The Italian Barber

• The Italian Barber by Mikekoz13 on 28 Nov, 2012 12:55
• I just placed my first order with "The Italian Barber". (www.italianbarber.com)
  
  I'm just about done with all the shave soaps that I currently have so I wanted to stock up..... a nice little early Christmas present to myself.
  Here's what I ordered:
  
  RazoRock Fresco Shaving Cream Soap
  RazoRock Classic Shave Cream
  Proraso Menthol and Eucalyptus Shave Cream
  Cella Shave Cream
  
  This guy has really good prices on these items right now.
• #1 by OzSly on 28 Nov, 2012 18:14
• G'Day Mike,
  
  Thanks for the website mate, had a look at it. Some great stuff there and the best part they ship to Australia.   
• #2 by Bluebriz on 28 Nov, 2012 19:40
• It's a great website with fantastic products, and the proprietor Joe is fantastic to deal with.  Enjoy your new stuff.  Be sure to post up some pics and thoughts when you start using them!
• #3 by warhawk on 29 Nov, 2012 21:48
• Hi Mike:  The Italian Barber is a great vendor that offers great shaving products.  Mike... I hear nothing but great things about the Cella.  Keep us posted and I look forward to reading your reviews of the Cella and the Razorock products.
  
  WARHAWK
• #4 by Bluebriz on 18 Dec, 2012 23:50
• Hi Mike, how are you doing with those soaps and croaps?
  
  I love the Proraso and Cella, but haven't tried the others, so am interested in hearing how they're working out for you.
• #5 by Mikekoz13 on 19 Dec, 2012 05:41
• Quote from: Bluebriz on 18 Dec, 2012 23:50

  Hi Mike, how are you doing with those soaps and croaps?
  
  I love the Proraso and Cella, but haven't tried the others, so am interested in hearing how they're working out for you.
  

  
  Hi Brian-
  
  I've used the Cella and Proraso multiple times each. I posted reviews on the Forum on both of them in the last week or so. (Love them both)
  
  Proraso may have the best and creamiest lather of any soap I've used. Oh but the Cella....... I love that stuff.
  
  I haven't used the two RazoRock soaps yet. I've been trying to hold out on trying them until my 12 day break over Christmas and New years. BUT.... just this AM I finished up my tub of RazoRock XXX  so I'll be opening one of the new RazoRocks tomorrow evening or Friday AM.
  
  I'll post a review after I've tried it (them).
• #6 by Bluebriz on 19 Dec, 2012 17:43
• Where are those reviews Mike?  I haven't come across them but I only really view this forum on my phone so navigation isn't great!
• #7 by Mikekoz13 on 20 Dec, 2012 05:31
• Quote from: Bluebriz on 19 Dec, 2012 17:43

  Where are those reviews Mike?  I haven't come across them but I only really view this forum on my phone so navigation isn't great!
  

  
  I see that you found them!! One kilo order of Cella? That's a lot of shave soap! I'll have to check it out.
• #8 by gutsygirl on 24 Feb, 2013 23:04
• I just ordered my DE and Razorock and Cella from the ItalianBarber so I am looking forward to the step up in shaving extravagance.  LOL.
• #9 by Crowbar on 12 Jun, 2013 07:52
• Quote from: gutsygirl on 24 Feb, 2013 23:04

  I just ordered my DE and Razorock and Cella from the ItalianBarber so I am looking forward to the step up in shaving extravagance.  LOL.
  

  
  How did you end up going all of that gutsygirl? and the DE?
• #10 by Crowbar on 12 Jun, 2013 07:53
• Also I am wondering with a soap like Cella, If I bought 1kg, can a lump be chopped off then heated and softened so that it could be put into the red containers it usually comes in? Or would that wreck it??
• #11 by Bluebriz on 13 Jun, 2013 22:31
• Quote from: Crowbar on 12 Jun, 2013 07:53

  Also I am wondering with a soap like Cella, If I bought 1kg, can a lump be chopped off then heated and softened so that it could be put into the red containers it usually comes in? Or would that wreck it??
  

  
  I'm not sure how well heating it would work out, but Cella is a soft soap.  You could break or cut some off and then just mould it into a red container pretty easily.
• #12 by gutsygirl on 03 Jul, 2013 23:54
• I've seen the cella and others like it be wet then molded into new containers but I've never seen a soft soap microwaved/heated. I believe you can do it with some of the hard shave soaps, however.
• #13 by tomcj2 on 05 Jul, 2013 07:00
• You can only heat glycerin soaps.  A microwave oven for 15 seconds at a time normally works.  If you try to micro a tallow based soap it will burn and be ruined.  If you want to reshape tallow, use a food grater and then press it into the new container.