I am glad to see that HighSpeed clarified that the $35 is Canadian. The U.S. price is $25 however, some of their soaps remain at $13.50. I own four of their soaps I purchased at least 3 years ago and think they are great. They are I believe, Vegan. Now there is a Vegan, Vegan 2.0 and Tripled Milled both in a Vegan as well as a Tallow formula as per their website. As I read it, the ingredients for Vegan and Vegan 2.0 are the following: Potassium Stearate, Potassium Cocoate, Water, Glycerine, Potassium Ricenoalete, Parfum. Those ingredients come directly from their website. They are however, less forth coming on releasing the ingredients in the tripled milled formula. Now on their website they indicate that tripled milled soap comes in Tallow as well as Vegan. I have found after some research that it appears the ingredients for the Tallow soap is: potassium stearate, potassium talloate, potassium cocoate, water, glycerine, potassium ricenoalete, shea butter, lanolin, parfum. Potassium talloate is Tallow; so I assume this would be missing from the Tripled milled Vegan soap.
I am sure most of you know what tripled milled means. Not only does it remove most liquids (water, etc.) but also particulates. The finished product is pressed in a mold which makes a puck. The result is a a puck that is as hard as a rock. But I also read “refined and aged until cured to perfection” I would really like to know is this the typical way of making a triple milled soap?
Because of slip up in conversations with British soap companies. I have determined that most if not all tripled milled soap at least in England are manufactured by independent(s) manufactures. So companies such D.R. Harris, Czech and Speake, Geo. F. Trumper, Mitchels Wool Fat, Edwin Jagger to name a few may and I believe they do use outside manufactures to produce their soap pucks. Why? It is a complicated process and the cost of the machinery is expensive.
Most artisan soaps that I know of are not tripled milled and a poured in the tub. So to you olschoolsteel, I completely agree. I have seen the top of what is called the tippled milled soap in a plastic tub. It does not appear to be a hard puck???? A tripled milled puck is soo hard you could not push your finger into it. Did someone try this with Henri et Victori? In my opinion $25 for 4oz of a good soap is reasonable.
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