Vintage? That's the Good Stuff. I mean NO! Don't carve off a little and test shave with it. If it's as dry as the stick I found it will crumble or powder like well aged Parmesan cheese. Since it's not available except when someone finds a stash tucked away from decades ago, you don't want to find out how good it is. If you are a fan of Modern Williams it will make you question why they reformulated.
I've been curious, but not $25/puck curious about the vintage OS soap. One day I may luck up on one. That's how my vintage Williams happened - found most of a stick at a thrift/antique market. It was only six or seven bucks and I'm glad I got to try it. Still have half of it since I've used it and shared samples with a couple TSD members. Modern Williams can be used as shave soap, but it's not the same quality as other products available. I'd rather use ARKO or Palmolive for a budget lather. You really ought to scrape of a sample of that Vintage and give it a try. I'm curious to see if you think it compares to vintage Old Spice for lather quality. Might change my mind about looking for the Shulton soap if the old Williams is better.
You need to have both. If you can find them at a reasonable price there’s room in your den for a vintage puck of Williams and a vintage puck of Old Spice.
There was a "cup soap" a "mug soap" and a "barbershop" afaik. I'll tag Fuzzy in here he has more knowledge about it than I do. @wchnu Don't mean to detail this thread too much.
It's just recycled electrons. Bring on the details! If Fuzzy @wchnu has some specialized knowledge and cares to share I'd like to know.
I didn’t know there were different versions. I picked up a puck one time and besides not being able to make a good lather, the smell was pretty bad so I chucked it in the trash. Maybe I just had a bad one.
