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Bishop of Briggs
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Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:24 am

RWS wrote:I'll second the D. R. Harris, though I no longer can find it.
Try the D R Harris online store - http://www.drharris.co.uk/product_listi ... =0&cUID=45. The full Arlington range is available.
GentlemanFarmer
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Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:54 pm

I like Taylor's Sandal wood scented.

GF
Edward Bainbridge
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Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:13 pm

Mitchell's Wool Fat (same as Kent's) is excellent and unscented. (Also vegetarian, if this should be a concern.) Both can be bought on their own, Mitchell's also have it in a nice ceramic pot, and Kent's in a wooden one.
Marwood
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Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:53 pm

My old barber, Robert in Hungerford, recently relaunched the old Coates brand of shaving cream. It's very similar in texture to Taylors, although a little drier and is smells ever so slightly of tea tree oil. I'm almost at the bottom of my first tub and I will be buying another.
Sky Blue Peter
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Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:34 am

I've been an afficionado of Trumper's Sandalwood soap for a while now, but my stocks are running dangerously low, as the last couple of times I have been in to ask for it they have been out of stock - and they admitted that is company-wide, not just the off-Jermyn Street barbers where I've been calling. They assure me it will return, but I would encourage any fellow fans of this soap to badger them at every opportunity to ensure its return!
Marwood
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Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:50 am

Try the Gentleman's Shop in Hungerford. They keep good stocks, and offer mail order.
Sky Blue Peter
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Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:40 am

Thanks for the tip, but they too are currently out of stock, according to their website. I will keep looking!
BirdofSydney
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Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:48 am

I just used Castle Forbes Lavender cream for the first time, and it was a revelation. It is made in a small perfumery on the Clan Forbes estate in Aberdeenshire, in small batches.

I was planning to take up the recommendation for Santa Maria Novella, but it would have cost me about $80 with shipping, and I am led to believe that it is being made industrially by the same company that does Proraso. Can anyone comment?
Costi
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Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:24 pm

I don't know if SMN make it themselves in their Florence stabilimento, but the formulation is exceptional, no doubt about it. Prices keep rising, but it lasts very long. Worth trying.
Berwick
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Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:58 am

I have invested in some of the SMN hard cream, as the shop in London is handy if you are visiting Budd.

After some experimenting I am using it as you would a hard soap. I load the brush with hot water and moisten the surface of the cream in the tub with hot water. Then I rub the brush on the cream in the tub to load it with soap. Then I use my hand as a bowl to whip the soap on the brush into a rich lather. It works really well, and smells good too. It is rather expensive, though.
Manself
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Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:42 pm

I too am a fan of SMN, but I also use one other shaving product, Aesop's Moroccan Neroli Shaving Serum.
robert_n
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Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:27 am

Cella's sapone da barba in the 1kg box. Enough to cut off chunks for friends, and still die with some left over.
http://www.ebay.it/itm/Sapone-da-barba- ... 0494633619

For Costi, à propos of cut-throat shaving the Adam's apple: just pull the skin over to one side and shave. I've been a straight-razor shaver for several decades now and have made every error imaginable.
Costi
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Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:51 pm

Oh, but I like to feel the blade glide over the apple and my hand got accustomed to changing the angle to follow the shape :)
Now I only shave cheeks and neck, the rest I mow.
lxlloyd
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Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:36 pm

GentlemanFarmer wrote:I like Taylor's Sandal wood scented.

GF
This will always remind me of my father.
droy3
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Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:16 am

Tabac's my personal favorite. I'm testing Castle Forbes right now and I still prefer Tabac, but it's quicker and easier when I'm short on time. It reminds me of Aqua di Parma. Mitchell's is hard to use but really effective the times I got it spot on.
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