T&H West Indian Limes

[dojohnso]

Curious about something, and you folks that use this cream would have the answer Im sure.

Bought a tub of this T&H West India Limes. Pretty watery. Used a stick and swirled it around to try to thicken it up. Didnt help a lot. I then put it in the fridge. That helped some, but not permanently.

Other than that, seems to lather extremely well. Didnt use it as the wife didnt like the smell much. Ill prob have to try the CF Limes and hope thats agreeable to her....

Anyway, thanks in advance for your feedback about consistency.

Doug

[moses]

Interesting. I have tried a sample from Scotto (which I am pretty sure would have been from a tub), and a tube that I bought. They were both about the same consistency, which was fairly substantial. That said, if it lathers well, shouldn't matter should it? My Taylor Avocado would pour if tipped, but I find it to be pretty great stuff....

[rvbert0]

My tube of Lime is definitely thicker than my tube of Taylor's Almond. It's not quite the thickness of C&E Almond, but it wasn't watery prior to my using it. I mean TUB.

[ada8356]

My Taylor Avocado would pour if tipped, but I find it to be pretty great stuff....

Interesting stuff. My certainly would not. I wonder what causes the viscosity differences?:confused:

[Austin]

Sometimes the tube creams are of different consistency than the tubs.

[jduffy]

Watery? Nope, not at all.

Love the stuff. Not quite as slick as say C&E Sweet Almond Oil but it's pretty darn close.

[scarface]

Heres a pic of the lime creams from the 3T's:

Left to right: Trumpers Limes, Taylors Limes and T&H west Indian Limes
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e125/myt_mouse28/IMG_0226.jpg

As you can see the T&H and Trumpers are very dense where as the Taylors is more fluid. However all of them work just as well when lathered up. I have heard from others that their Taylors lime looks more like my Trumpers limes so there is nothing to worry about. As long as it works why bother with it..

[rustyblade]

Haven't tried T&H Limes, I didn't like Taylor's Lemon Lime all that much. Trumper Limes is nice, it is very fragrant lime, slightly perfumed, definitely does not smell like "real" lime.

[NMMB]

I also find my T&H Limes cream to be thick and dense relative to my Taylors Lemon & Lime (which doesn't appear to be as thin as is sometimes mentioned by members here).

[scarface]

Haven't tried T&H Limes, I didn't like Taylor's Lemon Lime all that much. Trumper Limes is nice, it is very fragrant lime, slightly perfumed, definitely does not smell like "real" lime.

Out of the 3 Limes, T&H is by far my favourite followed by Trumpers. Richard you should really try it out some time I am sure you'll like it.

[dojohnso]

Just finished shaving with the T&H Limes, since the wife is outta town. Man, that stuff is watery, nothing firm like the above pix. But it lathers up like nobodys business.

Just FYI, I just got some Taylors avocado and its real thick. I also have the Taylors Sandalwood and some Trumpers coconut. All are real thick, just like the pix scarface shows. The T&H would pur right out if I let it.

Thanks all for your replies. Ill attach a pix here shortly.

[AandW]

Watery? Sounds like something is wrong. I've had two tubs of West Indian Limes and one tub of Trafalgar and none of them were watery.

[dojohnso]

Here are a couple pix:

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h296/dojohnso1/TH1.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h296/dojohnso1/TH2.jpg

Consistency is a bit but not by much thicker than pancake batter

[moses]

Almost exactly the same consistency as my Avocado. Interesting. Still, I wouldn't worry if it lathers up great.

[dojohnso]

moses, this is a bit off topic, but its my thread.
Read your post about the fella who is getting diminishing results after a couple weeks. I jumped around with blades 3 times during tonights shave trying to get the BBS shave again. Started with a derby, then went to a merkur, then feather. Im chasing the BBS now. Ill follow your advice and just stay with 1 blade brand for a month.....

[moses]

"It's my thread and I'll post if wanna.... Post if I wanna... Post if I wanna...."

