Built on Craft. Defined by Character. The story of Finley's Barbershop—from a feeling that something had been lost to a Texas institution built on respect and ritual. EST. 2008 The Finley's Story Finley's didn't start as a concept. It started with a feeling…that something important had been lost. In 2008, there was a growing group of men who felt displaced…caught between the barbershops they remembered and the places that had replaced them.