Agreed. A tighter lid is overdue.
I have a bottle of Glycerine I picked up cheap from the drug store. A few drops in either soap or cream helps soften it.
The New Look of Tabac
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Agreed. A tighter lid is overdue.
I have a bottle of Glycerine I picked up cheap from the drug store. A few drops in either soap or cream helps soften it.
Maurer and Wirtz probably feel that the Tabac stick is what you should use for travel since the container is plastic instead of glass. Also, they get to sell you another product. As far as drying out goes, I haven't had a problem with my puck. Then again, I have a hard time going more than a month of two with out breaking out my bowl of Tabac.
Love my Tabac, soap, AS and cologne.
Great scent and the soap lathers easily.
Great scent and the soap lathers easily.
+1 ... I had forgotten about the stick. Then again, when I travel, it's unlikely that Tabac would go with me in my Dopp kit.
I actually prefer the current lid. Easy on easy off, lets the soap dry
I think my dad may have used it in the 70's and I thought it kind of smelled old-fashioned then.
But if it's old-fashion long enough, it may well become fashionable again.
If it works for straight shaving, then why not for Tabac?
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I just can't justify the $25 price tag.
What's the jar, new or old, made of? Ceramic? Plastic? Other?
I don't mind the new logo, as long as they don't try changing the stuff inside.
Does the stick (in its container) also dry out? I recently got some but will use intermittently due to a massive inventory of other excellent soaps. So I could well have that sitting there for a few months between shaves.
Anything to be concerned about?
Anything to be concerned about?
I've never had a Tabac stick, but the product is the same as the shaving soap. Even if it does dry out, it will spring back to life the next time you use it.
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Noted, thanks!
I've dropped mine a couple of times and it survived without a scratch. Not so lucky with the bakelite(?) top, it has a big crack that runs from the outside edge to just past the center, but at least it hasn't gotten any worse since it first cracked about 3 years ago.
Why? I use it everywhere.
For one thing, the Tabac stick is very hard to come by here in the USA ... there was some kind of flap a few years ago where it got flagged by Customs, something about its packaging not being up to standards. Nobody really knows what the problem is, but we can't get it here anymore.
For another, when I travel, I like to keep it simple and bring as little as possible. With Tabac, I'd need to bring along my whole range of products, including the soap, cream, ASL, EdC/EdT, deodorant, etc. I'd need a whole suitcase just for my toiletries. And when I travel, I prefer unscented or neutral aromas, and Tabac certainly doesn't fit that bill.
The bowls are still available from many vendors.
The story regarding the USDA ban on the import of Tabac shaving sticks into the US was news to me, but I did some research.
The company that announced that Tabac shaving sticks could no longer be imported into the US (as they supposedly fell foul of USDA regulations regarding coloring agents used in the packaging), and that promised to get further information in August 2013, is still selling Tabac shaving sticks today.
Tabac seems to be easy enough to get in the US.
Maybe not as easy as Williams, but certainly easier than Martin de Candre.
Seems the crisis is over - or didn't even start.
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The company that announced that Tabac shaving sticks could no longer be imported into the US (as they supposedly fell foul of USDA regulations regarding coloring agents used in the packaging), and that promised to get further information in August 2013, is still selling Tabac shaving sticks today.
Tabac seems to be easy enough to get in the US.
Maybe not as easy as Williams, but certainly easier than Martin de Candre.
Seems the crisis is over - or didn't even start.
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