Rakish Fellow

Rakish Fellow is a barbershop on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach that blends traditional barbering with a more contemporary shop atmosphere. The shop’s own materials describe its approach as pairing precision haircuts and beard work with straight razor shaves, and the business sells men’s grooming products and accessories alongside its chair services. The tagline the shop uses, that looking rakish is serious business but the shop does not take itself too seriously, gives a sense of the relaxed but detail oriented style the barbers are going for.

The shop is staffed by a small team rather than a single barber, which is typical for an independent barbershop trying to keep up with walk-in demand along a busy parkway. According to the shop’s website, the team includes Chrissy, a licensed barber and cosmetologist, along with Cameron, who has roughly eight years of experience, Jeremy, and Ryan, who is noted for modern fading work as well as more traditional barbering techniques. Services listed include beard trimming and shaving, haircuts, fades, and trims, straight razor shaves, and hair replacement systems for clients dealing with hair loss, which is a less common offering for a small neighborhood barbershop and suggests a broader service menu than a basic cuts-only operation.

Rakish Fellow keeps a fairly compact schedule, open Tuesday through Friday from 10 in the morning until 6 in the evening, and Saturday from 9 to 5, with the shop closed Sunday and Monday. That schedule lines up with a lot of independent barbershops in this part of Okaloosa County, which tend to close early in the week to give barbers a break after busy weekends. The shop is located in a small unit along Eglin Parkway, in a stretch of the road that includes several other personal care businesses in the same shopping plaza, making it an easy stop for anyone already running errands in that part of Fort Walton Beach.

Clients can reach the shop by phone or by email at rakishfellow@gmail.com, and the shop maintains a Facebook page under the name Rakish Fellow Barbershop as well as an Instagram account. Because appointment cancellations sent by email are not guaranteed to be seen in time, the shop asks clients to call directly if they need to cancel or reschedule on short notice. The address for this listing was confirmed against U.S. Census Bureau address data, which places the shop’s unit within Fort Walton Beach city limits. The shop is also listed as a member of the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce under the Barbershops category, alongside its own detailed website, which together give a fuller and more consistent picture of the business than either source alone.