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    If you did a forum search for this with my name you'd find that I have mentioned that I did that for years. Ivory, Safeguard and finally Dove soap for 25 or 30 years, along with a brush I bought at Hoffritz for cutlery in '72 or'73. That along with a Gillette "Good News" twin blade disposable was my default shaving method. One ATG pass and called it good.

    In '06 I got 'bit by the bug' and started using quality soaps, brushes and razors. Once, just for kicks, after I'd been on the new path for awhile, I grabbed up the old Hoffritz brush and the bar of Dove. All I can say is I hope I never have to do that again.
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    Lived in a small coastal town (fishing village) in Korea 20-odd years ago. Never found shave soap, cream or canned goop. I recalled my father using hand soap on a hunting trip, when he forgot his shave cream. So, I used hand soap for a year. It "worked" - wouldn't want to do it again. (Locals shaved electrically, or used a disposable and hand soap when at the public bath house).
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
    Some bar soaps actually do work like glecerin based pears.
    Have always wanted to try Lava on the pretense that I could hone whilst shaving.
    Okay, I am off the floor from laughing so hard and wondering what grit Lava really is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
    Some bar soaps actually do work like glecerin based pears.
    Have always wanted to try Lava on the pretense that I could hone whilst shaving.
    And get a "finish" sanding on your face too!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 10Pups View Post
    Okay, I am off the floor from laughing so hard and wondering what grit Lava really is.
    I think its about 330. Not good for blade maintenance, but you could probably set your bevel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    In the Bargain Bin I doubt anything beats Williams at .98 per puck in fact Williams and learning to lather with Williams should almost be a "Right of Passage" for any new Wet Shaver

    Ivory doesn't have the Glide that actual shave soaps have JMHO
    Glen, as you may remember I started a 'war' here at SRP a few years ago when I was a newbie and had simply posted how I had been finding that buying the Williams Shaving Soap that I'd been using for 30 years was getting harder to find! I'd simply posted how I'd found a local grocery store that made a deal with me to buy the Williams for about $0.70 and I'd bought A LOT!

    I had no idea that there was such a 'Love/Hate' feeling!

    I have other soaps, but to keep all 'tests' consistent, I still use the one that I've now used for about 35 years!
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    Williams & VDH work great for me after running them through a cheese grater.I've tried hand soap and I'm not that desperate!

    Two years ago I didn't see the need to buy a strop either,hell I had a smooth leather belt!The key word being had!lol
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    There's just too many inexpensive soaps designed for shaving available to bother trying this however if you like it and it works for you then have at it.
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    I will use the hotel hand/body soap periodically with my Mach 3 when I travel for an overnight and know that I wont have time for a SR shave. It works, but my face is happy to go back to a proper shave soap/foam and my SR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rodb View Post
    There's a recipe online for combining Ivory, Dove and a few other ingredients to make a shaving soap. It does work pretty well
    I used that recipe back in September. It was an Ivory bar, Dove bar, some castor oil, and a bit of olive oil, all melted together. I used the soap the next day and it lathered well like a thick cream. After 2 weeks it began to harden like a soap, but the lather it gave started getting thin. After a month the lather was much thinner, and it reminded me of the lather I get from Williams. I stopped using it after that, and tossed it in the shower.
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