Hi,
I want to try those soap. I heard that those 2 soap are awesome. I look online and i did not find any store that sell p.160 soap. Did anyone know where i could find the p.160 and tabac soap ?
Thx alot
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Hi,
I want to try those soap. I heard that those 2 soap are awesome. I look online and i did not find any store that sell p.160 soap. Did anyone know where i could find the p.160 and tabac soap ?
Thx alot
Tryphon Enterprises has a wide variety of shaving soaps, including the two that you want.
However, I have no idea if you will be able to get them there. I repeatedly emailed them last year trying to buy Cella soap from them but I never got a response. Maybe you will have better luck.
I've never heard of the P160 soap but now I really want to try it!
Tryphon is no longer operating. They were in West Palm and I have gone over to the owner's house and bought stuff a couple of years ago but unfortunately Giovanni (IIRC) is done with the business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
Thanks for letting me know. It's unfortunate that his website is still up, as it is kind of like a kid outside a candy story type of scenario--so much great stuff, but no way to get it. It's a shame he couldn't make a go of it since he had such a great variety of unique, or at least hard to get, soaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I really want to try the p.160 shaving soap. It is my ultimate goal to find that soap! I just can't put that away from my mind ...
Fine Shaving Products for a Smoother Closer Shave - Shaving.ie
They sell P160 if you are willing to pay to ship it that far.
The p.160 is unavailable there. I am still looking for that soap.
There's a place called superlather that sells p160
https://www.superlather.com/index.htm
For those who are looking for p.160, take a look at http://www.italianbarber.com :) It seems the rest of the links listed here are out of the product. His name is Joseph Abbatangelo, and for now has 3 sizes in stock, including the 1Kg package, and is based in Canada. I don't know how long it will last though. It is the Tipo Morbido, and his products are very reasonably priced. I found another one in Holland but with shipping to the States it doubles the price. But here is a link for those who live a little closer to her: P.160 Shaiving Cream Soap (Tipo Morbido) or main page: Welcome To Connaught Shaving She allows only one 1Kg. box per customer, so her supply must be limited, and it is full Retail Price. I am sure there are other stores that have some in stock, but that is all I know of. :soapbox:
Have fun, and enjoy shaving.
If you are interested in old school soap, but cant' get the p160, I'd like to recommend Mitchell's Wool Fat. Many swear by it (including myself).
macpowa,
Here's a link to a Canadian site based in your side of the country: Fendrihan, Classic Wet Shaving Store. I know they sell Tabac, I don't know about p.160 though.
PS - They also sell MWF (sold as Kent), also highly recommended by me :)
I just bought a scuttle mug but need a supply of soap that fits it. I saw some Williams Shaving Soap in a Dept. store but the label had so many chemical names that it scared me. Are there "organic" soaps available or at least some that don't need a degree in chemistry to identify the ingredients?
Try here for P.160: http://straightrazorpalace.com/vendo...arber-com.html
Some people here like williams, for me it was marginally better than using nothing. Some of the ingredients are listed in their chemical name, so it can be confusing, but some are loaded with harsh chemicals. I haven't used a scuttle but Shaving Lotions, Shaving Soaps, Creams, Lotions & Toiletries - ClassicShaving.com carries their own brand of shave soap specifically designed to fit a scuttle. I still use their soap in rotation, and would say it's a pretty good soap for the price. Minimal shock value on the ingredients list, and lasts about a month for me. If you go to Shaving Soaps towards the bottom of their list of soaps it says "Natural Products" what ever that means. That might be a start for you. Other soaps they sell are very good also, just not on the list.Quote:
Originally Posted by maineeagle
Have you found your P160 yet? I just saw it this morning and I can find it again if you haven't.
Found this on ebay.
"Unfortunately, In 2010, Production of this luxury soft soap seized, but Italianbarber-dot-com was able to secure the last remaining stock from the factory in Bologna, Italy."
Italianbarber.com is domestic for you...I've got the kg of P160 from Joe, excellent product and price. I think he's quartering it now as well if you don't want the brick!
P.160 is on sale at www.italianbarber.com. There's a promotion now. Free shipping if you buy over $60.Quote:
Originally Posted by macpowa
I still have a puck of the original P 160, it's very soft, tallow based soap. No fragrance to speak of, very natual smelling...at least mine is...
As someone with a science background I just wanted to address this since it's a comment I hear quite a lot (not just about shaving soaps).Quote:
Originally Posted by maineeagle
The idea that because it's "organic" the product won't have these nasty things called "chemicals" in them is just PR hogwash :).
Some or all of those "chemical names" you mention are likely in just about any soap you pick up... regardless of if it's listed on the label or not. They're all extremely common soap components and many of them are in fact just 'soap.'
Something to think about: Proper old school soaps made the old fashion way would have been made with animal fats and lye derived from ashes. Those ashes are packed full of cancer causing compounds that form any time you burn plant material (think cigarette smoke).
Is that a reason to never use such soaps? In my humble opinion no I think they're fine... but yet you still get folks running for the hills from anything produced and/or purified in a commercial/industrial setting and but insist that anything produced using old methods or not in a lab is somehow pure and safe or otherwise better. There is no such golden rule. One is not always better than the other.
In closing, this reminds me of an amusing conversation I had with a European friend a while back. Said friend cited the fact that the US "puts sulfites in wine" thus adding "chemicals" and making the wine unnatural. He said "over here we leave it natural and don't tamper with our wine as such." You can imagine my amusement when I had to inform him that virtually every bottle of wine has added sulfites, but American food labeling laws required US manufacturers to indicate that fact on the label. Since then I think the European laws have been updated and they too usually now say that the wine has sulfites added.
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Just to pick out Williams, since it was singled out, here is what all those ingredients do. The ingredients in Williams are not significantly different than most other soaps you'll find. With the exception of the lather enhancing agents and titanium dioxide (whitener) you'll find all these in so called "all natural" or "organic" soaps. You just might not see it spelled out on the label in such detail.
Potassium Stearate: Helps as a lubricant and keeps ingredients from separating. Typically purified from animal and/or plant sources.
Sodium Tallowate: A class of soap molecules made by treating animal fats with sodium hydroxide (aka lye). This is just a fancy name for the sort of thing people have been cooking up in soap kettles for centuries.
Sodium Cocoate: Same as the above soap molecules, but made with coconut oil instead of animal fats.
Water: Water
Glycerin: A byproduct of the above described soap molecule making process and present in almost all soaps. Can be purchased in pure form at any drug store and many shavers add additional glycerin to their lather.
Fragrance: Fragrance compounds
Sodium Chloride: Table salt
Titanium Dioxide: Food additive typically used to make things more white. (not likely to be in 'all natural' soaps)
Stearic Acid: Another soap molecule made from animal fats.
Pentasodium Pentetate: Acts as both a preservative and aids in boosting lather formation by binding up metal ions in your water. (not likely to be in 'all natural' soaps)
Tetrasodium Etidronate: Similar to the above, this helps increase lather formation and prevent separation of some of the soap's components which can leave a residue behind (aka soap scum) (not likely to be in 'all natural' soaps)
Or maybe he is UK based hence the site being in English, and address being Suffolk:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Anumber1