Thread: QED and/or TGQ Shaving Soaps

I feel like the Lone Ranger. I can't remember when the last time was that anyone (other than yours-truly) posted an SOTD entry that listed either a QED or TGQ shaving soap among the other components. So, I've created this poll to see if anyone is (still) using one or both product lines.

Wish I knew what the acronym meant

I have to say that I've tried a lot of artisanal soaps, and liked a lot of them. However after years of trials, and still using some - until hey finished - I think I finally understood that for me personally the scent is secondary to that luxurious creamy feeling I can steadily get from triple-milled tallow based classics. So in the future I'll probably only buy DRH and MWF.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Wish I knew what the acronym meant

Same here, can't take part in the poll because I have no idea what QED or TGQ are.

QED - Quad est demonstratum.

TGQ - The Gentlemen's Quarter

Although I do know of those two soaps, I do not use artisan soaps after trying a few. I get the results I want from inexpensive soaps and creams from old line companies. The few artisan soaps I have will get used up and not replaced.

Bob

I do have and use The Gentleman’s Quarter soaps. I think I have three. I quite like them.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Wish I knew what the acronym meant

I2FIMI when pple throw arnd ABBRVs thinking evry1 shud know them.


Translated:
I too find it mildly irritating when people throw around abbreviations, thinking everyone should know them.

If the purpose of this forum, or indeed the purpose of language, is to communicate, it would be gentlemanly to only use those abbreviations that everybody understands.

Alternatively, one might use the first time in a text the full word followed by the abbreviation in brackets. That’s an accepted standard when writing technical texts and ensures no one is ‘lost in translation’.

Otherwise, one might think the author is trying to impress people with his ostensible insider knowledge of abbreviations, when in truth it is thoughtlessness at best and lack of civility at worst.


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TGQ waz great for scents but the quality of the soap was lacking IMO. It would fade away/vanish as fast as some of the cheap soaps Ive tried.

I do enjoy artisan soaps.

Originally Posted by Gasman

TGQ waz great for scents but the quality of the soap was lacking IMO. It would fade away/vanish as fast as some of the cheap soaps Ive tried.

I do enjoy artisan soaps.

I tried many ‘artisan soaps’, but in the end none of them passed the test of time because most of them were just not as good as what I had already.

That is artisan soaps in the sense of home-made, small scale products, but the ‘artisan’ definition is vague, some soaps made in small batches are made to order by third party established commercial manufacturers, and then again someone might call Mitchell’s ‘artisan’ (see below and decide ) when even Saponificio Varesino S.r.l. (Ltd.) call their product ‘Men’s Artisan Shaving Soap’.





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