Just to make you jealous

**Stauff** · 11-25-2006, 09:53 AM

Today I discovered a brand new store in downtown Antwerp, 'The Clean Shave', that carries full ranges of DR Harris and Taylor of old Bond Street.
I stood there at the window, just drooling at Harris' lavender soap and TOBS' St-James aftershave. No more shipping costs and delays for me.
With the addition of this store, I now have at walking distance from my home the full shaving products range of Trumper, C&E, DR Harris, and Taylors. Not to mention Proraso, Speick, Cella, Golddachs and Tabac.
Life can be good. Or at least shaving can be.

**Razorlite** · 11-25-2006, 10:10 AM

I want to live there too!!!

**kuzmo** · 11-25-2006, 11:54 AM

Wow Frederik that's great! Do they also have Trumper's?

**castlecraver** · 11-25-2006, 11:55 AM

And to think, I only make it a point to live within walking distance of a good bar...

**Nick75** · 11-25-2006, 12:59 PM

On the down side, I guess after that discovery your bank balance is going to decrease at quite a steady rate over the next few months....

...oh heck, I may as well admit it... I'm jealous.

**crackstar** · 11-25-2006, 01:06 PM

Frederik, I love Cella, Tabac soap, Speick and Golddachs, what are the prices of those brands over there in Antwerp?

Jeff

**Razorlite** · 11-25-2006, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by crackstar

Frederik, I love Cella, Tabac soap, Speick and Golddachs, what are the prices of those brands over there in Antwerp?

Jeff

Me too!! Tabac seems to be really hard to find (soap bowl variant) here in England, does anyone know where I can get some at a good price? (ebay has some but shipping is far too high.)

**htownmmm** · 11-25-2006, 03:32 PM

Yep, Frederik- I am absolutely jealous, but happy for you!

Marty

**Stauff** · 11-26-2006, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by crackstar

Frederik, I love Cella, Tabac soap, Speick and Golddachs, what are the prices of those brands over there in Antwerp?

Jeff

Tabac: bowl=14 euro, refill=6 euro
Golddachs= 20 euro (in the tin), refills are way cheaper
Cella=7 euro
Speick=8 euro

**Stauff** · 11-26-2006, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by kuzmo

Wow Frederik that's great! Do they also have Trumper's?

within one sq mile: three stores w/ full Trumper range. One of them also carries Penhaligons and Floris.

**Magruder** · 11-26-2006, 07:33 AM

It worked, Frederik, I'm jealous.

But surely someday there'll be a superb shaving cream made right here in Kansas...

**crackstar** · 11-26-2006, 08:51 AM

damn, that's kind of expensive for some of the stuff, although Golddachs is worth it.

Jeff

**Stauff** · 11-26-2006, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Magruder

It worked, Frederik, I'm jealous.

But surely someday there'll be a superb shaving cream made right here in Kansas...

Yeah, right...

**1 st class mail** · 11-26-2006, 02:33 PM

I'm envious, in Chicago we have a little of the top self products all at smallflower.com in their store you can buy many products, but nothing like you. Hope your bank account can handle the temptations.

**Phog Allen** · 11-26-2006, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Stauff

I now have at walking distance from my home the full shaving products range of Trumper, C&E, DR Harris, and Taylors. Not to mention Proraso, Speick, Cella, Golddachs and Tabac.

Blackheart.

Regards, Todd

**fuerein** · 11-27-2006, 09:53 AM

lucky... I suppose if I were to move there, I'd have to learn Belgian? (Time for stereotypical American comment) Why can't everyone just speak English?!

**drP** · 11-27-2006, 12:08 PM

Frederik,

Only software or hardware as well??

Peter

**Stauff** · 11-28-2006, 05:23 AM

Peter,

In Antwerp I can find Merkur razors, TOBS (Vulfix) brushes, Plisson, Muehle and Merkur/Dovo brushes, Dovo and TI straight razors, trumper (EJ) razors. In Brussels there is a store that carries Merkur and Simpsons.
That's not too bad IMO.

**Stauff** · 11-28-2006, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by fuerein

lucky... I suppose if I were to move there, I'd have to learn Belgian? (Time for stereotypical American comment) Why can't everyone just speak English?!

That would be Dutch (or Flemish, which is a regional variety of Dutch), French (spoken in the South) or German (spoken in the east by appr. 70,000 people). But luckily we do all speak English.

**fuerein** · 11-28-2006, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by Stauff

That would be Dutch (or Flemish, which is a regional variety of Dutch), French (spoken in the South) or German (spoken in the east by appr. 70,000 people). But luckily we do all speak English.

Oh, for some reason I was thinking Belgian was a language... Opps, guess I learned something today.