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Shemen Zait said:
My bad,thinking of a farthing! Plus there were Irish & Scottish groats with different worth.
What do you store your Soaps in and lather in
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My bad,thinking of a farthing! Plus there were Irish & Scottish groats with different worth.
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I've got some rather nice glass lidded pots at 200ml. One of my favourite car wax manufacturers started out in these pots and so I've got a few spare (although their original glass pots are worth quite a bit on the second hand market now) and found a few empties along the way ...
Used previously for car wax homebrewing, I have some empties, so when I get a puck and nothing to keep it in, it gets pushed into one of these.
In such a pot, that's where I lather ... otherwise an old cereal bowl, a Habitat, don't you know
Used previously for car wax homebrewing, I have some empties, so when I get a puck and nothing to keep it in, it gets pushed into one of these.
In such a pot, that's where I lather ... otherwise an old cereal bowl, a Habitat, don't you know
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Since we're derailing the whole topic of discussion...Shemen Zait said:
The cheapest place to buy MWF in the UK is from here: http://www.carbolicsoap.com/mitchell-s-wool-fat-soap-range
Simple pounds/pence. No groats, bobs, guineas or farthings!
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Mr_Smartepants said:
Thanks Mr S
how are they with the barter system?
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I store mine in a coconut oil jar.
Lather in a mug. Currently bidding on a Old Spice shaving mug on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-OLD-SPICE-SHAVING-MUG-EARLY-AMERICAN-by-SHULTON-/261436551921?pt=UK_Collectables_Barber_Shop_Collectables_LE&hash=item3cded532f1
Lather in a mug. Currently bidding on a Old Spice shaving mug on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-OLD-SPICE-SHAVING-MUG-EARLY-AMERICAN-by-SHULTON-/261436551921?pt=UK_Collectables_Barber_Shop_Collectables_LE&hash=item3cded532f1
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Any suitable container. If the soap doesn't come in a container then I reuse old soap or shaving cream pots or the wife's face / body cream pots. Haven't found the need to go out and buy anything for the job. Face lather.
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Al H said:
Yeah that's what I thought. One for a £5 atm that I'm watching.
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I store shaving soap in a small casserole dish with a lid. I use the dish as a lathering bowl, over a large cup filled with hot water like an alternative to a scuttle.
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gazza said:
If I think back to my academic days then I recall that barter is based on "double coincidence of wants" or something like that
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Dave Q said:
Kent shaving soap is the same stuff just rebranded.
It comes in a wooden bowl that works out far more reasonable than MWF.
The MWF can be grated into the bowl when you get some.
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IKEA sells Grundtal metal tins. Great for storing not too hard soaps, or grating harder soaps.