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Posted by Gunny When I'm in a dreaming mood and imagine a world where time travel was possible a visit to the old barber shop I knew at 14 would be at the top of my list.
on 3/4/2007, 16:22:45, in reply to "Re: Buying the 5 Sticks of Sanhahl's Flat Top Wax"
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No, unfortunately, 25 years after the fact all the five tubes are gone. And I consider it a shame. For those who do not know either the original manufacturer reformulated the product in the 80's or someone purchased the name/business. I've owned some of the newly formulated sticks as well, but they are not the same. The currently available Standhal's is a poor mimic of its former self. Some of it is consistency -- I think the 50's-60's vintage was stiffer -- but I can live with that. What was lost in the transition was the scent. When you walked into a shop circa '60 the smell of the butch wax mixed with alcohol and bay rum was to my mind intoxicating and all pervasive.
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