Originally Posted by
kwlfca
We don't have VDH in any stores around here so I don't have any experience with that soap. I personally don't blend shaving soaps and non shaving soaps together...just doesn't make sense to me. Why dilute something that's already good? In my mind, that's like intentionally watering down your beer. If you want to mix something together, why not mix two superior products (such as making an uber lather or re-batching two quality shaving soaps together), instead of mixing (or tainting if you ask me) something superior with something inferior...and let's face it, hand/body soap is an inferior product when using for shaving.
If you read up on soap making a little, you'll come to understand that specific oils are used in shaving soaps because of what they do. Even bentonite clay is used in shaving soaps because of how much "slip" it gives.