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Tallow based soaps: who make em'?

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:35 pm
by Teuton
What brands are still using tallow? Musgo has completely switched over...

Thanks.

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:04 pm
by bernards66
Bath soaps? Well, as far as high end ones go ( plenty of supermarket level ones are still tallow, including the quite good US made Yardley ), Vinolia, Santa Maria Novella, Valobra, Rance ( maybe ), are the ones which spring immediately to mind. I'm sure there are a few others.
Regards,
Gordon

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:51 am
by goose
I believe Mitchell's Wool Fat soap is still tallow based as well.

Clint

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:06 pm
by DGB452
D.R. Harris soaps also.

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:05 pm
by bernards66
Yes, those two also, and maybe Tabac, if they still offer a bath soap.
Regards,
Gordon

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:17 pm
by ChemErik
The cheap Arko shave sticks and P.160 are also tallow based.

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:16 pm
by bernards66
Erik, Yes, but we're considering bath soaps here, not shave soaps.
Regards,
Gorodn

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:02 am
by Sam
How does the Mitchell's stack up? If I am ordering from suffolk supplies, they have a 150 g bar for like $6

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:03 am
by notthesharpest
Sam wrote:How does the Mitchell's stack up? If I am ordering from suffolk supplies, they have a 150 g bar for like $6
It's extremely nice soap. It does have quite a bit of lanolin in it. I used it for a while and liked it very much, but decided it was too expensive to keep buying it indefinitely.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:25 pm
by bernards66
Sam, It's a superb bath soap. I'd be using it regularly ( along with the Vinolia ) if I didn't have that lanolin sensitivity issue. Great stuff.
Regards,
Gordon