The Quintessential Grooming Guide for the Modern Gentleman

The Quintessential Grooming Guide for the Adventurous Gentleman is a practical treatise for chaps who wish to look their tip-top best from head to toe.

The Quintessential Grooming Guide for the Adventurous Gentleman is a practical treatise for chaps who wish to look their tip-top best from head to toe. Drawing on Captain Fawcett's far-flung travels, culturally rich experiences and extensive historical research, the book offers fascinating insights from the world's most respected barbers, tonsorial artists, style aficionados and master craftsmen of essential male-grooming items.

The Captain highlights centuries-old techniques that have been refined for the present day, accompanied by easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions. Packed with beautiful illustrations, photographs, witty observations, inspiring historical and literary quotations, this is a comprehensive exploration of all aspects of gentlemen's grooming and, indeed, what it means to be a gentleman in the twenty- first century that is sure to delight and surprise with every turn of the page.

About the Author

Captain Fawcett Limited distribute, export and sell Captain Fawcett's range of the finest gentleman's grooming requisites to his loyal customers of barbers, hairdressers, gift shops, tailors, independent department stores and other discerning outlets. Captain Fawcett currently exports to over 42 countries from Alaska to New Zealand.

Captain Fawcett is a key sponsor of many national and international beard and moustache championships, UK tattoo shows and makes regular appearances at other gentlemanly gatherings: The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, The Tweed Run, the Chap Olympiad, Goodwood Revival and the Bearded Rascal, a UK Burlesque Pin-Up Show.