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- Tommy Guns
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85 N. 3rd St., nr. Wythe Ave., Williamsburg; 718-388-8288
The vintage-inspired barbershop is hardly a new concept, and neither is this London-based chainlet, which opened its first New York venture on the Lower East Side in 2008. But its huge new Williamsburg salon nails both the interior aesthetic�pressed tin ceilings, leather barbershop chairs, a loudly ka-chinging register�and the art of the old-school cut. Owner Russell Manley looks every inch the part with his bushy mustache and inked-up arms and has style cred, too, having worked with the likes of Nick Knight and Lou Reed. Though half of his clients are women (he’s a master of the fringe), guys specifically seek out Manley for the �classic short back and sides� look. The throwback cut pairs perfectly with the barber’s traditional hot-towel, open-razor shave ($40).