also a must.

12- Dif­fer­ent mod­els of scis­sors for hair and beards.

13- Cut­throat ra­zors, did we say tra­di­tion?

14- Shav­ing brushes and lather bowl, just like the old days.

15- A jar filled with ears of the clients who couldn't keep still!