Walt Ashby
Founder · Master barber
Walt has cut hair in Northwest Arkansas for forty-one years. He still takes the first chair at eight and does every hot-towel shave like it's his first.
Our people
Meet the team
Specialists who keep learning, and who genuinely love what they do.
The team
The barbers
Desmond Cole
Co-owner · Barber
Desmond trained under Walt for six years and now runs the shop's second generation. His skin fades are the reason the young guys started coming.
Rusty Pickens
Senior barber
Twenty-three years behind the second chair. Rusty's regulars include three generations of the same family.
Mateo Villalobos
Barber
Mateo specializes in texture and curls, and he's the shop's best hand with a hair design.
Jesse Tran
Barber
Jesse came up through Desmond's apprenticeship and has the steadiest beard lines on Dickson Street.
Sample client reviews
Heard on the bench
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My dad got his hair cut by Walt in 1999. I got mine cut by Desmond last week. Same floor, same coffee, same perfect taper.
Best straight-razor shave in Arkansas and I'll fight anyone on it.
Mateo is the first barber who's ever known what to do with my curls. I drive in from Bentonville for him.
Six groomsmen at seven in the morning on game day. They opened early, put the pregame on and had us out sharp.
Rusty has cut my son's hair since his first birthday. He's nine now and won't go anywhere else.
Pull up a chair.
Book online, call the shop or just walk in — the bench by the window is first come, first served.