Originally Posted by
kingreverent
Hi Bud Gl,
Sorry, I tried to upload the picture many times. It doesn't work. You can only see if you're logged in. I did it, it's the same way as in SRP. Once you choose your username and password you'll receive an email to confirm by clicking on the link.
I don't speak Italian but I wanted to see how our Italian brothers are honing and stroping their str8 razors.
I think, maybe I'm wrong, that they're waaay behind. Their forum isn't as elaborated as SRP and our German forums.
They've excellent shaving products, shaving soaps, aftershaves, colognes, but are using mostly their double edges and other 5-blades monsters.
Their soaps and toiletries are the reflection of Italy's extremely high culture, 'savoir-vivre' and excellent taste.
I couldn't find the Valobra soap in Tuscany. But I visited the Santa Maria Novella in Florence and bought some excellent stuff.
I found Proraso in almost every corner in Tuscany, but they never heard of Cella soap...If a asked for Valobra soap they offered me the Proraso.
I think they don't have the access to good and modern honing stones, instead they are talking about a Mississippi stone, a defunct stone that even Americans don't know.
But maybe didn't I understand the Italian language and therfore I came to this erroneus conclusion.