What ever happened to....?

[Paulastoria]

Please ID these 17 soaps and tell me what happened to the company. I dug these out from the back. I did enjoy Greek Peach, Russian Tea, Earl Grey & Ginger, Tiki Land Locked, Black Ice, Cold River Soap Works, and I recently opened the sealed Krampus with splash! I think they been hiding six years! Please list here with pictures any soaps you have where the company went out of business.

 

[idjekyll]

I'm curious how did they perform after being left in storage for years? I went on a soap spending free and realise I have to deep store some as I got too many and now I'm worried about degradation.

 

[Lane101]

@Paulastoria , You should be able to search for the various manufacturers names here for additional information. See that you have what looks like a really old Tcheon Fung Sung (TFS) soap from Torino Italy. Curious as to how old it is and if it's a typical soft Italian soap? Also how has the soap held up performance wise over the years?

TFS is still going strong with a nice range of soaps starting with the well regarded Ciotola Rosa (Red Bowl) at the basic end of the spectrum and going on from there. They manufacturer Italian Barbers Razorock soft Italian soaps that are also well regarded here. Interestingly most of those are built on the relatively simple Red Bowl base. The threads linked below include posts that provide additional detail on various TFS shaving soaps.


Can Great Lather be Generated from Any Reasonable Quality Shaving Soap or Cream? - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/can-great-lather-be-generated-from-any-reasonable-quality-shaving-soap-or-cream.653913/#post-12723691

Tcheon Fung Sing Rasozero Artisan Shaving Soap

I was looking for some Rasozero Shaving Soap and it seems to be out of stock at most of the popular websites. Are there good sources for it CONUS? I can always wait for it to come back to Yourshaving.com but, I would be tempted to pick up the "protective" version in the near term as it seems...

www.badgerandblade.com

P.S. Have seen your other recent posts, most about shaving soaps. Looks like you have an extensive collection. How many shaving soaps do you own? What are your favorites?

 

[MrSpeedy]

Mickey Lee Soapworks and Cold River went out of business/stopped producing several years ago. A real shame, as both were excellent. I was a big fan of MLSW "The Kraken" and have a small amount left.

 

[cryhavoc]

Reef Point Soaps went out of business a few years ago.

Krampus was made by Dr. Jon's and they too went out of business. Sadly they made Savannah Sunrise, one of my favorite scents/soaps. Man I miss that soap.

The Stroppe Shop also went of business years ago, I've also got a puck of Russian Tea that I'm using sparingly. BTW they gave the recipe for Baker Street to Stirling Soaps and Rod makes a great version of it.

Krampert's Frostbite I haven't seen in years, pretty sure the went under too.

 

[Paulastoria]

Reef Point Soaps went out of business a few years ago.

Krampus was made by Dr. Jon's and they too went out of business. Sadly they made Savannah Sunrise, one of my favorite scents/soaps. Man I miss that soap.

The Stroppe Shop also went of business years ago, I've also got a puck of Russian Tea that I'm using sparingly. BTW they gave the recipe for Baker Street to Stirling Soaps and Rod makes a great version of it.

Krampert's Frostbite I haven't seen in years, pretty sure the went under too.

I have a zillion shaving soaps collecting dust. I am gonna do a "rip month" and use one everyday for a month with comments here. The Krampus was sealed until recently and it gave a very good shave and the splash was better!

 

[JimL911]

Tiki's gone as well.

 

[MrSpeedy]

Sadly they made Savannah Sunrise, one of my favorite scents/soaps. Man I miss that soap.

Another one of my favorites. I have a tiny amount left and am using it judiciously.

 

[Paulastoria]

How about this Nuavia? Brand new in the box for 9 years! They still around? Cost me a small fortune.

 

[JimL911]

How about this Nuavia? Brand new in the box for 9 years! They still around? Cost me a small fortune.

PannaCrema shaving soaps?

Their site is down.

www.badgerandblade.com

 

[SHAVEWIZARD420]

Have you been reposting pics of my soap collection!? Lol

All of those seem to be discontinued. Some fantastic soaps you have here, Ballenclaugh are still to this day one of my favo rite artisans and am very lucky and fortunate to have accumulated 7 tubs of various scents. Chris had a unique way of making fragrances that are very unique similar to what Will from B&M has done over the years.

