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Do me a solid, bros. I have tried dozens of soaps, and prefer to face lather using a soap, not a cream. A hard soap not a mushy soft soap. But over the years some of my favorite hard soaps have gone soft, without saying so. Proraso, Omega, etc. They are now tubs of goo, and so don't last as long. What do you recommend for a harder soap?
Thank you,
Your best friend,
Smyth
Are you letting them dry in between used?
Do you keep them in an air tight container.
I would try letting them air dry for a week or two.
Soap takes a long time to dry. MdC sits for 6 months after pouring.
Well, no. But before they changed their formula, they came hard and stayed hard. I don't think I should have to dry them out, but when I have left the lid off for extended periods, they have not hardened up. Do any good soaps come hard to begin with anymore?
My two favorites are Wholly Kaw (pick your flavor) and Tabac. Both are fantastic performers!!
Every soap I have is a hard soap other than the Croat and they stay hard, not sure what your doing, mine are as they were when bought. Not sure about omega, I thew it out the first time I used it, but I have 2 jars of proraso and their fine, they are not a hard soap they are a croap so if you want hard , buy MWF. tabac! Green Mountain, the list goes on and on. Tc
Try the Green Mountain soaps. You will be happy again... The pucks are made for a shave cup. I grate mine into empty soap tins.
Murphy’s Wool Fat may be the soap for you...or Arko, if youre willimg to use a shave stick and either rub it on your beard or load from the stick to brush. Both work well for face lathering for me.
Mitchell’s Wool Fat or Tabac are both extremely hard soaps that stay hard.
TOBS hard soap is very good, IMO.
Yes to MWF and Green Mountain.
I would also add Meisner Tremonia, Ogallala, Fine, and Haslinger
Thanks. Murphy's Wool Fat didn't really work all that well for me. I've been tempted by the value of Arko.
I'll try the Tabac
I'm not doing anything. My point is they used to come hard, and now don't, especially the Omega, which worked very well for me before they went soft. I see now that others have complained about his change as well on Amazon. No matter....there are great suggestions here, and I will try a few. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrideshd
Are they leaving extra water in them to be able to sell a 2 oz puck???
Have you noticed if the size has changed?
Are you saying they come soft or do they get soft after you use them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Smyth
I just checked my two tubs of Proraso, menthol and sandalwood, and an Omega. None of them I would describe as goo. They are a croap, in between a cream and hard soap, and always have been as far as I know. They are softer than a triple milled soap puck for sure. I have had 4-6 shaves off the Proraso Sandalwood using a boar brush and you can still easily see the rings from being poured into the container.
I use a fairly dry, not sopping wet, brush to load soap onto the brush and then build my lather on my face adding water as needed till I get the lather I want. I do not make the lather on the soap regardless if it is a croap or hard soap. The consistency of the croaps remain the same and do not turn to goo.
All I can say is that if you want a hard soap get a triple milled soap hard soap puck not a croap.
Bob
I don't know. It really just seems that instead of producing a hard soap, they've opted for a softer, creamier concoction. Not quite a cream, but not solid either. Some love it, I believe. But I think it substantially reduces the number of shaves you get out of the tub.Quote:
Originally Posted by 32t
Come soft. Used to come hard - particularly the Omega.Quote:
Originally Posted by rolodave
That's my experience too Bob, my proraso Croaps, have been that way for 40 years, it was one of my shave soap before the site made me a soap whore. Can't remember if Omega was hard or Croap, it just didn't make the grade so it was gone quick. Proraso is good, just not a hard soap. If your getting Tabac your golden, it's a top rated soap and it still is in my shave den, amongst my MDC. And Castle Forbes. Tc
MWF. Starts out hard, stays hard. I should be a copywriter for Viagra.
Some of my favorite hard soaps are, D.R. Harris(Puck), Palmolive(shave stick), Fine, MdC, I could keep going, but my advice would be to just get away from those soaps then. Like Tc mentioned, soaps that don't make the cut usually get given away to my other shaving buddies to try. Not that they were bad products just not up to my standards.