mrconklin
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Post by mrconklin on Mar 6, 2020 17:00:16 GMT -6
Fuzzy, you need to get rid of the goatee and get yourself a mustache like this. The color of the AV is interesting too. I wonder if it was the original only colored different or if this was a different scent.
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rayr
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Post by rayr on Mar 6, 2020 17:32:47 GMT -6
Aqua Velva Ice Blue wasn't launched until 1935, the original Aqua Velva came to market in 1917. I wasn't around back then so I don't know what the original color or scent was like.
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Post by jayaruh on Mar 6, 2020 17:40:01 GMT -6
Fuzzy, you need to get rid of the goatee and get yourself a mustache like this. The color of the AV is interesting too. I wonder if it was the original only colored different or if this was a different scent. A goatee goes well on an old goat.
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TobyC
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Post by TobyC on Mar 6, 2020 19:02:18 GMT -6
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mrconklin
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Post by mrconklin on Mar 6, 2020 19:14:31 GMT -6
Wow 50% alcohol. That'd give you the "Home Alone" shave moment. SOB's were tougher back then. Today all you get is folks whining that the .000024% alcohol is going to dry their face.
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TobyC
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Post by TobyC on Mar 6, 2020 19:15:26 GMT -6
I don't know if this is true!
"Long story short, Williams was manufacturing two different blends of AV; one for the US government and one for the rest of America. The one manufactured for armed service use was dyed blue and had a bittering agent in order to discourage drinking it (very popular during WWII). Williams decided that it would just cut itself down to one formula, the Blue blend. Rather than explain the snafu to the American public, Williams simply billed it as a "new" aftershave, Aqua Velva Ice Blue. The only thing essentially "new" about it was the color."
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Post by birdlives on Mar 8, 2020 23:43:50 GMT -6
I don't know if this is true! "Long story short, Williams was manufacturing two different blends of AV; one for the US government and one for the rest of America. The one manufactured for armed service use was dyed blue and had a bittering agent in order to discourage drinking it (very popular during WWII). Williams decided that it would just cut itself down to one formula, the Blue blend. Rather than explain the snafu to the American public, Williams simply billed it as a "new" aftershave, Aqua Velva Ice Blue. The only thing essentially "new" about it was the color." ....and the taste! 🤨 No more AV Mohitos!!
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Post by wchnu on Mar 13, 2020 12:26:15 GMT -6
Fuzzy, you need to get rid of the goatee and get yourself a mustache like this. The color of the AV is interesting too. I wonder if it was the original only colored different or if this was a different scent. I do not have the hair to pull that off !!
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Post by wchnu on Mar 13, 2020 12:27:21 GMT -6
Fuzzy, you need to get rid of the goatee and get yourself a mustache like this. The color of the AV is interesting too. I wonder if it was the original only colored different or if this was a different scent. A goatee goes well on an old goat. When you starting yours?
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Post by wchnu on Mar 13, 2020 12:29:11 GMT -6
I don't know if this is true! "Long story short, Williams was manufacturing two different blends of AV; one for the US government and one for the rest of America. The one manufactured for armed service use was dyed blue and had a bittering agent in order to discourage drinking it (very popular during WWII). Williams decided that it would just cut itself down to one formula, the Blue blend. Rather than explain the snafu to the American public, Williams simply billed it as a "new" aftershave, Aqua Velva Ice Blue. The only thing essentially "new" about it was the color." I have read this before. It’ on the internet so has to be true eh?
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TobyC
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Post by TobyC on Mar 13, 2020 13:35:13 GMT -6
I don't know if this is true! "Long story short, Williams was manufacturing two different blends of AV; one for the US government and one for the rest of America. The one manufactured for armed service use was dyed blue and had a bittering agent in order to discourage drinking it (very popular during WWII). Williams decided that it would just cut itself down to one formula, the Blue blend. Rather than explain the snafu to the American public, Williams simply billed it as a "new" aftershave, Aqua Velva Ice Blue. The only thing essentially "new" about it was the color." I have read this before. It’ on the internet so has to be true eh? Of course!
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Post by birdlives on Mar 13, 2020 15:35:01 GMT -6
A goatee goes well on an old goat. When you starting yours? 🤣😂
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Post by Alan on Jun 3, 2020 16:11:12 GMT -6
I think I mentioned this in a thread way in the past but yep, it is true about drinking AV. My father saw it quite a bit during and after WWII. Their were a lot of guys that needed the alcohol fix and that was the only way they could get it in such a controlled environment. My father said they were referred to as "Juicers" in the Marine Corps. People drank Sterno too, I've actually witnessed that myself.
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