Thread: New soap(s) suggestions?

Castle Forbes lime cream
Martin de Candre original
Taylor of Old Bond Eton
Trufitt and Hill Grafton
Pre de Provence
And don't forget Mama Bear and SRD for glycerin soaps in great scents

Wow! Thanks for the outpouring of suggestions guys. I'll have to shave twice a day for a lifetime to try all of these.

I've got some research to do now. Several brands I've not heard of mentioned here.

Big ups for RazoRock, the "Classic" would be recommendation number 1. MdC is a fine a soap as you will ever use. Truefitt & Hill is as good a cream as you will ever use. If you haven't tried Cella, give that a go as well. Tabac is pure pleasure. Proraso is great if you're on a budget.

+1 for Tabac and Czech & Speake. You could also venture down the artisan road with Dapper Dragon, Wet Shave Obsession, Barrister&Mann, Petal Pusher Fancies, and on and on and o..... I would just look for a scent that is appealing by one of the brands mentioned and go from there. Many vendors have samples available that should give you a taste for what you really like.

All great suggestions s far. To complicate things even more, Stirling soaps are getting rave reviews for good reason!

I can tell this new soap adventure could get expensive really fast.

Scouthikerdad, I looked at stirling's website and was amazed at how many they had the descriptions cracked me up.

Get yah some CELLA ...not big on smell....but BIG on suds and cushion and very slick !!! And cheap too !!!

OK, let's muddy the sink some more. Here are a few of my favorites. All lather very well in my rock hard water. All are inexpensive.

Maggard Limes & Bergamot
Los Angeles Shaving Soap
Cold Water Soap Works "Original"
Stirling-Margaritas in the Arctic, Ozark Mountain are my favorites
RazoRock "Classic"-the new one only on e-bay now at Italian Barber
Tabac-always a must try
Cella-always a must try

A few inexpensive, but excellent creams:

Proraso Blue
La Toja
Speick
TOBS Avocado-does not smell like avocado's-nice fresh scent
Coate's-do a search
Palmolive-Italian menthol version

A few sticks:

La Toja
Speick
Palmolive

With all that said, you do need to try a stick of ARKO. The scent is "much debated".

Bob

Palmolive shave sticks are good and dirt cheap, the DR Harris rose cream was nice - I bought a sampler set of their cream range.
MDC is good but also relatively expensive.

And don't forget SRD glycerine soaps. They're great.