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The Standard of modern grooming.

Precision cuts, refined grooming, and an experience built around you.

Find us in Benoni, Gauteng

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BLACKLINE in numbers

Clients Groomed
500+
Client Rating
4.9/5
Years of Craft
8+
Services

Built around
precision.

Five services, each done properly. Every appointment starts with a consultation and ends with a finish you can see from every angle.

  • 01

    Classic Cut

    Scissor-and-clipper tailoring with a clean neckline and a hand-styled finish.

    R250

    30 min
    Book
  • 02

    Skin Fade

    A seamless gradient from skin to length, blended by hand and finished with the razor.

    R300

    45 min
    Book
  • 03

    Beard Sculpt

    Shaped to your face, lined with a straight razor and finished with hot towel and oil.

    R180

    30 min
    Book
  • 04

    Cut + Beard

    One chair, one flow. Your cut and beard tailored together so every line matches.

    R420

    60 min
    Book
  • 05 Signature

    Full Grooming

    The complete reset: precision cut, beard sculpt, hot towel, facial cleanse and a considered finish.

    R500

    75 min
    Book

All prices in South African rand (ZAR). Bookings recommended on Fridays and Saturdays.

Our Work

Sharp from
every angle.

Fades that disappear into skin. Lines you could rule a page with. A few recent favourites from the chair.

Overhead view of a tapered side-parted haircut being styled with a round brush
01 / The CutA tight taper with a hand-styled part.
A barber brushing the neck of a bearded client after a haircut
03 / The FinishBrushed, cleaned, checked twice.
Profile of a man with a skin fade and a sculpted full beard
02 / The DetailSkin fade, sculpted beard, zero guesswork.
Dramatic low-key portrait of a man in a hat, lit from one side against a black background
04 / The CharacterEvery cut is built around the man wearing it.

See more of the week's work, and the odd behind-the-chair moment, on Instagram.

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About BLACKLINE

More than
a haircut.

BLACKLINE was built on one standard: the cut you love should be the cut you get every time.

We are a small, focused shop in Benoni, and that is deliberate. Fewer chairs means more time with each client: a proper consultation, an unhurried cut and a finish that still looks sharp well after you leave.

Precision, consistency and how you feel in the chair. That is the whole brief, and we have not compromised on it since day one.

Portrait of Marcus Black, founder and master barber, against a dark backdrop
The Barber

Marcus
Black

Founder & Master Barber

Marcus picked up his first set of clippers at sixteen and never put them down. After training under master barbers in Johannesburg, he opened BLACKLINE with one rule: treat every head as if it is the only one that day.

Known across Benoni for surgical skin fades and razor-sharp detailing, he still works the floor five days a week.

Specialty
Skin fades & razor work
Trained
Johannesburg
Behind the chair
8+ years

Client Words

“Best fade I’ve had in years. The attention to detail is ridiculous.”
Thabo M. Skin Fade
“Great atmosphere, great service, and they actually listen to what you want.”
Kyle V. Cut + Beard
“BLACKLINE has become my go-to. Consistent every single time.”
Sipho N. Regular since 2021
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Find the
shop.

BLACKLINE BARBER 123 Main Road Benoni, Gauteng 011 555 0134

Opening Hours

Benoni time
Mon–Fri
09:00–18:00
Saturday
08:00–16:00
Sunday
Closed
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BLACKLINE BARBER123 Main Road, Benoni

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