Klar Kabinette, Joris, & Coral Skin Food
A very nice shave indeed. Thanks to Dandaman for the pointer to Klar Kabinette. Above is the package, which arrived yesterday: two enormous bars of shaving soap with a very nice, clean fragrance. Total weight 1.1 lbs (500 g), total price $20: very economical.
I used the bar as a shave stick, though it would be easy to cut off a section and put it in a bowl—I’ll probably do that, in fact. I also tried loading the brush directly on the bar, which works fine. Excellent lather: thick, with the aforementioned clean fragrance.
Three passes with my Joris, which The Wife got for me in Paris. It carries a Swedish Gillette blade, and it did a fine job.
Finally, I ended the shave with Geo. F. Trumper’s Coral Skin Food, a very pleasant and effective shaving balm.
So… did you find any appreciable difference between Klar Kabinette and Klar Seifen?
Dandaman
8 April 2011 at 4:13 pm
Well, I’ll have to use them side by side, but certainly the fragrances strike me as similar—in the same family, at least. And KK is a bargain (1.1 lbs for $20) compared to KS (3.8 oz for $32 for Klassik, or $27 for Sport or Sandalwood—those last two I’ve not tried). I’ll try them side by side soon and see.
LeisureGuy
8 April 2011 at 8:37 pm
It’s nice to see you use Skin Food. It’s one of my top 3 favorite aftershaves. I even like it as a nightly moisturizer. It’s oil free so no fear of acne breakouts like so many balms do.
Anonymous
9 April 2011 at 8:10 pm