I have a couple dozen soaps from the 40 50 60's.
They work terrific.
They work terrific.
Open Your Storage: Oldest Soap
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Hi Marco,
Most of the old soaps have no scent left.
The english ones can be roughly dated by the royal warrents but only in a general way.
Some of the USA soaps are easy to date by the packaging in advertisements.
I dont think enlisted men would be using the big three soaps but perhaps the officers may have.
Most of the old soaps have no scent left.
The english ones can be roughly dated by the royal warrents but only in a general way.
Some of the USA soaps are easy to date by the packaging in advertisements.
I dont think enlisted men would be using the big three soaps but perhaps the officers may have.
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I have a couple vintage Williams and a couple vintage Colgate in the stash. Not sure which puck is oldest.
a couple old colgate sticks.
maybe from the 30's. that is, the 1930's.
no scent other than soap.
but lathers great!
maybe from the 30's. that is, the 1930's.
no scent other than soap.
but lathers great!
Here is a few..the giant puck is English Crabtree& Evelyn barbershop puck. Lentheric in the clear acrilic art deco bowl..and the elusive glass C&S 88 bowl.
Some I still have, some are gone.
1930s & 1940s Yardley
1940s Erasmic
1950s Williams.
1940s - early 50s Old Spice
1940s Colgate Barber Roll
30s/40s Seaforth
1930s & 1940s Yardley
1940s Erasmic
1950s Williams.
1940s - early 50s Old Spice
1940s Colgate Barber Roll
30s/40s Seaforth
I have one puck of Van der Hagen soap sitting in my salsa lathering bowl uncovered. I don't have space to keep multiple in use pucks in my shave den tray.
I used to have many really old classics (Yardley, Fougere Royale, Old Spice, etc), but sold most of them. All I have left at this point are 40’s-early 50’s era Hershey Cocoa Butter shave soap and 2 pucks of Wrisley in the Spruce and Saddle Club varieties. Outstanding stuff.
Almost a full block of P.160 Tipo Duro is sitting in my basement.
This was an SOD from back in April. Seaforth soap from the 1950s...it has lost its fragrance, but is otherwise pretty fantastic!
Vr
Matt
Vr
Matt
Hi,
Oster soap pucks from about 1950. They were for the model 222 latherservice machine. Still works fine stuck in an Old Spice mug and used with a brush. I don't know if it will still form lather in a 222, which pumped hot water around the soap puck until hot foamy lather came out the spout.
I have a thread on the machine:
www.badgerandblade.com
Hard soap lasts forever.
More modern, I have two mugs of Old Spice with that soap still in. I got them when my Dad passed away in 1995. So, they aren't newer than that, and probably late 80s as that is when OS disappeared. Mom used to give him either a new mug with soap or a refill puck every Christmas. I use one or the other a couple times a year. Always works fine.
Stan
Oster soap pucks from about 1950. They were for the model 222 latherservice machine. Still works fine stuck in an Old Spice mug and used with a brush. I don't know if it will still form lather in a 222, which pumped hot water around the soap puck until hot foamy lather came out the spout.
I have a thread on the machine:
Oster model 222 Latherservice machine
Hi, Anyone have one of, or know something about, the Oster model 222 Latherservice machines? I have scored some soap pucks for it, and they work great in a mug with a brush for face lathering. But, now I am curious about the machine they were made to work in. There is precious little out...
www.badgerandblade.com
Hard soap lasts forever.
More modern, I have two mugs of Old Spice with that soap still in. I got them when my Dad passed away in 1995. So, they aren't newer than that, and probably late 80s as that is when OS disappeared. Mom used to give him either a new mug with soap or a refill puck every Christmas. I use one or the other a couple times a year. Always works fine.
Stan
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actually at least 7 years and my RR Chianti is almost as old.
Thanks! It’s a great soap!
Vr
Matt
