Haslinger Schafmilch Reformulated

[Hassam]

Are any of you aware of this soap being Reformulated? I received a puck for Christmas and I was under the assumption that it had tallow. I looked online and it looks like previous versions did have tallow. It lathered up quite well and was nice and slick so no complaints about performance. I did a quick search and didn't find any mention of reformulation.

I'm posting a pic of the current ingredients.

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[ShavePastor]

@BigJ might be able to chime in on this.

 

[BigJ]

@BigJ might be able to chime in on this.

News to me! I fortunately have (quite) a number of the tallow version in stock. Hope this is still a good performer! Please let me know what you think!

 

[ShavePastor]

I fortunately have (quite) a number of the tallow version in stock.

Probably a dumb question, but the OP has me curious about this, do your tallow versions specify tallow in the ingredient list?

 

[BigJ]

Probably a dumb question, but the OP has me curious about this, do your tallow versions specify tallow in the ingredient list?

My pucks list the ingredients in German which includes tallow.

 

[steelhead52]

Angst, distress, depression, doom, disaster! Wow, Haslinger's has been a favorite for so long and tallow has been one of the differentiators from other Euro vegan soaps that are very fine performers but not quite Haslinger. If I wanted vegan, I would use Cade which is a fine vegan soap, is long lasting but perhaps a notch below Haslinger to some. Now this Soapocalypse! Is nothing sacred? Will nothing stay the same? There seems to be a general move away from tallow in European soaps. I don't know if its a safety thing but it isn't a performance benefit that I can see. Woe I tell you, Woe indeed.

 

[Hassam]

I myself have a preference for tallow soaps. It is one of the reasons I put this soap on my Christmas list. I have only shaved with it once. So far I like the performance, it is already a step above MWF in my book. It's sad to see another fine tallow based soap be changed to a vegan formula. I have other vegan soaps I like so it's not a complete deal breaker for me. I just had an expectation that it had tallow.

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[nemo]

Wow, that's distressing, potassium tallowate used to be up top in the ingredients. I don't remember peanut oil in the original, either.

Oh well, the world is always changing.

 

[ackvil]

Substantial changes. I got this about 6 months ago.

 

[nemo]

Substantial changes. I got this about 6 months ago.

Thanks for posting the old ingredients, Jim. I do see the peanut (arachis hypogaea) now.

Should have stocked up six months ago. I see a market for "old style" tallow pucks emerging.

 

[ackvil]

I emailed them about the tallow question. They are closed until January 8th. I noticed in their catalog that they do not include the Shafmilch soap.

 

[ackvil]

I myself have a preference for tallow soaps. It is one of the reasons I put this soap on my Christmas list. I have only shaved with it once. So far I like the performance, it is already a step above MWF in my book. It's sad to see another fine tallow based soap be changed to a vegan formula. I have other vegan soaps I like so it's not a complete deal breaker for me. I just had an expectation that it had tallow.

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What company did you order this from? I wonder if some of the U.S. companies still have old stock with tallow.

 

[Fenwayfan77]

If there are stocks of the “original” out there, I see all those vendors out of stock by the end of the day


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[MntnMan62]

This is very bad news. I've taken to grinding Schafmilch down and mixing it with a ground down puck of Mitchell's Wool Fat. I'm going to have to stock up on a few pucks so I have enough for years to come. I don't understand why they would change the formula when it is such a successful and well liked product.

 

[PhilC]

Sucks! Why would they do that?! I'm assuming that would flow through the rest of the line. Wish I'd stocked up more.

 

[kingfisher]

Interesting change. Probably financially motivated? Or perhaps they lost their source of tallow?

The old formula lathered up great and shaved wonderfully, but I didn't like it because of the scent. Very cloying to me. OK for a shave or two but for me it grew old very quickly.

 

[Tokyospike]

Just sayin', many fine tallow soaps available. I am also a tallow-preferred kind of guy. You can't go wrong with CRSW Select or Mike's Natural . . .

 

[Hassam]

I have no idea where it was ordered from. It was a gift.

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[snowman]

This is disappointing to be sure as Haslinger is my favorite. Haivng said that, I do have confidence in Haslinger as an organization and can't see them putting a poor performer on the market. I already have a bunch of Haslinger tallow in the stash. I might try and pick up a puck of the new vegan version and see how it compares. I'm sure their will be some differences but I will be surprised if it isn't an excellent product. Fingers crossed....

 

[Strayhair]

I'm feeling very SAD right now.