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    Anyone use I Coloniali mango oil shave cream lately ?
    using MWF with my D/E but it's a little tricky with hard water and water
    temp ... Usually not a problem at all but being new to straights , I wanted to eliminate any issues and came up with I Coloniali mango oil ..... Worth a try?
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    Matt,
    I have used I Coloniali mango oil shave soap. It is a good soap, lathers well, with fine cushion and glide, and the fragrance is heavenly. There are better soaps out there, but I Coloniali is worth the try.
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    Thank you much....any other suggestions? Any Tabac experience ?
    Just trying to get the most glide while I start this straight edge journey,

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    Well, to eliminate variables I would start with a cream soap such as TOBS or something similar. Cream lathers much easier. Once you get the hang of some of the other aspects of wet shaving you can explore the glory that available in shaving soaps
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    Matt,
    Tabac is a good soap also; it lathers well, with good cushion and glide. Some gentlemen don't like the fragrance and some do. I did. Other good soaps include: Provence Sante, Institute Karite, Cella, Le Pere Lucien, Klar Kabinette, Klar Seifen, Valobra, The Art of Shaving (the old formula, if you can find a puck), Mike's Natural Soaps, Czech & Speake, and the celestial Martin de Candre. There are other fine soaps, but these should help you out for now.
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    You can't go wrong with Obie's suggestions for sure. It seems to me the slickest soaps I have tried tend to be tallow based soaps for some reason. I will throw a real cheapie at you and suggest Arko. It lathers easily in hard water from reports and will build a rich thick slick lather. It punches way above it's price class. The down side is the lemony scent which some do not like.

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    Thank you gentlemen .... Good places to start ....( cheap isn't bad , either!)
    I'm going to pick a few and go from there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoldingFast View Post
    Thank you gentlemen .... Good places to start ....( cheap isn't bad , either!)
    I'm going to pick a few and go from there.
    Cheap and inexpensive are two different categories for me
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    Very true... ( inexpensive > cheap)
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