Thread: william's mug soap

VDH was my first soap, williams was my second, haven't used it in a while but thanks to this thread I'll be picking some up in the morning for my shave. I do love the scent of williams and it has always lathered well for me.

-dan-

This is one of my fav. topics.

Some love i,t some leave it, we all have an opinion
except for the unlucky ones that have never tried it.

There are a lot of folk that pine for the "old" formula
but that is folk lore IMO. Put a handful of pucks up
in a warm dry place for a year or two and let them age.
I am not as old as some folk here but Williams and I go
back to the '60s.


Williams will teach you to lather with a mug and
brush. It clean well so working men like it --
try face lathering after a hot dusty day.

It is more difficult to lather than some soaps but
it is bunches less expensive than a $15+ puck from
AOS that is also moderately difficult to lather
at first.

It is a great base for uberlather. It accepts
help from a pea size bit of Erasmic or Proraso
or other creams. Williams + Zirh cream works when
Zirh does not cut it at all for me by itself.

I have used it to fill the bottom of
a big coffee mug so an expensive puck
of soap was easy to reach.

There are better soaps.. but without Williams
setting the bar you will never know how good
some of them are.

It may dry out for some but so what... you have more
in the mug so just use it. If there is no extra
in the mug you are being too stingy with a very
inexpensive soap.

Try it....
You will love or hate it....
If you hate it you will love your other soaps more.
(Something you cannot rightly do with women BTW).

Save it for uberlather, otherwise move on to bigger and better things.....

Originally Posted by HNSB

I use Williams regularly in my soap rotation. If you know how to lather it well, it works for what it's made for.

If you're looking to try other soaps check out DR Harris. The lather quality is fantastic.
If you're on a tighter budget, check out Bairlea Farm soap; it's on par with DR Harris and costs much less.

I got a puck of vintage Williams at an antique store. As soon as I finish my current puck, that one will go in my Williams bowl. I am excited to try the old stuff.

Really like the Bairlea Farm soap as well. That Cucumber Melon scent is really refreshing on hot summer days.

In Re: Williams, I have no problem with it. I have also experimented with melting it down and adding glycerin. They probably downgraded it because it is a signature product and not enough people buy it in this day and age.

I have some williams, I like VDH better, but as others have said I am to the point in my shaving where I want to expand my soap horizons.

Those who are having lather trouble with williams may want to try using a bigger brush and soaking the puck. My experience with williams taught me that my existing brushes at that time were too small and in order to get enough lather to cover my face I was building a large dry lather. With better products, the defects in the user's lather building are much less obvious.

cheers!

I have used about 3 or 4 pucks of Williams in the past couple of years, and I also have found that in conjunctoni with a decent shave/cream it work wonders and smells great!!!!
I do like other though, DR Harris is a puck I'm using now and it is very very creamy and holds a lather "long time'
And if I may risk being lashed to within an inch of my wet shaving life, I do very much like Col. Conk shaving soap, for the money it's a great soap!!

Just my opinion, yours may vary!

tinkersd at home and feelin' Groovy!!