Complimentary delivery over €60 Hand-finished in small batches At the chair since 1947
Root & Iron Est. 1947
A straight razor, leather strop, wooden comb and amber oil bottle on a weathered wooden table
Barbers' & Groomers' Supply Co.

Tools with roots.
Finished by hand.

Straight razors, strops and beard care built the old way — small batches, honest materials, and a bit of rust you'll learn to love.

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The Range

Everything for the chair

10 pieces

Interior of an old 1940s barbershop with a leather chair, brass mirror and wood panelling
Our Craft

Rough on the outside.
Elegant in the hand.

We still lap every blade by hand and stamp our mark into the horn before it hardens. The iron is cast, never stamped. The wood is felled, dried for a season, then carved. Nothing here is hurried, and a little wear is the point.

1947Founded at the bench
40Pieces per batch
7Hands on each tool
Vintage saddle-leather grooming case open to reveal a wooden comb and metal mirror
The Signature Piece

The Groomer's Case

Our full-grain saddle case opens to a walnut comb and a hand-polished mirror. It is the piece barbers keep asking for, and the one that ends up in a drawer for decades.

  • Full-grain saddle leather, hand-stitched with waxed linen
  • Walnut comb carved from a single blank
  • Brass mirror, edge-polished and anti-fog sealed
  • Numbers and stamped with the batch mark
€95
The Ritual

Shave. Soften. Anoint.

01

Shave

Open the straight razor, lay the strop against your palm, and take the first pass slow. The steel does the rest.

Straight Razor · Strop
02

Soften

Work the brush in circles over warm water until the bristle stands proud. A good lather is a quiet one.

Boar Brush · Lather Bowl
03

Anoint

Three drops of amber oil, warmed between the palms, worked from the neck up. Finish with a pass of the walnut comb.

Beard Oil · Walnut Comb
Word from the Chair

Held up by the trade

★★★★★

The razor out of the box already held a proper edge. Three months of daily work and it just gets better. This is how it should be.

M. Kowalski · Master Barber, Warsaw
★★★★★

The strop feels like an heirloom before I've even used it. Heavy, honest, and it keeps the edge like nothing I've had in a decade.

D. Havel · Groomer, Vienna
★★★★★

Bought the case as a gift, kept it for myself. The comb is carved properly and the oil is the best I've worn. Nothing flash, all substance.

J. Okafor · Barber, London
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