Chapter 01 — Hello
Barber · Downtown Lawton, OK
Hello, I’m Sal. Sit down, the towel is hot.
Forty-four years of scissor cuts, flat-tops and straight-razor shaves, one chair, and coffee on the house.
Chapter 02 — The long way here
I learned on a ship, then I came to Oklahoma.
My father was a barber in Izmir, and I cut hair for sailors on a merchant ship before I ever had a license. In 1982 a cousin brought me to Lawton, and I cut soldiers from Fort Sill for twenty years — high-and-tights, flat-tops, every regulation you can name.
Now I keep one chair in the old pink-tiled shop on C Avenue. The tile was here before me and I would never paint over it. Fathers bring sons, and some of those sons now bring their own. I still strop my razor every morning and I still warm the towels in the same steamer.
— Sal
- What I do
- Master barber
- Specialty
- Barber
- Behind the chair since
- 1982
- Where
- One chair · The Old Pink Tile Shop
- Pronouns
- he/him
Services & prices
Prices
Cash, card or tap. Veterans and active duty get $5 off every visit, always.
Your first visit
Your first time in my chair
- 01
Come in
Coffee is by the door, the paper is on the bench.
- 02
Tell me
How you like it — or show me a photo, I don’t mind.
- 03
The cut
Scissors, clippers if you want, neck shave with hot lather.
- 04
Tonic
A splash of bay rum and a look in the hand mirror.
The work
Fresh from the chair
Sample client reviews
Kind words from the chair
Sal cut my hair when I was a private at Fort Sill in 1994. I drive in from Duncan now and he still remembers how I like my sides.
Best shave of my life. Three hot towels and not one nick.
Took my son for his first haircut. Sal gave him a lollipop and a certificate. My dad got his first haircut in the same chair.
Video intro
A morning in the pink-tile shop
Coffee, the paper, the first towel in the steamer, then the first shave of the day. Thirty seconds of my routine.
Booking policy
The fine print, kindly
- Deposit
- No deposits. A handshake is enough.
- Cancelling
- Call if you can’t make it so somebody else can sit.
- Running late
- Ten minutes late, I take a walk-in and fit you after.
Book with Sal
Take a seat
I book through Square — pick a service and a time and you'll get a confirmation right away. New here? Text me first and I'll point you to the right service.
Good to know
Questions, answered
Do you take walk-ins?
Yes, if the chair is empty. Booking is better on Saturdays.
Do you cut women’s hair?
Short scissor cuts, yes. For anything long I send you to the salon next door.
Is the shave safe?
A fresh blade every client, a clean strop, and forty years of practice.
Do you take cards?
Cash, card or phone tap. My grandson set it up.
Military discount?
Five dollars off for veterans and active duty, every visit.
Can I just come for coffee?
Sure. Sit down, read the paper. Somebody always does.
Find me
The pink-tile shop on C Avenue
- One chair · The Old Pink Tile Shop
512 SW C Avenue
Lawton, OK
Angle parking right out front on C Avenue - (580) 555-0109
- Text Sal
- sal@salschair.com
- @salschair.lawton
Hours
- Tue – Fri7a – 4p
- Saturday7a – 12p
- Sun – MonClosed
I open at seven because soldiers have to be on post by eight. Walk-ins welcome if the chair is empty.
The coffee is on. The chair is open.
Call, text or book online — we'll take it from there.