A narrow shop on Hollis Street with a long glass counter, a basin at the back and a honing bench (sample).
Owen Hollis (sample) started restoring old safety razors from flea markets in his kitchen and selling them to friends. In 2011 he took a narrow shop on the street that already had his name.
The shop grew one shelf at a time: blades, then soaps and brushes, then a bench for straight razors. Everything on the counter is something we use ourselves.
The short history of a small shop (sample).
2011
Forty restored safety razors and three kinds of blade.
2014
A wall of soaps, creams and brushes, and the first basin for trying a razor.
2018
Straight razors honed and sold shave-ready.
2023
First-shave lessons on Saturdays and refills for every soap jar.
Three people run the counter and the bench (sample).
Owner (sample)
Buys every razor and still restores the old ones himself.
Honing bench (sample)
Hones the straight razors and teaches the Saturday lessons.
Counter and gifts (sample)
Knows every soap by smell and packs the gift sets.
From the counter
I came in with a drawer full of cartridges and a rash on my neck. They let me try three blades, showed me the angle at the basin, and a month later I do not want to go back.
Switched to a safety razor last spring (sample)
Every razor on the counter can be picked up, weighed in the hand and fitted with a blade. Ask us to put something aside and collect it when it suits you.
Hollis Shave Supply (sample)
42 Hollis Street, Springfield
(555) 019-4200
Tue–Sat 10:00–18:00 (sample)
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