Thread: New guy from Australia visiting France and Italy

Hi all,

I've just started with the straight razor a few months ago and I'm really enjoying it. I'm holidaying in Europe with the wifey and have come across a couple awesome barber shops.

First was in Paris. A place called Planet Rasoir. They had some really nice Thiers Issard razors and cabinets full of Plisson brushes. They had full stock of Martin de Candre soaps as well, which I passed over because I'm only a beginner and they were so expensive. I then did some research when we got back to the apartment and I'm kicking myself that I didn't get some soap. I did come away with a new Thiers Issard razor though.




Lastly we went to Antica Barbieria Colla di Franco Bompieri Barber Shop in Milan. After researching Martin de Candre soap, I came across a lot of praise for Antica Barbieria Colla soap and we saw that the original barber shop was in Milan. I got a tidy up shave and got some ABC soap from there.




We still have a few weeks left in Italy and if anyone knows of any other places like this to visit we would love to check them out.