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Sorry -- missed the UK limitation, so the Amazon reference is of no help.

You may want to contact ebay (US) seller mymikado -- he is located in Turkey so he may competitve on price.

shoeboxshaveshop.com

Also, you can get 18 sticks for under $22.00 through Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Arko-Shaving-Soap ... 676&sr=8-2

I've have a couple of bottles of edc on my dresser >20 years old that haven't lost any strength (or may be I can't tell the difference). Anyway, many years ago a friend who worked for a perfume house told me to always use an atomizer, not a stopper bottle.

My experiences trying to balance SUs on my first Triumph back the 70s usually didn't end well. The preferred tool was a "syncmaster" (sp?) which cost somewhere around 30 bucks, which = unaffordable back then. I did get awfully good at the now-useless skills of using a timing light and sett...

Clearing out the shave drawer: Palmolive shave stick NIB Valobra Almond SS, in box, less about 1/2 inch I lopped off for testing Gillette open-comb ball-end tech with the usual cracks & worn finish -- looks bad, shaves great (no pic available) or free to an impoverished newb Charlesworth open-co...

For top shelf: http://shop.lessenteurs.com/index.html?6irvPHhPND1ZbheLrHjOaDxZ2ZWH9x2P2OEaeHHCWYU= Shavingessentials.net sells sample sets of Boosters aftershaves. Superlather.com sells decants of Floid, Proraso, La Toja and a few other Euro aftershaves I can't recall. Barclaycrocker.com sells Caswe...

Bump in appreciation of fast service. Looking forward to matching these Feathers up against the supposedly uncoated blades.

Thanks for the mention of the Owl Shop -- I used to stop in to look at pipes I couldn't afford, next I would head over to Cutlers for tunes, and last lunch at the Yankee Doodle. I'm surprised that 2 out of the 3 still exist.

Just received an email from C & S to advise that there would be a delay in shipping the samples I requested. Awfully good customer service for something I didn't even pay for.

Vendors who are members here: e.g. Pauldog, Dridiot, and Melyus.

Does stearic acid = tallow? If so, the Omega soft soap has it, as does the Vintage Blades LLC house brand triple-milled soap.

Can someone confirm if the Knize 10 shave soap is tallow-based?

"...but that's not what I want to do. I want a 'user' to write with." That's what I said to myself a few years ago. I now have 10 pens in rotation, five inks, and occasionally make pen boxes for "fun." Seriously, if you really just want a user, you can pick up the heir to the Sha...

"...when heading north I always take the Express lane. That puts me up on the upper deck. Does the Local lane drop down to the lower?"

Yes -- Took it yesterday.

Either way is a roll of the dice -- check the websites for the Port Authority (GW Bridge) and the NYS Thruway Authority (TZ) before you go for lane closure and construction info. Watch out if the Holland Tunnel has significant closures -- the traffic will tend to move up to the GW. I'll second Brett...

The Valobra shave stick works about as well as any soap in production and the almond scent is very clean and almost nonexistent (note that the Valobra soft soap is a completely diff product with a stronger bakery-like scent).

Placed an order last Friday and received it on Tuesday, with shipping confirmation and tracking info. Products of interest for SMF: Clubman, Florida Water, and about every pomade known.

IanM wrote:
Hope that's helpful.

Ian

It is. Thanks.

Great job.

If it's not too much trouble, could you post the equipment used?