Barrister & Mann Teams Up with Stirling Soaps

Here's the latest from Will Carius at Barrister & Mann. ShaveSplash will be interviewing Will for more details in the coming days. "In the wake of my announcement earlier this week about moving production to Stirling Soap, folks pointed out that I was a little less clear than I could have been. So I wanted to offer a few points of note regarding the move:

I did not sell Barrister and Mann to Stirling. Apart from the fact that the soap will now be made at Stirling's facility in Arkansas, the two companies will remain separate. This is not an unusual arrangement; many cosmetics and shaving companies in the US have their products made by third parties. Most of them are just less transparent about it.

I will teach the folks at Stirling how to make our products using our formulas, on our equipment, and with our materials. There will be no changes to formulation, to the bases used for our products, or to other any aspect of Barrister and Mann apart from the production location. Stirling products will not use Barrister and Mann bases/formulations either.

We are not shutting down, nor are we leaving the soap business.

Fulfillment will continue from Square1 in Missouri. Any orders that you receive from Barrister and Mann will come from the Missouri warehouse, not from Stirling.

I will continue to compose and blend new and existing fragrances from my studio in Massachusetts. I am in no way separating from the company, and this will remain my full-time employment for the foreseeable future.

We expect to start restocking soaps and other products in February. 🙂"