Hello from Italy

Would a refill wrapped in paper weight less and be cheaper to ship? Thus helping your profits when people get free shipping?

Not really. For a single refill, shipping 400 grams (which is the minimum) is about the same as shipping a whole packaging (800 grams). Things start to improve with two refills, that is again 400 grams against 1600. It's a long trip after all.

Would a refill wrapped in paper weight less and be cheaper to ship? Thus helping your profits when people get free shipping?

Not really. For a single refill, shipping 400 grams (which is the minimum) is about the same as shipping a whole packaging (800 grams). Things start to improve with two refills, that is again 400 grams against 1600. It's a long trip after all.

Good to know, I think those of use with pots already would go for 2-3 refills at a time... I use my blu and rossa at a similar rate (i alternate) and would most likely find myself running out at the same time.

Thanks for entertaining our questions and the thoughtful answers!

Marco, welcome to DFS! I think you find this place very nice and unique, in the sense of the interaction between the merchants and the rest of the membership here at DFS. It's great!

I'm still enjoying Nuàvia Blu and Rossa! I also have a few of the PannaCrema tallow shaving soaps(San Francesco, Vetiver, and Labdano.) These are very good as well and I enjoy them very much. The tallow soaps are not as special as Nuàvia, but maybe a little more accessible for folks to try the PannaCrema products. Good stuff!

PannaCrema, Marco,

Thank you for re-posting your extremely well thought out shaving method. I am unable to read everything every day so I do miss some important postings.

I printed out your instructions and taped them to my mirror.
Over a three day period I followed them to the letter.
In all cases I used  single edge razors that I know are capable of providing BBS shaves. Two GEMs and a Schick.
I used a cream, a croap and a soap. My brushes were a Silver Tip and a Finest badger and a Stirling Synthetic.

I guess whoever coined the phrase "Different strokes for different folks." was a wet shaver.
Except for a few of my 83 years between birth and bristle,  shaving was a daily chore. It gave me no satisfaction or enjoyment.
Then about four years ago I fell afoul of wet or traditional shaving and it became the highlight of each day.

My method in some ways is similar to yours but I will use water if I feel the need for it. It is not taboo.
I do not try to make lather peaks that emulate the Alps. I feel that most of the lather that does not touch my face is a waste that is washed down the drain.
I do, however, want sufficient lather to give me an opaque coating that is slippery enough to allow my razor to glide over my stubble and not make my  face feel dry and desirous of getting me and my razor far away as soon as possible.

My conclusion. Your excellent method is a panacea and a joy for some, indeed, many folks.
It simply does not work for me. It takes the pleasure out of my daily shave.
For me it is too dry.

Thank you, PannaCrema, Marco.

The only Italian I speak is what I acquired from lifelong friends and now, a couple of relatives.

Ciao,

Mickey

Mickey,

thank you very much for trying the dry method and for doing it so meticulously. I use this method every day and it works for me, it even helped in turning a bad soap into a decent one. But we're all different and your experience is a further evidence of that. That's the joy of life after all!

As long the Italian language goes, no worries, it is only useful if you visit Italy, the only place where it is spoken, other than in Switzerland. And even in Italy, before the '50s, few people were able to speak a correct Italian, actually most people in the different regions of Italy used to speak a different dialect, which made the communications pretty difficult. What has really unified and standardized the language has been... the advent of the television!
The adoption of a "high level" language was in line with the pedagogical function then assigned to television.

All the best,
M.

Marco,

In Toronto where I was born in 1932 and still live there were and usually still are  many ethnic neighbourhoods.
My neighbourhood was 50/50 Italian and Jewish. It was a natural thing and we all stood up for each other and lived together in happy harmony.
We tended to pick up some of our neighbours language and culture and they ours.
Toronto still works that way. It makes for an appreciation and understanding of diverse peoples and cultures.
I can visit almost any place on earth right here in my home town.
It is said that Toronto has more ethnicities and languages than any place on earth and we all appreciate and learn from each other.
We also find that with very rare exceptions we all blend together seamlessly.
It can also be great fun --- and sometimes confusion.

Mickey

Marco,

In Toronto where I was born in 1932 and still live there were and usually still are  many ethnic neighbourhoods.
My neighbourhood was 50/50 Italian and Jewish. It was a natural thing and we all stood up for each other and lived together in happy harmony.
We tended to pick up some of our neighbours language and culture and they ours.
Toronto still works that way. It makes for an appreciation and understanding of diverse peoples and cultures.
I can visit almost any place on earth right here in my home town.
It is said that Toronto has more ethnicities and languages than any place on earth and we all appreciate and learn from each other.
We also find that with very rare exceptions  we all blend together seamlessly.
It can also be great fun --- and sometimes confusion.

Mickey

I have lived in Toronto and how true that is Mickey. I live in Vancouver now, but I sure miss multiethnic TO.

Hi all,

this is Marco, I live in Italy and I make shaving soaps for a living. I think most people use too much water for lathering so I became a dry-lathering fanatic

See you on these screens!

Welcome to DFS Marco! Good to have you aboard.