
I think that Meißner Tremonia has probably abandoned the US market. You’ll note that the label is in German, not English, unlike other Meißner Tremonia soap sold in the US — though this one still is available, from Smallflower, as reader Jean S-P pointed out. Smallflower also has Indian Flavour (whose fragrance is more appealing to me) and Mint Ice Menthol (haven’t tried), both with labels in German. And there are other signs of retreat: a couple of aftershaves (Salty Sea Sage, Strong ‘n Scottish) with no corresponding shaving soap.
The soap is somewhat less expensive than it seems: most soap is sold in a 4-oz puck, but Meißner Tremonia’s puck is 6.76 oz — almost 50% more — and it’s a hard puck (which also lathers wonderfully). Certainly the lather from the Dark Limes I used today was all that I could ask. The Italian-flag handle has the same knob base as yesterday’s brush — indeed the handle today, in shape, looks like the big brother of yesterday’s handle, a big brother who works out a lot.
Henson Shaving’s wonderful razor — this is the Medium — did an excellent job. This is a throughly modern razor, not a tweak on a vintage design, and I like it a lot. Three passes did a fine job, and then a splash of Geo. F. Trumper West Indian Extract of Limes finished the shave with style.