Thread: proraso and tabac, mitchell

were shaving soaps such as proraso, tabac, and mitchell well known like they are today back in the late 90s, early 2000s? were these shaving soaps as commercialized as they are today in shaving forums back then or is it something relatively new to consumers in the u.s.? when did these shaving soaps become really popular on shaving forums as far being well known instead of being relatively unknown to people in the u.s.? when was proraso, tabac, and mitchell shave soaps unknown on shaving forums even to people living in the u.s.? were proraso, tabac, and mitchell shave soaps well known and popular on shaving forums in the lat 90s, early 2000s for consumers living in the u.s.? what do you guys have to say about these shave soaps?

If you look at some of these brands, they are really old. Proraso has been around for a long time. Most of the really old brands are from EU and UK, it’s just in North America where we really fell down and went for the super easy canned goo in such a way that even the staples that stayed strong in EU and UK were gone from our shelves for quite some time. I am not particularly old, but I do remember as a kid boar brushes and pucks of soap on the shelf in our small town. So knowledge of those old brands goes way back before the internet. I had Proraso soap before I had internet so I expect if you were lucky enough to have good internet access back then they were what was being talked about. It’s just the small brand artisan soaps that are new in the market.

Yupper sonny, back in the late 1960s I remember buying boar brushes, DE and SE razors, various brands of DE/SE blades and shaving cream in a tube as well as hard shave soap pucks in retail stores. Then along came cart razors and canned goo. Heck barbers even had and used real straight razors back then too. Yea, dems were da day before your inyournet.

Bob

but were these shave soap brands well known on shaving forums in the late 90s, early 2000s as they are today or not?

but back in 99, 00 were proraso, tabac, and mitchell shave soaps well known on shave forums as they are today or not?

Most guys who straight shave aren't on any forums. Most guys who shave in any method aren't either. The soaps you mentioned are well known. And the overwhelming majority of men that use them aren't/weren't on the forums.

Gentlemen,
I don’t see much of a merit in this topic, especially since it meanders all over the place. Experience tells me that before long the bloody thing will turn into a fist fight. OY!

Originally Posted by Obie

Gentlemen,
I don’t see much of a merit in this topic, especially since it meanders all over the place. Experience tells me that before long the bloody thing will turn into a fist fight. OY!

No, the whole thing is plain stupid. I doubt 5% of the folks on any forum these days were on any alleged shave forum in the 90s. I don't know why this guy keeps asking questions like this.

So Mr B the answer to your questions of a historical nature is we don't know. Research it yourself on the web or maybe visit an old folks home and ask them then you'll get it from the horses mouth.

Lynn Abrams founder of this forum joined in 2005 according to his account information. I think this was one of the first shaving forums so you won't find much on shave forums in the 90s.
@OP: what's the question behind your question? Looks like many of your posts are on history of some sort. What are you researching?