MANCHESTER - A robber put a knife to the throat of a stylist washing a customer’s hair in a robbery Friday night at a South Willow Street salon, police said.

The robbery happened about 6:20 p.m. at Rumors Full Service Salon, 323 South Willow St., according to a police press release.

Police said the 38-year-old stylist was washing a customer’s hair when a man entered the salon, approached her at the sink, held a knife to her throat and demanded money.

She gave him some cash from the register and he fled with it.

The robber is described as a 6-foot white man, 35 to 30 years old with dark hair and eyes. He wore a black hooded sweatshirt and had a black bandanna covering his face.

The stylist told police he was armed with a serrated knife with a curved blade while the customer said he a steak knife in each hand.

Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call police at 668-8711. Anonymous tips for cash rewards may be made through Manchester Crimeline at 624-4040 or online at manchestercrimeline.org .