...I have come to enjoy all of the mainstream european hard tallow soaps that I have used - DRH, Tabac, Haslinger, Valobra, Palmolive, Speick, Arko, Lea etc. and a fair few of the Italian tallow croaps. My favourite tallow soap changes from time to time but at the moment DRH and Arko are the ones I find myself reaching for the most. With the periodic reformulation of soaps resulting in fewer mainstream hard tallow shaving soaps and now only a handful of tripple milled tallow soaps, I find myself stocking up, probably irrationally, on DRH and Tabac and I am now stocking up on Lea Classic before it is finally gone. The artisan tallow soaps do not offer me the same performance, consistency or value although I find some of the scents just terrific.
I agree....Arko has a permanent spot in my collection. I don't use it as much these days, but I know it's there when I would need a good reliable soap and perfect for my travels.
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Just bought one, NOS, to see me thru the winter, will probably try mixing it with Vitos Green (got a 1000 gram brick)
Is this true? Haslinger to stop using tallow in their soaps and if so when will this take place?Today, in a fit of anger regarding the elimination of tallow from Haslinger soaps, I broke out my old Colgate Barber Soap that I had grated and added a smidgen of sandalwood EO to. Ah, the joy of a vintage tallow shave soap aged to perfection!! I envy those old codgers who back in the day could simply waltz into a local barbershop and buy soaps like this. Granted, they didn't have the wonderful scented soaps we have today, but those were men who washed their nutz with steel wool and held their socks up with thumbtacks.
Is this true? Haslinger to stop using tallow in their soaps and if so when will this take place?
Already has. Gift and care, maggard, italian barber already stock the new vegetal version. Don't know about other stores. The word has spread quickly and people stocked up. Whole Haslinger line went vegetal.Is this true? Haslinger to stop using tallow in their soaps and if so when will this take place?
A sad day indeed. P.
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