Hot towel shave in Galway

dropping_bombs

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good place to get a hot towel shave in Galway? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

ladhrann

George Rafferty at the Bridge Mills is great, but go into him when its quiet. I think Nallys at the end of Shop St. do one as well with a straight razor.

dropping_bombs

Thanks for your reply. Is that the little place on the corner there before the garda station?

ladhrann

Thats the one, its about e12 or around that.

RickyBobby1

Sorry to bump an old thread but Whats George Raffterys place down by the bridge mills called?12 euros for a hot towel shave seems to be half the price of any where else in town.Im getting married next December,so I want to find a good spot for a shave the day of the wedding for myself and the 2 brothers.Want to go for a trial run some day soon

MadsL

I would be wary of a straight razor shave on the actual the day of the wedding, straights will often cause some irritation to the 'uninitiated' - hopefully your barber knows what he is doing but it is much harder to gauge how close to go with the shave. The third pass will often irritate. I would tell the barber either go easy on the closeness or be shaved the day before and just touch up on the morning of the wedding.

If you do get some irritation - talcum powder is a great cover-up.

Ideally get shaved late the day before and give a gentle once over before the wedding.

ladhrann

RickyBobby1 wrote: »

Sorry to bump an old thread but Whats George Raffterys place down by the bridge mills called?12 euros for a hot towel shave seems to be half the price of any where else in town.Im getting married next December,so I want to find a good spot for a shave the day of the wedding for myself and the 2 brothers.Want to go for a trial run some day soon

George does a hot towel shave with a cartridge razor. He gets a very close shave with it and its well worth it. One note of caution, don't go into him on a Saturday for a hot towel shave as hes normally very busy then and prefers to devote time to it. Do it after work some day perhaps, and if all three of you want one, book it with him in advance.

MadsL

ladhrann wrote: »

George does a hot towel shave with a cartridge razor. He gets a very close shave with it and its well worth it. One note of caution, don't go into him on a Saturday for a hot towel shave as hes normally very busy then and prefers to devote time to it. Do it after work some day perhaps, and if all three of you want one, book it with him in advance.

Sorry, but what is the point of that?

ladhrann

The towel and the ceremony of it all really. Depressed town in the West here.

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My hubby has got a few from Kozzy's...one in the Galway Shopping Centre and one at Joyce's, Knocknacarra.

MadsL

ladhrann wrote: »

The towel and the ceremony of it all really.

Hmmm...hate to be snobby but it's bit like dragging out the best china and icebucket for a bottle of MiWadi. Why doesn't this chap learn to shave people with a straight. I did about 20 straight razor shaves over the last weekend for people at a festival, without formal training. It is actually not that hard if you understand what the razor is doing.

RickyBobby1

MadsL wrote: »

I would be wary of a straight razor shave on the actual the day of the wedding, straights will often cause some irritation to the 'uninitiated' - hopefully your barber knows what he is doing but it is much harder to gauge how close to go with the shave. The third pass will often irritate. I would tell the barber either go easy on the closeness or be shaved the day before and just touch up on the morning of the wedding.

If you do get some irritation - talcum powder is a great cover-up.

Ideally get shaved late the day before and give a gentle once over before the wedding.

Hey thanks for the advice.If I got It the day before the wedding It probably would be very stubbly the next day....I have a homer Simpson beard.
But the problem Is my skin gets irritated very easily also so I wouldnt like shaving myself a couple of hours before my wedding.
Do you know the name of the barbers that George works in?

MadsL

RickyBobby1 wrote: »

Hey thanks for the advice.If I got It the day before the wedding It probably would be very stubbly the next day....I have a homer Simpson beard.
But the problem Is my skin gets irritated very easily also so I wouldnt like shaving myself a couple of hours before my wedding.
Do you know the name of the barbers that George works in?

A decent close shave will last a good while. I doubt a 5 o clock hot towel shave (proper one) will need more than a very very light run over the next morning if at all.

All the options here - http://headmastersbarbers.webs.com/shavingmore.htm

I don't know them but you could do a trial run.

RickyBobby1

MadsL wrote: »

A decent close shave will last a good while. I doubt a 5 o clock hot towel shave (proper one) will need more than a very very light run over the next morning if at all.

All the options here - http://headmastersbarbers.webs.com/shavingmore.htm

I don't know them but you could do a trial run.

Thanks for that.They look good,pity they had a living social deal not to long along :mad:.Do you know any good ones in town I could check out?
I went to Tom Nallys paid around 30 euros at the time and I wasnt impressed.

magnumbud

any of the turkish barbers should do it. skinny billy for example

MadsL

RickyBobby1 wrote: »

Thanks for that.They look good,pity they had a living social deal not to long along :mad:.Do you know any good ones in town I could check out?
I went to Tom Nallys paid around 30 euros at the time and I wasnt impressed.

Sorry, I'm not exactly local.
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