COATES, WHERE TO BUY

BrianKnestrick · Post by **BrianKnestrick** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:00 pm

I have been shaving with a DE for about 6 months now, I scored one of the last Gillette 40's razors on E-Bay and some of those cheap 15 cent blades. Everything is going great save for the fact that I can't seem to find Coates anywhere. Where on gods green earth do you find it! I also am thinking about trading in my T&H brush and getting a Simpson "pure" brush as the bristles seem to lift the hairs better.

Best Regards,
-Brian

Sfox7076 · Post by **Sfox7076** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:05 pm

Pasteur's on 63rd and lex is the only place I know that has it in the US.

Bargepole · Post by **Bargepole** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:46 pm

I peered in through the window of A Certain Shop On Piccadilly (Maitlands, actually) the other night and they had but one tub of Coates left.

I think we have to wave goodbye to it, y'know.

Coates vanishing, Simpson's brushes having way more than their share of problems... I think an era is coming to an end.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:24 pm

Well, Michael is being unduly bleak, I think.....still, I can't deny that I am worried about whether the Coate's creams will return. I believe that any recent Simpson's GQ issues are temporary. Coate's has offered a really superlative range of traditional shaving creams, and their disappearance would be a major loss to wetshavers everywhere. Yes, Pasteur's in NYC still has a few pots left. Cambridge Chemists had a goodly supply of the Lime tubes as of last month; but only the Limes. And, I have one more source for the tubes, and no, I'm not sharing what it is. Sorry, but it has indeed come down to that. As Michael mentioned, it's become equally scarce in Britain. Maitlands was one of the premium sources for Coate's in London. I don't know if anyone has tried lately to get any directly from the company.
Regards,
Gordon

EL Alamein · Post by **EL Alamein** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:37 pm

Every time I read a thread like this I get slightly depressed. Sheesh.

Chris

-=seth=- · Post by **-=seth=-** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:57 am

i was just trying to find there website, tried coates.co.uk, then coates.com, then a google search and no luck, does anybody know what it is

ScottS · Post by **ScottS** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:41 am

-=seth=- wrote:i was just trying to find there website, tried coates.co.uk, then coates.com, then a google search and no luck, does anybody know what it is

The line has been bought, apparently, by Simpson's Brushes. They claim to be working on some new packaging. Regardless of what's holding it up, they don't appear to be in a rush to get it back in production.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:54 am

Seth, Coate's has been amalgamated with Simpsons for years. The website is www.a-simpson.co.uk However, the site is "being worked on", but there is a place to email them.
Regards,
Gordon

-=seth=- · Post by **-=seth=-** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:33 am

thanks for the link, i emailed them, I'll let you know if they get back to me

ScottS · Post by **ScottS** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:47 am

bernards66 wrote:Seth, Coate's has been amalgamated with Simpsons for years. The website is www.a-simpson.co.uk However, the site is "being worked on", but there is a place to email them.
Regards,
Gordon

Wow! All this time, I thought this was a recent thing. Even more unfortunate, IMO.

rustyblade · Post by **rustyblade** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:52 am

-=seth=- wrote:thanks for the link, i emailed them, I'll let you know if they get back to me

I wouldn't hold your breath.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:38 am

Scott, Yeah, Coate's is an old upper crust English brush making firm, much older then Simpsons, actually. They made beautiful hair and shaving brushes since the mid-19th century. I think they became part of Simpsons around 1991, although I'm not certain of the exact date.
Regards,
Gordon

northadams · Post by **northadams** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:40 pm

I have not chimed in for a while but just back up north from New York. As of yesterday morning Cambridge Chemists have about 5 tubes of the Limes left (after the 3 tubes I snagged of course) but no other offerings at all. It was nice to see a good range of soaps as I am getting into them more and more these days. A few tallow based Harris cakes and of course Trumpers but no single cakes of the T&H-only selling in the bowl right now. Scott had not arrived yet but NO, I mean NO, sign of the Harris Marlborough soap/cream yet. Pasteur's does have about 4 or 5 of the Mitchell's Wool Fat soaps at a price to match.

Max

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:17 pm

Good to hear from you, Max. So, Pasteurs has some of the Mitchell's soaps, eh? I must have missed those....or, they're a very new addition.
Regards,
Gordon