Anyway. I would consider it strongly. I mean, like I said there, I am not expert. But that really helped me when I was having troubles. And I have heard a number of shave posters with much greater shaving lore suggest the same course of action. I used IPs, btw, but I doubt it matters that much. Derby would probably be another good bet. Even those Feathers, if relatively comfortable with them. It just really allowed my to focus on technique, without always having to figure out a different tool. My technique improved greatly as a result.

Oh, and it doesn't count unless you put that month's worth of same blades into the same razor. :hand: :wink:

[SLider]

This is one reason I've come to love Salter's so much. Moses' Taylor Avocado is runny and thin while mine is very dense (almost brick like). This thread points out different T&H consistencies, and it seems like the Trumpers can vary a lot too. Every tub of Salter's I've opened has had the same whipped, soft, and thick consistency to it. There never seems to be any difference from tub to tub.

[Austin]

This is one reason I've come to love Salter's so much. Moses' Taylor Avocado is runny and thin while mine is very dense (almost brick like). This thread points out different T&H consistencies, and it seems like the Trumpers can vary a lot too. Every tub of Salter's I've opened has had the same whipped, soft, and thick consistency to it. There never seems to be any difference from tub to tub.

The old Avocado formulation was thin as compared to the new formulation which is thick.

[NMMB]

This is one reason I've come to love Salter's so much. Moses' Taylor Avocado is runny and thin while mine is very dense (almost brick like). This thread points out different T&H consistencies, and it seems like the Trumpers can vary a lot too. Every tub of Salter's I've opened has had the same whipped, soft, and thick consistency to it. There never seems to be any difference from tub to tub.

I'm not sure here, but I do believe that T&H is known for being fairly consistent most of the time, isn't it?

[moses]

The old Avocado formulation was thin as compared to the new formulation which is thick.

Indeed, so I hear. Except that mine is new and thin.....

[Austin]

Indeed, so I hear. Except that mine is new and thin.....
Shane, I also have a new tub of Avocado and it's dense. My previous tub was thin.

[ouch]

Indeed, so I hear. Except that mine is new and thin.....

I have the old formulation and it's very thick.

[Stauff]

Following the example of the great Scotto, how about a limes' product comparison thread? I'd sure like to know how the different creams, soaps, AS's, balms and colognes perform. Why not begin with the creams?

[moses]

Frederik,

Interesting you mention that. I lack Scotto's expertise. I have, however, gathered all the major lime creams I can locate. (If there are others, someone could send me a sample to include, if they felt the need. I'd even send them a sample of anything in my inventory in return. But I'm not about to buy yet another lime cream). Castle Forbes, Coates, Trumpers, Truefitt & Hill, and the up and coming new world contender, SCS. I did not bother with Taylor, as it seems their least popular cream, and isn't straight lime anyway.

Once my SCS arrives, and the chaos of my current work week settles, I am planning to start a 5-way battle of the lime creams, with a new one each shave. Like I said, I am lacking in expertise, but will try to be as thorough as possible in my observations.

I leave the soaps and aftershave/colognes to someone else.

[Kyle Stoner]

My Salter Almond has become incredibly runny. It started out with a wonderful consistancy, but I believe that moisture has travelled to the cream from the brush and changed the consistancy - it will now actually pour if I let it. it is about like pancake batter, maybe a little thicker. But it jsut doesnt feel to be of the same quality as it was when it was new..i am always careful to make sure there is no excess moisture in my brush when i swirl it but maybe not careful enough?

[ouch]

Following the example of the great Scotto, how about a limes' product comparison thread? I'd sure like to know how the different creams, soaps, AS's, balms and colognes perform. Why not begin with the creams?

Great idea for a great scent.

[AandW]

My Salter Almond has become incredibly runny. It started out with a wonderful consistancy, but I believe that moisture has travelled to the cream from the brush and changed the consistancy - it will now actually pour if I let it. it is about like pancake batter, maybe a little thicker. But it jsut doesnt feel to be of the same quality as it was when it was new..i am always careful to make sure there is no excess moisture in my brush when i swirl it but maybe not careful enough?

Exactly this happened to my tub of T&H WIL. While it was intially thick, it did become rather "soupy" over time. Maybe your new tub of WIL was exposed to excess moisture somehow.