Gents,
Thanks to a couple of posts both at B&B and Shave My Face, and some sleuthing on Google, I have discovered who makes most of the big brand English shave soaps.
Floris is made by Broad Oak Toiletries of Tiverton, Devon which is the sister company of Floris:
http://www.broadoaktoiletries.com/index.asp
http://www.packagingnews.co.uk/equi...profile/?goback=.gde_2578242_member_107405346
Floris shave soaps were awful when they were first reformulated after the removal of tallow. There are reports here at B&B and elsewhere that the soaps have been reformulated again and are much improved now. If this is true then hats off to Broad Oak.
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An even bigger discovery was that of a Glasgow based company called SoapWorks. they make shave soaps for Trumper, Penhaligons, Crabtree & Evelyn, Woods of Windsor and maybe others:
http://www.soapworksltd.co.uk/our-clients
Having a look at Soapworks website reveals a few things. They only work with vegetable bases and are also heavily into the use of palm oils for use in their soaps:
Then there is this. Soapworks purchased a company called Standard Soap who used to make Trumper's soaps for at least some years. I do not know what other companies they produced soaps for:
From Soapworks press release it sounds as though that company had never produced shaving soaps prior to their purchase of Standard Soap.
There is no doubt about it, Soapworks is responsible for producing the execrable Trumper shave soaps that we have come to hate. Standard Soap had previously produced Trumpers soaps until they were purchased by Soapworks in January 2012. For a brief period after they stopped using tallow, Trumper was selling vegetable based shave soaps that were at least usable, if not spectacular. Those soaps were apparently produced by Standard Soap Company. It's not clear if Standard made the old tallow based Trumper soaps.
Soapworks also produces the awful shaving soaps being sold by Penhaligon's, Truefitt, and Crabtree.
We have the guilty party here gentlemen, the company that is almost single-handedly ruining British shaving soaps. Their name is Soapworks.
Craig
Thanks to a couple of posts both at B&B and Shave My Face, and some sleuthing on Google, I have discovered who makes most of the big brand English shave soaps.
Floris is made by Broad Oak Toiletries of Tiverton, Devon which is the sister company of Floris:
http://www.broadoaktoiletries.com/index.asp
http://www.packagingnews.co.uk/equi...profile/?goback=.gde_2578242_member_107405346
Floris shave soaps were awful when they were first reformulated after the removal of tallow. There are reports here at B&B and elsewhere that the soaps have been reformulated again and are much improved now. If this is true then hats off to Broad Oak.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
An even bigger discovery was that of a Glasgow based company called SoapWorks. they make shave soaps for Trumper, Penhaligons, Crabtree & Evelyn, Woods of Windsor and maybe others:
http://www.soapworksltd.co.uk/our-clients
Having a look at Soapworks website reveals a few things. They only work with vegetable bases and are also heavily into the use of palm oils for use in their soaps:
Then there is this. Soapworks purchased a company called Standard Soap who used to make Trumper's soaps for at least some years. I do not know what other companies they produced soaps for:
From Soapworks press release it sounds as though that company had never produced shaving soaps prior to their purchase of Standard Soap.
There is no doubt about it, Soapworks is responsible for producing the execrable Trumper shave soaps that we have come to hate. Standard Soap had previously produced Trumpers soaps until they were purchased by Soapworks in January 2012. For a brief period after they stopped using tallow, Trumper was selling vegetable based shave soaps that were at least usable, if not spectacular. Those soaps were apparently produced by Standard Soap Company. It's not clear if Standard made the old tallow based Trumper soaps.
Soapworks also produces the awful shaving soaps being sold by Penhaligon's, Truefitt, and Crabtree.
We have the guilty party here gentlemen, the company that is almost single-handedly ruining British shaving soaps. Their name is Soapworks.
Craig
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