Recommended: Saf, Top Barber
This is Saf - that's Mr Saffet to you - who cuts hair for a living at 109 Lower Clapton Road. Mostly, he cuts grown men's hair but he also cuts the hair of my Fifthborn (boy, 9) and my Sixthborn (girl, 4) as long as she doesn't decide that she's too much of a girl and insist on taking her custom elsewhere. Saf's been around for a long time now (he used to cut my eldest's hair too when she was small - she's 22 now) and once, long ago, when his shop was much smaller than now, he used to keep a copy of The Fight by Norman Mailer for customers to read. Every time I went there, back in the days when I had hair, I used to get through a few more pages. Then it disappeared. I wonder where it's gone?
Yeah, he's a nice guy, but his shop's usually too busy for me. I go to the purple one on Chatsworth Road, instead. That's usually so empty that you wonder how it can stay in business.
Posted by: Martin McCallion | May 03, 2007 at 12:30 PM
I shave my own head, I`m afraid! I`m one of these ultra-graded beardies you see wandering around Hackney.
Posted by: Glyn | May 03, 2007 at 07:12 PM
Does anybody know what has happened to Saf? There is a sign outside the shop saying that it is closed until further notice.
Posted by: Robert | September 11, 2008 at 12:41 PM
I saw Saf, briefly, in Mavish Kebab`s, the other day. As far as I know, it`s only a short-term closure. I may be wrong, though, of course.
Posted by: Glyn | September 13, 2008 at 01:25 PM
What happened with Saf?
Has anyone more news?
Posted by: gert | February 15, 2009 at 03:53 PM
It`s been open a few months now, so your tonsorial needs can be met once more
Posted by: Glyn | February 24, 2009 at 11:55 AM