Rather than looking for a job that met with his criteria, he decided to start his own business and opened a barbershop in the heart of Launceston.

In what Mr Toscan said could be a fickle industry, he has quickly made a name for himself as one the city's most sought after barbers. Next month he will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his first business, Kingsway Barber Shop.

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It's been an unconventional journey for Mr Toscan, who faced some personal and professional adversity during the formative years of the business. However, the barber overcame and was able to build the business into one of Launceston's most popular hairdressers - with an almost cult following.

"It's been a pretty big journey, sort of starting out by myself for the first six to nine months I think. So it was just me with one chair at the beginning," he said.

Once Mr Toscan had established the business and a steady stream of regular customers started to flow, he was able to employ a second barber. Over the years that number has continued to grow.

"Now we've upped the capacity so we've got some more space and we've got a few more chairs and there's six of us that's working here now at the moment."

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Six years later and Kingsway is a world away from the original one-man shop. The business has grown into a local institution with demand for a fresh-cut, allowing Mr Toscan to take on two apprentices.

He said while committing to the apprentices had its challenges, the long-term benefits had outweighed many of his concerns.

"We sort of thought - well we could try and set people up the way that we want them to work and we can really mould them into, you know, good professional people. You know, the way that we work," he said.

"We thought we'll put them on and give them a go and they've been really good so far, it's been really good."

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Mr Toscan explained giving back and being part of the community was an important part of his business ethos and said he and his cohort of barbers and apprentices put on at least one charity drive each year.

"So we'll try and do one sort of big charity run each year," he said.

"Each year we usually do a Movember campaign and we focus on men's mental health. The community has really gotten around us when we've done those charity campaigns and have managed to raise quite a lot of money over the years for the Black Dog Institute, and the Movember foundation itself," he said.

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