Barrister and Mann

I missed on a lot of B&M products in the past because I was listening to some jackass mod on a different forum, whom I thought was a friend.

He spewed so many lies about Will and his product that I didn't even wanted to touch it. Eventually, I realized what was going on and figured that it was just about sour grapes and competition. Plus the jackass wasn't really a friend

It was a valuable lesson. B&M products are of the highest quality and I'm glad I found them.

I don't even know why I wrote this post, but I feel much better

Now Hector, tell me how you really feel

Hector, can you elaborate on who the jackass is ?

I have first really started to buy artisan soaps after Will was banned from TSN, so don't really know much about what was going on there......

I now mostly buy artisan soaps, of the last 125 of my soaps, the 100 or more have been artisan soaps.

I'm so glad I'm not too keyed into the politics of all of this.

Through a stroke of luck, I found DFS as the first foray back into 'traditional' wet shaving after the Method Shaving products I was using became unavailable.

The first 'artisan' soap I tried was Barrister_N_Mann Another stroke of luck.

I've interacted with Will about soaps, fragrances, lathering, etc., and have found him to be unfailingly generous with his time and advice.

I've tried many other artisan soaps, MW, PAA, Mikes, Caties, Stirling, etc., etc., and they're all very fine.

But the Barrister soaps? Just a cut above.

And, given my experience with the new base: the 42, the Adagio, and the latest Beaudelaire, I'm hard pressed to name another soap that surpasses it-and I have all the usual suspects, MdC, AdP, Nuávia, ABC, XPec, etc., etc. All wonderful soaps, don't get me wrong, but for the price and the quality, what Will has done is special.

I'm so glad I'm not too keyed into the politics of all of this.

Through a stroke of luck, I found DFS as the first foray back into 'traditional' wet shaving after the Method Shaving products I was using became unavailable.

The first 'artisan' soap I tried was Barrister_N_Mann  Another stroke of luck.

I've interacted with Will about soaps, fragrances, lathering, etc., and have found him to be unfailingly generous with his time and advice.

I've tried many other artisan soaps, MW, PAA, Mikes, Caties, Stirling, etc., etc., and they're all very fine.

But the Barrister soaps? Just a cut above.

And, given my experience with the new base: the 42, the Adagio, and the latest Beaudelaire, I'm hard pressed to name another soap that surpasses it-and I have all the usual suspects, MdC, AdP, Nuávia, ABC, XPec, etc., etc. All wonderful soaps, don't get me wrong, but for the price and the quality, what Will has done is special.

Is is a very well thought out post. Excellent.

And yes, strokes of luck. Hope you're playing the lottery, sir.

Barrister_N_Mann Have the BR shipped yet? Didn't get a shipping notice and the site for my order says no....

Barrister_N_Mann Have the BR shipped yet? Didn't get a shipping notice and the site for my order says no....

Hi, it just opened for preorder and will start shipping September 10.

Barrister_N_Mann Have the BR shipped yet? Didn't get a shipping notice and the site for my order says no....

Hi, it just opened for preorder and will start shipping September 10.

Oh jeez. September 10th. Somewhere in my brain that was August 10th...

Thanks!

One of these days I'll have to pick up a tub from IB and see what the B&M buzz is all about.

Stay classy Will, you always have been.

Hmmm...I'll have to look up Petrichor.  That brings me to an issue I've encountered several times.  I would love to be able to access B&M's website documentation on discontinued or out-of-season products.  I understand that it would probably be confusing to remain visible on the site when they're not for sale, but an archived or database would nice to access.  Does something like this already exist?  Google cache doesn't work for the older ones.

It does not exist. The amount of work required to put everything together is simply beyond my capability for the time being. However, this list was compiled some time ago. It's now out of date, but at least it's a starting point.

That's reminds me of a question. Is Solstice one that could possibly make an appearance again?

It could? I'm not sure that it will, but it could. It's one of paula@barristerandmann.com's personal favorites, and I have been known in the past to bring back scents simply because my mother loves them. We'll see.

I'm so glad I'm not too keyed into the politics of all of this.

Through a stroke of luck, I found DFS as the first foray back into 'traditional' wet shaving after the Method Shaving products I was using became unavailable.

The first 'artisan' soap I tried was Barrister_N_Mann  Another stroke of luck.

I've interacted with Will about soaps, fragrances, lathering, etc., and have found him to be unfailingly generous with his time and advice.

I've tried many other artisan soaps, MW, PAA, Mikes, Caties, Stirling, etc., etc., and they're all very fine.

But the Barrister soaps? Just a cut above.

And, given my experience with the new base: the 42, the Adagio, and the latest Beaudelaire, I'm hard pressed to name another soap that surpasses it-and I have all the usual suspects, MdC, AdP, Nuávia, ABC, XPec, etc., etc. All wonderful soaps, don't get me wrong, but for the price and the quality, what Will has done is special.

Thank you very much for your kind words, Michael. It's been an absolute pleasure to speak with you.

Barrister_N_Mann Have the BR shipped yet? Didn't get a shipping notice and the site for my order says no....

Barrister_N_Mann Have the BR shipped yet? Didn't get a shipping notice and the site for my order says no....

Hi, it just opened for preorder and will start shipping September 10.

Barrister_N_Mann Have the BR shipped yet? Didn't get a shipping notice and the site for my order says no....

Hi, it just opened for preorder and will start shipping September 10.

Oh jeez. September 10th. Somewhere in my brain that was August 10th...

Thanks!

Sorry to disappoint, Spencer. The product isn't technically finished yet (labeling delays). But it will begin shipping on September 10th. And Lavender and Fern are scheduled to be ready for November 1st, which is very exciting!

One of these days I'll have to pick up a tub from IB and see what the B&M buzz is all about.

Stay classy Will, you always have been.

Thank you very much, Bruce. Please let me know if you have any questions on the subject.

Apologies if you have given an update on this earlier, Will, but from a previous post of yours I had thought that you had everything sorted with BR shipping to Europe, and I was do'h'd to see it wasn't when I entered BR website yesterday or the day before. Where is the case at for the moment, is it a 'shipping alcohol out of the US' issue or a 'EU product approval' one?