#21
Hi guys my mate gave me a TOBS Sandalwood herbal hard soap yesterday. I used it this morning & this is a amazing soap it lathers up easily (note I didn't bloom it) thick & creamy. The slickness & cushioning is excellent. I was so confident with it that I swapped my ATT S1 head for the S2 head (I don't normally get on with open combs) & had a great shave with the S2, a first for me. The scent is not a strong sandalwood like the cream (which I love) as you can smell ,geranium,lavender,a hint of rosemary & orange. I would highly recommend this soap as its performance is great.

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#22
(03-16-2016, 05:50 AM)ask4Edge Wrote: ...St. James of London...other Creightons (i.e.: T&H, Trumper...
As per Trumper's Head Office (with whom I spoke today), their creams have always been made in house. Not exactly sure what to make of their response, since I’ve always (many years) read that it was made by Creightons.
(Either the representative is unaware of their history, or, misinformation had been promulgated through the years on shaving fora.)

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#23

Vintage Shaver
Seattle, WA
A fairly large proportion of mine are from the U.K., most vintage:

CREAMS
Crabtree & Evelyn Sweet Almond Oil (vintage)
Floris Elite (vintage)
Floris No. 89 (vintage)
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
Penhaligon's Castile (vintage)

SOAPS
Crabtree & Evelyn Sienna (vintage)
Crabtree & Evelyn Sweet Almond Oil mug refill (vintage)
Floris Elite in wooden bowl (vintage)
Floris JF (vintage)
Floris No. 89 in wooden bowl (vintage)
Floris Verbena in wooden bowl (vintage)
Harrods ( by Floris) in wooden bowl (vintage)
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet in wooden bowl (tallow)
Penhaligon's English Fern in wooden bowl (tallow)
Penhaligon's Lords in wooden bowl (tallow)

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#24

Member
Detroit
The only one I have is TOBS Sandalwood in the tube. It was thrown in as a freebie with a brush I ordered from Gifts and Care. I like the scent, but the performance is just okay. Nothing to write home about.
- Jeff
#25

Clay Face
Honolulu, Hawaii
(This post was last modified: 02-17-2017, 08:14 AM by Bouki.)
British products make up about 15 percent of my collection:

Cyril Salter
1. French Vetiver (cream)

D. R. Harris
2. Almond
3. Windsor

Geo. F. Trumper
4. Eucris (cream)

Mitchell's
5. Wool Fat

Nanny's Silly Soap
6. Moroccan Sands

Obsessive Soap Perfectionist
7. Sandalwood

Penhaligon's
8. Endymion (cream)

Phoenix & Beau
9. Spitfire

Taylor of Old Bond Street
10. Eton College (cream)

Truefitt & Hill
11. Grafton (cream)

Wickham Soap Co.
12. Cashmere
13. Citrus Musk
14. Club Cola
15. Irish Fern
16. Russian Leather

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#26

Member
Portland, OR area
I love British soaps and creams. Mainly because of their scents. Their performance is right up there as well and quality control never seems to be an issue, nor are they constantly changing their formulas or going in and out of business.

Currently in my den I have MWF, several varieties of TOBS cream, Edwin Jagger cream, and 3 flavors of D.R. Harris soaps. I've previously owned T&H, Salters, Trumpers, Castle Forbes, and Erasmic cream and liked them and will purchase them again once my current stash becomes more manageable.
#27
Well, spoke directly with Creightons just today, and they confirmed that they still make Trumper’s creams.
(And they're still the makers of StJoL and T&H.)
#28
(This post was last modified: 02-17-2017, 01:07 AM by ANG69.)
Penhaligon's English Fern Tallow
Yardley Lavender
Yardley Original
Yardley Black label
Crabtree&Evrlyn Sandalwood vintage
OSP (7scents)
Wickham's (5 scents)
P&B (8 scents)

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#29
Wow! I'm impressed with the amount of U.K. soaps you guys have.
#30

Veni, vidi, vici
Vault 111
DRH Arlington Cream
Cyril Salter Indian Sandalwood
Czech & Speake No. 88
Czech & Speake Oxford & Cambridge
MWF
Simpsons Unscented Cream
All great performers.
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Shaving since 1971; enjoying my shaves since 2014
A che bel vivere, che bel piacere, per un barbiere di qualità! Happy2


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