Steambath Factory was a side line of Amanda from Tiki soaps that came in huge tubs with cool art and strange scents. Have her "Bloodbath" soap that has notes of Pumpkin and Dust....similar to what Southern Witchcrafts does with weird scent notes.

Tim's soaps- another lost gem. With scents like Greek Peach, Creekside, Ruby Red and Breakfast Of Champions, he also had a few interesting offerings as well as some that were more traditional. He did LE soaps for Facebook groups and was a well liked member of the community.

APR- crazy scent combos here as well. Much like Tallow & Steel some worked out and others did not but believe they outsourced their scenting to a perfumer at least at the beginning. They got a lot of negative public backlash when a loyal customer purchased a huge order and went public with his problems (not the beat way to handle this sort of situation IMO) resulting in a lot of people selling off their gear and writing the company off.... just like another defunct company full of drama years back

It's great to see others with a good stock of "older" soaps from a nearby bygone? Era. These will last many awesome shaves. Enjoy!

 

[Eben Stone]

FYI: Through The Fire Fine Crafts is still in business (the Sucker Punch in your photo).

Home | Through the Fire Fine Crafts

www.ttffcrafts.com

 

[Pinto90]

The Stroppe Shop also went of business years ago, I've also got a puck of Russian Tea that I'm using sparingly. BTW they gave the recipe for Baker Street to Stirling Soaps and Rod makes a great version of it.

I have also used Stroppe Shop soaps a Baker Street and others, also Tiki Vegan soaps but they have been out of business certainly since 2016 if I remember correctly.

Them didn't strike me as exceptional soaps to have at all costs.

 

[Pinto90]

@Paulastoria , You should be able to search for the various manufacturers names here for additional information. See that you have what looks like a really old Tcheon Fung Sung (TFS) soap from Torino Italy. Curious as to how old it is and if it's a typical soft Italian soap? Also how has the soap held up performance wise over the years?

The TFS soap is Linea Inteso Ginestra di Taormina, a typical and classic TFS soft soap.

Probably 2014 production, I believe it has not been produced for years.

 

[Chimeraa]

Have you been reposting pics of my soap collection!? Lol

All of those seem to be discontinued. Some fantastic soaps you have here, Ballenclaugh are still to this day one of my favo rite artisans and am very lucky and fortunate to have accumulated 7 tubs of various scents. Chris had a unique way of making fragrances that are very unique similar to what Will from B&M has done over the years.

Steambath Factory was a side line of Amanda from Tiki soaps that came in huge tubs with cool art and strange scents. Have her "Bloodbath" soap that has notes of Pumpkin and Dust....similar to what Southern Witchcrafts does with weird scent notes.

Tim's soaps- another lost gem. With scents like Greek Peach, Creekside, Ruby Red and Breakfast Of Champions, he also had a few interesting offerings as well as some that were more traditional. He did LE soaps for Facebook groups and was a well liked member of the community.

APR- crazy scent combos here as well. Much like Tallow & Steel some worked out and others did not but believe they outsourced their scenting to a perfumer at least at the beginning. They got a lot of negative public backlash when a loyal customer purchased a huge order and went public with his problems (not the beat way to handle this sort of situation IMO) resulting in a lot of people selling off their gear and writing the company off.... just like another defunct company full of drama years back

It's great to see others with a good stock of "older" soaps from a nearby bygone? Era. These will last many awesome shaves. Enjoy!

With APR, it was the other way around. Dan was a scent maker first and foremost. Like Shawn Maher, he made scents for his own line and a few for others, including Highland Springs Eclipse. He outsourced the soap base making. He passed away in late 2022.

 

[SHAVEWIZARD420]

With APR, it was the other way around. Dan was a scent maker first and foremost. Like Shawn Maher, he made scents for his own line and a few for others, including Highland Springs Eclipse. He outsourced the soap base making. He passed away in late 2022.

Ok thanks for clarifying the details. Had a couple of his soaps years back when Maggards first stocked their products. The scents were very complex and well made, but were hard to pin down from scent notes and would be very hit or miss if bought online without being able to sniff the scent. Some of SV soaps can be the same way. Far too many scent notes listed to be able to figure out roughly what the scent would be like.