The Gentleman's Groom Room is an independent family business, founded and owned by Ian Thomson an experienced traditional wet shaver for over 40 years with both DE and straight razors. Ian is also fully qualified in the art of the traditional open razor hot towel shave having trained many years ago with the wet shaving expert and master barber at Harrods in London when Mr Al Fayed had private ownership. Ian has a professional knowledge of traditional Turkish wet shaving including singeing and threading and holds a Guild (of beauty therapists) accredited certificate of excellence and merit. This knowledge and expertise in the art of shaving and the 'tools of the trade' (products) has led to Ian helping out on several occasions with production teams from movie studios working on feature films to theatre productions. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Internationally renowned Essence of Scotland range of traditional shaving soaps and The Gentleman's Groom Room own brand..