Vintage 40s/50s era colgate Shaving cream

[joshua1970]

so I scored a vintage tube of Colgate shaving cream on ebay - I got it more for a collector's piece as I had no idea if the product would still be good, nor did the seller.... the seller and I are assuming it's from the 50s and possibly the 40s (it's certainly well pre-zip code era)

well, i lathered it up and got a decent lather this morning - would have easily gotten more with a bit more product and another minute swirling the brush, but I didn't shave with it yet - just did a quick lathering test. It still smells wonderful. let's hope it's got the slickness and glide a new cream has.... <fingers crossed>

thought I'd share the pics....

 

[malocchio]

If the smell is still good,it is safe and ready to work for you...this cream is one of Americas finest...

 

[joshua1970]

If the smell is still good,it is safe and ready to work for you...this cream is one of Americas finest...

smells wonderful!! cream looks good coming out of the tube... and it obviously lathered!


Wooohoo! thank you Sir!

 

[Deltaboy]

You got a winner but I would save it for special days like your Birthday etc.

 

[joshua1970]

You got a winner but I would save it for special days like your Birthday etc.

oh I'm definitely going to use this VERY sparingly... one reason I used so little in this morning's test lather.
usually i'm quite generous with my soaps/creams when the product is still in production, but this I will carefully ration lol

perhaps the best part is, I got it for $8.99 + $3 shipping

 

[attime6]

What does is it smell like?

 

[Watasha]

Man, that's awesome. It's really a shame that great American products like this are no longer produced.

 

[InfernoOrangeSS]

Man, that's awesome. It's really a shame that great American products like this are no longer produced.

I totally agree! I absolutely love how the Colgate soap pucks smell because they remind me of my grandfather shaving when I was very young. I would love to be able to buy a shave cream in a tube that could mirror that.
Very sad that so many of the past classics are now gone.

 

[Jeremydelagarza]

crazy old lol