Hasan Barber is a barbershop on Riddiford Street in Wellington's Newtown, carrying a 4.4 rating on Google. Barbers live and die by the details of clipper work — fades, tapers, clean necklines — and a good one asks a question or two before starting, because "short back and sides" means different things to different people. Knowing your guard numbers — a two at the sides, blended up into a four — gets a far more predictable result than a vague description. Regulars tend to stick with one barber who has learned how their hair grows — the crown whorl, the cowlick at the front — because that knowledge is half the haircut. Where a shop takes walk-ins, Friday afternoons and Saturdays can mean a wait, so midweek is often the smarter time to go. Handy to Newtown's cafes and shops, Hasan Barber is an easy stop for a proper haircut on the suburb's main strip.