Strop Shoppe closing down.

Soaps were OK but overpriced. The ones I tried were nothing fantastic and I didn't care for most of the scents. I know they had stock issues with some vendors and didn't hear too many good things about their Customer Service.

I hope they closed on their own terms and wish the owners all the best. It's always sad to see an artisan go out of business.

You'd better have a darn good soap on the market for 20.00 with all the options available to today's wet shaver. These soaps were good but for that price they had better be phenomenal and they didn't fit that bill. Hard to justify that price with so many other options available that are not only cheaper, but perform as well and in many cases, better. As others have stated, we may have hit a saturation point in the "Artesian" world. Too many soaps, not enough capital to make the process of making and selling soap worth the time and effort. I suspect we will be seeing much more of this in 2016.....

Looking at this again, I'll have to agree with you guys. I didn't realize they were $20 a tub. A good soap, but not worth that price.

wyze0ne For me, that's $20US, which translates to $30.85 Canadian after conversion and taxes but not including shipping.

Pass.

wyze0ne For me, that's $20US, which translates to $30.85 Canadian after conversion and taxes but not including shipping.

Pass.

Yes. That's a pretty special price for a less than special soap. Good, but not premium IMHO.

I was wondering when this would happen to an artisan or two...or three.  Saturated market.  

One branding Haslinger for almost two months has opened my eyes.  I just don't have a desire to go back to the artisan soaps.  I have used CRSW, Mike's, Mystic, SdM and even the god revered Nuavia Red (which is a good soap) but none of those top Haslinger and Czech and Speake.

Total relief.

I'm right there with you vtmax

I only have this one, but plan on buying more when it is gone. The puck is small enough to fit in my antique scuttle.

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RIP-SS.

They were one of my top 3 makers [the tallow line]. $20 for something that last 6 months is too expensive? No way, even if there are less expensive alternatives. SS was an excellent soap.