Fade & Blade — Master Barbers, Northern Quarter Manchester

Services & pricing

Sharp cuts. Sharp prices.
No-fuss menu.

Same prices Tuesday to Saturday. No card-only nonsense — cash, Apple Pay or contactless. Walk-ins after 11am if a chair's free.

Skin Fade

Zero to scissor, blended clean. 30–40 min, hot towel finish.

£22

Gent's Cut

Wash, cut, finish. Classic shape kept sharp. 30 minutes.

£18

Hot Towel Shave

Cut-throat razor, hot towels, post-shave balm. 45 minutes.

£35

Beard Sculpt

Line-up, trim, beard oil finish. Shape to face, not a stencil.

£14

The Full Service

Skin fade, hot towel shave or beard, head massage. Hour of peace.

£48

Father & Son

Two chairs side by side. Same cut, two generations. Saturdays only.

£32

About

Twelve years.
One chair.
One craft.

Mark Hennessy opened Fade & Blade in 2013 after eight years cutting at a Soho institution. The brief was simple: a proper barbershop. Sharp cuts, honest prices, time for a proper chat. No "experience packages." No upsells. Just a chair, a mirror, and someone who knows what they're doing.

Today there are two chairs, two master barbers, and a small waiting bench. We cut around 2,400 heads a year. We don't take walk-ins after 5pm — but we'll always make time for someone who's run out of options before a wedding.

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