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Post by wchnu on Jan 12, 2010 7:20:40 GMT -5
Very cool as a Barbershop soap it might have just been a generic scented soap Fuzzy That was my thoughts as well. Great minds think alike. How does it compare to the newer colgate that I sent? Fuzzy |
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Post by etoyoc on Jan 12, 2010 13:05:43 GMT -5
its hard to say... the old cake had to be soaked, the more modern shavings did not. So the technique to lather was different, but I suppose the final lather was similar.
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Post by rocketman on Jan 12, 2010 13:30:50 GMT -5
How old do you figure this Colgate soap of yours is Etoyoc??
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Post by etoyoc on Jan 12, 2010 16:30:11 GMT -5
As far as I can tell, there are no dates or useful codes on the roll. It came with a reproduction of a 1944 advertisement that showed the same packaging roll, so that would give a general idea. Now how long they packaged the soap like that, I am not sure. However, the soap has Colgate-Palmolive Co. on it without any mention of Peet (it was Colgate-Palmolive-Peet from 1928-1953). So I am guessing that it would have been made after 1953, unless the soap never mentioned Peet. Here is the original eBay auction. With shipping, each cake is less than $3, so that wasn't too bad for something that isn't available any more. cgi.ebay.com/8-1944-Colgate-Tonsorial-Shaving-Cakes-Promo-Sign_W0QQitemZ380189035733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5885084cd5 |
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Post by rocketman on Jan 12, 2010 22:01:47 GMT -5
Cool information. That is really something to come up with soap like that to use. You are braver than I am though - I recall now seeing that on the Bay but the one picture of the unwrapped soap looked positively scary!!!
Sounds like it was worth the trouble and dough though.
Enjoy yer soapin!
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Post by etoyoc on Jan 13, 2010 6:07:19 GMT -5
Cool information. That is really something to come up with soap like that to use. You are braver than I am though - I recall now seeing that on the Bay but the one picture of the unwrapped soap looked positively scary!!! Sounds like it was worth the trouble and dough though. Enjoy yer soapin! When I looked closely at the pic, I concluded that it wasn't mold, just junk on the surface. So I bought in on the assumptions that A) it would only be on the outer cakes, and B) that it would clean off. Assumptions proved correct and it lathered great again this morning. |
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Post by wchnu on Jan 13, 2010 6:12:04 GMT -5
Cool information. That is really something to come up with soap like that to use. You are braver than I am though - I recall now seeing that on the Bay but the one picture of the unwrapped soap looked positively scary!!! Sounds like it was worth the trouble and dough though. Enjoy yer soapin! When I looked closely at the pic, I concluded that it wasn't mold, just junk on the surface. So I bought in on the assumptions that A) it would only be on the outer cakes, and B) that it would clean off. Assumptions proved correct and it lathered great again this morning. I would think that as a barbershop product it would be a basic soap also.. amazing how something that was a low end product can give such good service this many years later. Fuzzy |
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