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Post by HoosierTrooper on Apr 23, 2014 16:05:22 GMT -6
I've had this puck of Williams Tonsorial Shaving Soap around for awhile and decided it was time to use it. The Tonsorial soap came in rolls of 8 pucks and were meant for barbers to use. Since it came out of the Cranford N.J. plant that would put it's production sometime after 1960. I grated it into a Ziploc container, it was still so soft that it grated in large pieces like cheese. A little water on my fingers and I was able to smoosh it together into the container. Vintage Williams is my favorite and this stuff is just flat out awesome!
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Post by wchnu on Apr 23, 2014 21:34:14 GMT -6
Outstanding. I have a few pucks of the Colgate that was made for the barbers. Never had the William's. Hope it shaves great!!
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Post by ShadowsDad on Apr 23, 2014 21:44:46 GMT -6
Tom, have you had occasion to try the new Williams made in South Africa? I haven't, I just read of it tonight in fact. That all the information I have about it.
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Post by drumzalot on Apr 23, 2014 21:48:50 GMT -6
I've only tried the new incarnation of Williams (which I like) and I can get a good lather out of it. Grating modern Williams and VDH glycerine soap yields incredible amounts of lather. It would be great to see the differences of quality between the different Williams incarnations of the past. I bet this old puck is some of the best stuff out there HT.
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Post by HoosierTrooper on Apr 24, 2014 4:31:15 GMT -6
Tom, have you had occasion to try the new Williams made in South Africa? I haven't, I just read of it tonight in fact. That all the information I have about it. No, I haven't. but I remember reading about it over at B&B a few years ago. If memory serves I believe it was available as a stick. I've only tried the new incarnation of Williams (which I like) and I can get a good lather out of it. Grating modern Williams and VDH glycerine soap yields incredible amounts of lather. It would be great to see the differences of quality between the different Williams incarnations of the past. I bet this old puck is some of the best stuff out there HT. I've used Williams from the Glastonbury, Cranford and Glen Rock plants and from the Beecham era, which I believe was probably still being made in Glen Rock.They are all very good, but there's just something special about the older stuff from Glastonbury and Cranford.
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