What year would this Mug and soap be?
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help
First Old Spice soap score --what year is it??
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1948 thru early 1950 me thinks.
Nice! Crack that puppy open & get to shaving, sir!
How much?
I just recently scored my first Old Spice shave soap. This stuff just explodes into rich creamy lather. Think Tabac but even easier to lather.
Some saddo's collect old shaving things from times gone by: 
http://www.cr8on.com/mugindex.html
Check it out against the ones there........
http://www.cr8on.com/mugindex.html
Check it out against the ones there........
Very nice. Guido linked me to this site for history...
http://www.cr8on.com/mugindex.html
That looks like an early glass for sure. It should have the paper label on the bottom.
I started shaving with Old Spice soap in the 70's. I used up my last cake of soap 2-3 years ago. A local drug store was going out of business probably 15 years ago and I bought up their whole stock of soap.
I had no idea this stuff was going to be extinct. Too bad as it really was great soap.
http://www.cr8on.com/mugindex.html
That looks like an early glass for sure. It should have the paper label on the bottom.
I started shaving with Old Spice soap in the 70's. I used up my last cake of soap 2-3 years ago. A local drug store was going out of business probably 15 years ago and I bought up their whole stock of soap.
I had no idea this stuff was going to be extinct. Too bad as it really was great soap.
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Thanks all ---I did a test lather to clean it up and all I can say is wow it just explodes into a rich creamy lather
I got it for $17.00
I got it for $17.00
For years, I had a cake of Old Spice soap in a mug that I would dig out on occasion and lather up with the only brush I had, an empty Gillette Brush Plus...I think it had nylon bristles.
The soap made it possible for an ignoramus with a nylon brush thingy to create usable lather. It didn't see regular use, and I think that puck lasted from 1980 to 2005.
I chucked the soap when the bottom of the cup showed through the middle and replaced it with Williams, and was stumped when I couldn't get usable results with that and my nylon brush.
Not too long ago, I was in clean out the bathroom mode, and found my Brush Plus. In the trash it went, along with some "Dallas" aftershave and some Avon cologne that I think my mother gave me. When I found my father's kit, I hung on to the contents, and the curiosity about the Gillette adjustable inside the leather "Dopp" brought me here to the land of AD.
Now I think about throwing the remains of that Old Spice puck in the trash and I get ill...
The soap made it possible for an ignoramus with a nylon brush thingy to create usable lather. It didn't see regular use, and I think that puck lasted from 1980 to 2005.
I chucked the soap when the bottom of the cup showed through the middle and replaced it with Williams, and was stumped when I couldn't get usable results with that and my nylon brush.
Not too long ago, I was in clean out the bathroom mode, and found my Brush Plus. In the trash it went, along with some "Dallas" aftershave and some Avon cologne that I think my mother gave me. When I found my father's kit, I hung on to the contents, and the curiosity about the Gillette adjustable inside the leather "Dopp" brought me here to the land of AD.
Now I think about throwing the remains of that Old Spice puck in the trash and I get ill...
Can anyone guess what we should be stockpiling now...tucking away in the back of the closet so that 60 years from now someone will stumble across the item and marvel at the good old days....
A few years ago, I never would have guessed an Old Spice cake of soap in a nifty glass mug would make the list....
A few years ago, I never would have guessed an Old Spice cake of soap in a nifty glass mug would make the list....
Wow, 17 dollars is a really good deal (IMO)!
I was quite lucky when I scored an Old Spice mug w/soap, still sealed and just like the one pictured above, for $3 at an antique shop. Great stuff. It's been in my rotation for almost two years and still has plenty of shaves remaining.
That is a great score. Unused naked pucks go for $25 or more on the Bay, routinely. I know this for a fact because I keep trying to build up a reserve stock, but they are hard to get for less than that!
