Who has history of Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap, Ltd.

[Jayson74]

Anyone think of stocking up ? Tabac ,La toja and others have all changed formulas. Tabac was my golden one lol. MWF is great and might get me by, Arko is cheap but haven't tried it. I know others make good stuff but hate looking for something I already have found again.

I am. Its a keeper for me, will be in my final 4 or 5 soap rotation!

 

[EclipseRedRing]

Anyone think of stocking up ? Tabac ,La toja and others have all changed formulas. Tabac was my golden one lol. MWF is great and might get me by, Arko is cheap but haven't tried it. I know others make good stuff but hate looking for something I already have found again.

Not me - I used to love MWF but after several attempts to contact Mitchells via their website and receiving no reply I ceased using it. I will not patronise any company that offers a method with which to engage with its customers and then refuses to do so; their soap is good but not that good. As for the 'original 1893 formula', that is a lot of flimflam cooked up in the 1970s along with their shaving soap - it goes beyond creative marketing to the point of deception.

 

[Cino]

With just five employees, I doubt they have the manpower to read all of their emails, much less answer them. They may not even know how to use their own website; it's likely maintained by some IT guy they know.

I too was wondering why they have not yet reformulated and ruined their soap just to follow the trend. Yesterday, I abandoned the crumbly remains of a very old puck and shaved with a freshly unwrapped puck. It produced so much lather that I looked like the Arco man. What a nice, clean scent! I agree with the statement that MWF makes for a great break from the heavily scented soaps that most of us enjoy.

 

[Doc Dan]

I've contacted them and they responded. It took a couple of days. They are a small family owned business and they likely have a huge volume of email and other correspondence with which to deal. (Of course, replies from businesses can get shuttled off to the spam or promotions in the email).

I have three pucks and have another in my cart. I am not worried about them going out of business, but I do worry about my local brick and mortar going out of business making The Fat harder for me to get. This is only one of two soaps for which I keep backups. I love this stuff.

 

[Kurkahn]

With just five employees, I doubt they have the manpower to read all of their emails, much less answer them. They may not even know how to use their own website; it's likely maintained by some IT guy they know.

I too was wondering why they have not yet reformulated and ruined their soap just to follow the trend. Yesterday, I abandoned the crumbly remains of a very old puck and shaved with a freshly unwrapped puck. It produced so much lather that I looked like the Arco man. What a nice, clean scent! I agree with the statement that MWF makes for a great break from the heavily scented soaps that most of us enjoy.

Wonder no more .

 

[ChriWilson]

There's a biography for Fred's life entitled 'Climbing on Track' which was the last. black box recorded message. of the pilot of the de Havilland DH 106 Comet in which he died flying out to China. Since later in life he became a director of the China Inland Mission. The plane crash was a result of de Havilland's Comet metal fatigue problems

https://missiology.org.uk/pdf/e-books/thompson_phyllis/climbing-on-track_thompson.pdf

 

[Mitzie]

Thanks for this @ChriWilson