Samantha cuts here

It is a working barber shop off Main Street, not a lounge. Reviewers tend to write about the cut and the company in the same breath.

The straight razor work is the oldest thing here. Hot towel, lather, one blade, the full half hour.

Kids are a real part of the book. Parents write about her patience more than anything else, including the ones who bring a two-year-old who screams from start to finish.

Regulars drive past closer shops to get here, from Atascocita, Spring, Houston and Wyoming, when he is home.