Wilkinson black bowl soap spotted at Superstore

Around 20 years ago or so, I was pretty much using the Wilkinson black bowl soap with <spits> cartridge razors <spits> and went through a number of them. Loved it. At the time, if memory serves correctly, the blue bowls were introduced. Didn't like them at all. A few years later and the black bowls were hard to find, just the blue.

I was in the Superstore and noticed that the Wilkinson black bowl is back! I didn't get it, now i'm kicking myself for not. Have any others spotted it and recall it from back then? Anyone tried it yet?

Haven't seen the black bowl Wilky but iirc the black bowl shave soap from way back had silicone in the formula and that is not put in soap anymore by law. I would doubt the new black bowl version is the same formula as the original version. I'd like to try it to see if it is any better than the blue bowl version.

If you want to try a shave stick, the Wilkinson one performs very well. Makes you wonder why the blue bowl version of the shave soap is a mediocre performer.

Bob

The Wilkinson Sword black bowl soap is what I used to use about 20 years ago too. That and the cheap WS brush performed well enough to make me realise that I never wanted to use canned goo again.

If anyone's interested, the Wilkinson Black Bowl Soap is available on Amazon and it's cheap as chips.

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Originally Posted by BobH

Haven't seen the black bowl Wilky but iirc the black bowl shave soap from way back had silicone in the formula and that is not put in soap anymore by law. I would doubt the new black bowl version is the same formula as the original version. I'd like to try it to see if it is any better than the blue bowl version.

If you want to try a shave stick, the Wilkinson one performs very well. Makes you wonder why the blue bowl version of the shave soap is a mediocre performer.

Bob

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Next time I'm in, I'm going to take a flyer on it and see how it compares to my 20 year old memories. Because we know THOSE are accurate. I barely remember what I had for lunch yesterday.

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Originally Posted by BrianP

Next time I'm in, I'm going to take a flyer on it and see how it compares to my 20 year old memories. Because we know THOSE are accurate. I barely remember what I had for lunch yesterday.

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Good one. :rofl2: Be interested to know if it is better than thr blue bowl stuff.

Bob

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Haven't seen the black bowl Wilky but iirc the black bowl shave soap from way back had silicone in the formula and that is not put in soap anymore by law.
Bob

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Hmmm. This from a current listing on Amazon. Sure looks like the blue has silicone in it.
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Originally Posted by Lazarus

Hmmm. This from a current listing on Amazon. Sure looks like the blue has silicone in it.

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Thanks for posting that. Looks like I don't recall correctly then.

Bob

Or perhaps the US and Canada have different regulations re silicone in soap?

Also saw the black bowl in Shoppers Drug Mart (Canada only) the other day. No blue bowls though.

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Or perhaps the US and Canada have different regulations re silicone in soap?

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I don't think that is likely that they would market 2 different products but instead market one that meets all the different regulations in all possible markets.

Looks like the EU banned only certain types of silicone from cosmetics while others are OK. So the silicone in Wilky shave cream is not on the banned list, I guess not being a chemist.

https://www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.c...474982233.html

Bob

Memory is a funny thing. Scent is sort of how I remember it, same but more aftershavey. Not sure if it has changed or me. Mixed up a reasonable lather, good slickness, maybe a little goopy but found it lacking cushion. When I first used it, it was all cartridge shaving. So I didn't load as much back then and appreciated the slickness. I may or may not get around to using it again, but it's serviceable. I'd rather be using the soaps I already have.

There's my quick take.

Yea, my impression of the blue bowl is that it is serviceable but i'd rather use my other soaps. Seems the black and blue bowls, there is a joke in there somewhere, are related.

Bob

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Originally Posted by BrianP

. I may or may not get around to using it again, but it's serviceable. I'd rather be using the soaps I already have.

There's my quick take.

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There are a plethora of cheap soaps and creams you can get by with, or even great performers that don't cut the mustard scent wise. When it come to shaving it's a hobby for me so I like a little luxury. If it doesn't tick all the boxes use it as a body soap.

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Originally Posted by BobH

Yea, my impression of the blue bowl is that it is serviceable but i'd rather use my other soaps. Seems the black and blue bowls, there is a joke in there somewhere, are related.

Bob

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Now that I've seen it...i cannot UNsee it.

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Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

There are a plethora of cheap soaps and creams you can get by with, or even great performers that don't cut the mustard scent wise. When it come to shaving it's a hobby for me so I like a little luxury. If it doesn't tick all the boxes use it as a body soap.

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Same here. With the black bowl, I'd still rather use other cheap and cheerful stuff (Arko, Palmolive etc.). Proraso green is my drugstore soap baseline.