Market shift

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:46 pm

For discussion purposes, just off the top of my head, YMMV, it's occurred to me that only a couple of years ago only a handful of us, or nobody, had heard of this stuff:

Newcomers:

Vitos
Irisch Moos
RazoRock/Italian Barber
Dr. Selby
I Coloniali
Coate's soap
Martin de Candre
New Forest Brushes
DR Harris Rose cream

What else can you think of that should be on this list?
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Also, only in the last couple of years we took this stuff for granted, and now it's all but gone forever:

Oldtimers:

Penhaligon's reputation for the best performing soaps on the market
Crabtree & Evelyn Sweet Almond Oil soap and cream
The Gentleman's Quarter
Prairie Creations
Roger & Gaulet shaving soap
Iridium Super blades
Floris's reputation for one of the top performing soaps on the market

What else can you think of that should be on this list?

LouisIII · Post by **LouisIII** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:57 pm

Other than Vitos...
Cella
Valobra
P160 (RIP)...
A whole new genre of soaps that are, you could argue, as good as anything on the market, and come in massive, economical kilo blocks.

Then, for me personally, the revelation of cheapo European supermarket sticks. Usually tallow based and made in Germany. These have been known about for a while but only got the credit they deserve more recently. Combine this with the decline of the English soaps and the notion of 'getting what you pay for', at least with soaps, is hard to argue for these days.

Razors
When I first browsed the forums (in 07, maybe), the only razors in production seemed to be Merkur, and they seemed to be better reviewed than they are now. Muhle/EJ got little mention. Vintage Gillette's seemed more desirable than they do now...perhaps this is a personal thing, or perhaps there are more quality new razors available.

gil3591 · Post by **gil3591** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:13 pm

gone but not forgotten:

coates sandalwood cream and it looks as though it ain't coming back in spite of a new owner (or at least he owns the name)

GA Russell · Post by **GA Russell** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:32 pm

Voskhod
Rapira
Personna Hospital Use
7 O'Clock blue

insomniac · Post by **insomniac** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:08 am

Newcomers:
Thater brushes
M&F brushes
Gillette 7 O'clock blades, non-yellow division (Black, Blue, Russian/Indian Green)
SE razors
Indian creams (Old Spice, Godrej, Dettol, etc.)

Oldtimers:
Kent brushes reputation

i_shaved_something · Post by **i_shaved_something** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:28 am

Feather stainless steel razor !

marsos52 · Post by **marsos52** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:41 am

agreed, that there are new shaving products being made

soaps and creams mostly along with brushes and razors
this is a good thing

but what we need most is BLADES quailty blades usa made haha

that is the problem
marc

gsgo · Post by **gsgo** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:41 am

Semogue

KAV · Post by **KAV** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:01 am

Floyd the Barber. I'm sick of 'stylists' giving me their business cards with a name like Angel or Bambi.

dosco · Post by **dosco** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:30 am

KAV wrote:Floyd the Barber. I'm sick of 'stylists' giving me their business cards with a name like Angel or Bambi.

+1

Lazlo or Alessandro the barber. Indeed.

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:32 pm

In my case, it's Tonya the barber. She's cool!

Araner · Post by **Araner** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:27 pm

The Barber's daughter, Akiko, cut's my hair and she's a babe! And, she does a darn good job cutting my hair too. Makes me wish my hair grew twice as fast as it does.

Mike

GA Russell · Post by **GA Russell** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:29 pm

In regard to what's gone...

Gillette Swedes
Polsilver (isn't it?)

desertbadger · Post by **desertbadger** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:22 am

Personna 74 blades DE and Injector; arguably the best blade ever made.

Regards,
David

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:59 am

Newcomers:

Three (3) complete new lines from the mighty Proraso, including Sandalwood

New Blossomwood fragrance from Nancy Boy

Oddly, no mention of this on SMF, at least that I'm aware of. But, maybe I'm out of touch.

IAmTheJody · Post by **IAmTheJody** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:01 am

Gone?

Proraso Red shave cream
Noxzema shave cream

Squire · Post by **Squire** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:39 am

David I wouldn't argue.

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:18 pm

IAmTheJody wrote:Gone?

Proraso Red shave cream
Noxzema shave cream

I have read where one of Proraso's new lines of shaving cream, etc. will be red. The other 2 will be blue and white. How interesting is this?

2clfrwrds · Post by **2clfrwrds** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:24 pm

I didn't know Prairie Creations was gone, so I went to the web site. Yes, the store is closed. There's a link to Krissy's caringbridge.org page, but it hasn't been updated since mid-November...

--Glenn

rustyblade · Post by **rustyblade** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:50 pm

Painting Simpson's "sterilised" labels with clear nail polish so they wouldn't come off. You young whippersnappers will never know the pleasure of wielding that nail polish brush and inhaling those heady fumes. But take care! Too much nail polish will cause the letters to run. Two light coats is better. Oh the memories!