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malocchio
06-13-2012, 07:54 PM
I am assuming this is a stick...anyone have experience with this one from Greece ?
7 O Menthol
06-13-2012, 08:06 PM
Quick - somebody get Nick in here to try this out... it could be a match made in heaven! :lol:
GreekGuy
06-13-2012, 08:07 PM
I'm not familiar with this one :w00t:
mblakele
06-13-2012, 08:17 PM
"Splendid" brand?

The top looks narrow for a stick. I think the third word is soap, but I would not swear that it is meant for shaving.
djh
06-13-2012, 08:45 PM
I believe that it is soap for removing blood stains from a toga.....




but I could be wrong. :blush:
GreekGuy
06-13-2012, 08:48 PM
I believe that it is soap for removing blood stains from a toga.....

Youre probably right :lol:
Kostas1
06-13-2012, 08:51 PM
It says ideal/specific shave soap...based on the brand and packaging, may actually be made in Greece.
malocchio
06-14-2012, 10:27 AM
got some new info...yes ,it is manufactured in greece,some bizarre "powdered" form of shaving soap !...mix with water and whip with brush...not too good from what I hear,and now possibly discontinued,but still on sale at global ebay..
mblakele
06-14-2012, 02:44 PM
It might be worth a try anyway. Shaving soap powders used to be fairly popular, or at least widely marketed.

http://books.google.com/books?id=1lQxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA171&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0UkMAUfwa-auiNdKM5u_8FsQHZeA&ci=24%2C44%2C923%2C1028&edge=0 (http://books.google.com/books?id=1lQxAQAAMAAJ&dq=shaving%20soap%20powder&pg=PA171&ci=24%2C44%2C923%2C1028&source=bookclip)

Here is a recipe ca. 1912.

http://books.google.com/books?id=UQuAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA430&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U1kLLC2YvMFRtpLDEgjBVt4LN1soQ&ci=136%2C201%2C812%2C888&edge=0 (http://books.google.com/books?id=UQuAAAAAMAAJ&dq=shaving%20soap%20powder&pg=PA430&ci=136%2C201%2C812%2C888&source=bookclip)
oversaturn
06-14-2012, 02:58 PM
got some new info...yes ,it is manufactured in greece,some bizarre "powdered" form of shaving soap !...mix with water and whip with brush...not too good from what I hear,and now possibly discontinued,but still on sale at global ebay..

it would not be the first one.

Shaving soap in "powder form" was something very popular among Portuguese barbers, specially in the 1940's.

Here's a photo:


http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k559/ruimiguelcunha/photo11.jpg


Recognise the design from anywhere? Looks familiar?
Well, the current packages of the "O Melhor" line of shaving products, by Confiança (Portugal) is based in the package of this old "powder soap for shaving", from the 1940's. :001_smile How cool is that? :thumbup1:



http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i338/ejcoelho/P1060304.jpg
Kostas1
06-14-2012, 03:02 PM
It might be worth a try anyway. Shaving soap powders used to be fairly popular, or at least widely marketed.


Will let you know in a couple of months. I'm planning on unleashing my ESPAD (European Shaving Product Acquisition Disorder) over there. :biggrin1: Seriously, if the past few months are any indication, I'll have to save half a suitcase for shaving stuff!