I have two Yardley bowls, both found "in the wild". One was partially used and I am enjoying the fine shaves it gives. The other is still sealed in plastic (cellophane?) and was found in this nice set:
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Congratulations on that find!
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Beautiful set!
I'm in deep envy of that cologne... Talc I have, AS I have, SOAP - I have... but cologne of that generation... I no gots.
I was going to start a thread entitled "show us your vintage shaving soap." Then I became worried that if you posted in the thread, you would crash the server.
Really, you collection is quite impressive!
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I was going to start a thread entitled "show us your vintage shaving soap." Then I became worried that if you posted in the thread, you would crash the server.
Really, you collection is quite impressive!
I don't think I'd be crashing any servers!
I've resolved to catalogue it, though.
I'm not entirely sure I know all of what I have at this point - and I want to add to the "ancient and [nearly] forgotten tallow soap compendium."
You'll like this, Dave - I recently got a very cool Potter & Moore shaving stick in a glass jar (a la Yardley English Lavender) - and the scent remains!
*cough* self-delusion *cough*
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I have two Yardley bowls, both found "in the wild". One was partially used and I am enjoying the fine shaves it gives. The other is still sealed in plastic (cellophane?) and was found in this nice set:
Holy Schnikeys! that is a beauty of a set. One can only hope, to find such a thing someday.
The connection to the past is one of the things that brought me here to B&B in the first place, of those that I have, I love the vintage soaps!
Jon...I'd love to see a photo tableau of some of your soap gems. Some day maybe I'll find something in the wild, so I won't have to hit the
"Ludicrous Bid" button on e-bay to get some.
Very nice! Is the scent similar to the Yardley shave stick you have with the scent still remaining?
I have two Yardley bowls, both found "in the wild". One was partially used and I am enjoying the fine shaves it gives. The other is still sealed in plastic (cellophane?) and was found in this nice set:
That's really nice. The largest antique place nearby didn't really have anything shave-wise except a decent ball end old type, which i picked up for $6, and an older Yardley gift box. i tried to not get too excited about seeing the Yardley box figuring it'd be hand soap or something else; seeing as how disappointing the shaving inventory was, but when they took it out of the glass case and opened it up [Pause for dramatic affect]... it was full of postcards and pictures. slakjdfska;jfsalkhdfas;kldj!!!
I got mine for $2! 
I love antique malls!
I love antique malls!
A bowl just sold on the Bay this morning for $70.25 + $8.50 shipping. 
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prices are coming back... looked for a bit that Old Spice shaving soap was going to become dearer than Yardley!
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