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New barbershop opens in NavenbyLuke’s Barbershop opened on 3rd January this year.Started by Luke Daniels, the business has beenestablished to give the modern and traditionalman a place to feel comfortable, with ‘good oldfashioned barbering” and wet shaves with hottowels, without the need of an appointmentor the fuss that goes with modern gentleman’shairdressing. The purpose of Luke’s Barbershop isto offer quality service in the surroundings manymen are used to, and also with very traditionalsurroundings from the 1930’s when barberingshops were at their pinnacle for men’s grooming.The barbers is set in the beautiful village ofNavenby and is sure to add to the number ofquality establishments already within the area.“We chose to open the Barbershop as we feltthat for the surrounding area and well beyond,there was nobody offering a service where wetshaves and a mixture of modem and traditionalbarbering could be obtained,” commented Luke. “We have always felt that with the right premisesin the right location, we could offer the completepackage. Most men do not like the fuss of makingan appointment, or deciding when their hair is dueto be cut, so we feel strongly that this barbershophas no appointments for any of the services-Theshop’s first priority is the people of Navenby andthe surrounding village~~therefore all ages arecatered for from first haircuts to our respectedsenior citizens, men on their way to and from workand the surrounding RAF bases.”Decades ago, shaving was one of the biggestservices in the barbershop. In fact, gents wouldfrequent the shop most days for a shave and wouldinsist in having their own brush and mug.One of the main reasons for this was the shavewas cheap and quite a relaxing process, as a facemassage was always included. However at home itwas difficult to maintain and use a fixed blade razor(cut throat). It was also time consuming and anuncomfortable shave because gents had very littleexperience of looking after the blade.Shaving was a very lucrative business for the barberuntil the early 1900’s when the safety razor wasintroduced.The art of shaving then hit its demise and wasat the point of extinction until now. With thebarbershop becoming fashionable once more,modern barbers are looking not just to cut hairwell but to start taking care of their male clientelebetter.The wet shaves are very much for the modernman, they are done in such as way that theclient does not feel too fussed over but gets anextremely pleasant service. The Luxury Wet Shaveconsists of a total of 5 hot towels, moisturisers,oils, creams, 2 shaves and a freezing cold towel,leaving the face extremely smooth and soft, all in40 minutes.The Wet shaves are already proving popular, withmany ladies treating their partners to a luxury wetshave experience.Luke’s Barbershop, 19 High Street,Navenby, Lincoln LN5 0EN.T: 01522 811816www.lukesbarbershop.co.ukInsightMAGAZINE 43