Thread: Kaloderma

Originally Posted by Cove5440

I've never heard of it. I'll have to check it out.

Why not, it is cheap enough. Hope it works for you.

Bob

Kees

Mein Deutcsh ist schlecht and so is my German spelling but you get the drift. Don't know what they are saying. Interesting though, I hope they have a good supply here in Canada then.

Bob

Gents ,

It is indeed good stuff . Found mine ages ago , at London Drugs .
They don't have much selection .

I've been face lathering lately and find ( using my great Semogue brush)
I can get away with a much smaller amount of product !

Cheers ,

Scott

I picked up a tube in Cyprus, last year. (Recycled SOTD Pic)

It's not bad, on a par with Nivea.

I haven't seen it in the UK or in Qatar.

I had previously bought a tube around 1980, I think in Greece, I was hoping for a bit of nostalgia from the fragrance, however it was completely different.

Thanks for the shout out - respect ! Will let you know when
your package lands ! Ja mata

Scott

Originally Posted by Sasquatch

There seem to be a lot of things we have that you don't but it goes both ways. I've yet to see Proraso on a shelf here, same with many other things I'd like to buy locally if possible. Mainly German things I suppose like Irisch Moos and Speik and similar. Clubman Pinaud is available at Sallys here but dead expensive for what you get.

The only creams and soaps you see in abundance here at supermarkets are Palmolive, Wilkinsons and Erasmic. Sometimes Ingrams and sometimes Tabac in the chemists. The rest I aquire are ordered online or sent as samples from my virtual pal Midloth72.

I can't wait to stock up on cheap aftershaves like Aqua Velva and Stetson and similar when I go home to Canada in the summer. That's all thats on my wish list apart from unhealthy food I don't get here. Better go for a run tonight thinking about it!

Kaloderma is the reason I wetshave, about 3 years ago I went to the store to get a can of gunk, but instead bought a tube of this cream, (because it came with a crappy boar brush), and had a fantastic shave! That got me thinking about old style ways of shaving, I came across a Dovo Best in a knife shop bought it, looked around the web found a different forum, and eventually found my way here. I still use Kaloderma from time to time, it's a good product, and for 2 or 3 dollars its cheaper than canned gunk and performs far better.

Originally Posted by midloth72

Thanks for the shout out - respect ! Will let you know when
your package lands ! Ja mata

Scott

Respect due mate. My soap/cream collection ocd has increased two fold since initial pms last year. Good stuff. Never thought I'd have so many things to choose from. Cheers fella!

It's good to see a thread that has praise for something simple and effective that isn't the norm, ie Palmolive and Arko. Hopefully more people try it as a result and enjoy it as much as we do!

Originally Posted by BobH

Kees

Mein Deutcsh ist schlecht and so is my German spelling but you get the drift. Don't know what they are saying. Interesting though, I hope they have a good supply here in Canada then.
Bob

The gist of the German conversation is that it is good stuff, Kaloderma being Greek for good skin and that the German stuff is different from the stuff sold abroad.

Kees

Thanks for giving me the gist of it. As the tube says "Made in Germany", I find it hard to believe that they would do separate production runs using a different formula for their domestic market and one for the export market. Stranger things have happened though and they could just be right about that. In doing a search I did find a site that sells WWII original German military items. That site advertised for sale an issue metal container of Kaloderma believe it or not. Must be pretty funky by now but shows how popular it must have been even back then to be an issue item.

Bob

easyace

Nice looking kit you have. That Kaloderma tube sure looks different from what we get here in Canada.

Bob