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Featured Field Note · Ingredients & Traditions

Looking Beyond Tallow: Why We’re Exploring Duck Fat Soap

Tallow helped reopen the conversation around traditional animal-fat soap. We’re exploring where duck fat might take that tradition next—and why it fits the Feather Lakes approach to American natural goods.

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Men’s Field Goods · Wet Shaving & Traditions

Duck Fat Shaving Soap: Looking Beyond Tallow in Traditional Wet Shaving

An old shaving ritual, an unexpected animal fat and a new direction for Feather Lakes Men’s Field Goods. We look at duck fat’s rise in artisan wet shaving and why the story goes beyond simply making another tallow soap.

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