Tabac Convert
- Thread starter razorhead63
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I’ve found the majority of my stash and
it’s the old tallow formula, anyone know when they changed?
Ventastic
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Mine from 2 weeks ago via amazon are also the old formula. Restock via that source is 01.08 so probably the new one then.
donnie_arko
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Not according to the user at B&B who posted up their experience of the new lather, and they said it is poor.
They have taken out the tallow and coconut oil and replaced it with lauric acid.
HereticHermit
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Objectively speaking, when pitted against artisan soaps, Tabac did not really ran circles around them but it was good for the price. I have only two jars in stock and not sure if am going to miss it.
At best an above average performer in previous incarnation, I don't think it will get any better without tallow.
At best an above average performer in previous incarnation, I don't think it will get any better without tallow.
donnie_arko
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I find Tabac to be a good soap, I prefer the lather of MWF, but I really like the size of the Tabac shaving stick for loading directly to the face for building a lather.
donnie_arko
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How big are your Tabac reserves?
I'm seriously considering getting a few years worth of tallow shaving sticks. Palmolive went last year I think, tallow Tabac probably this year, Wilkinson Sword I think has gone as well, pretty much just leaves Speick as the last standing German tallow shaving stick.
Missoni
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...enougth to give me that warm fuzzy feeling
, but not the freezer-full that a guy over at B&B has. I stocked-up at the begining of the pandemic; ...not having enougth toilet rolls did not bother me...wheras not having enougth Tabac did!
donnie_arko
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Ah good to hear. I'm trying to decide what number will give me the same fuzzy feeling....enougth to give me that warm fuzzy feeling
That guy on B&B was seen as a mad man, now he's seen as a prophet.
I love German Tallow shaving sticks. On the days I want a no fuss shave, a shave stick like the classics (Palmolive, Tabac etc) and a boar brush is a superb combination, finish it with either Benjamins Bay Rum, Superdrug Forest Fresh or Brut.
I've never been that bothered by artisan shaving soaps, the landscape without the German classics will be all the worse for someone like me. I like these humble classics, and I am sad to seem them slowly going one by one.
Time to hoard I guess!
Missoni
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...I share your fondness of German Tallow soaps...I ended up stocking-up on Arko, Palmolive, Tabac, Haslinger, WS, Cela and Vitos - all thankfully relatively inexpensive, or they were, when I purchased - they work great for me. I am of an age where Brutt 33, Pashana or the like, smell nuanced and subtle rather than overpowering so Tabac and Arko's scent are just fine. Thanfully, I suspect the Turks will not be getting rid of Arko, but who knows, but the rest have either gone or there continued production is not assured...
RussellR5555
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Anyone actually tried the new version ? I would be interested to see a proper comparison from someone who has used both.