The Obie Memorial First Tier Soaps and Creams Thread.

[mainaman]

Phrank and Mainaman,
I am surprised this soaps does not work for you. I find it does everything it is supposed to do. The lather is big and moist, with the cushion and glide topnotch. Perhaps you need to work with the soap a wee bit longer.

Obie I have tried for a while to get it going with various high quality brushes, it was a no go for me.

[mainaman]

I had some play time with PannaCrema Namaste, and Valobra Fougere hard soap, both preform great for me. Those two are going in the first tier of soaps for me.

[DetailMan]

I had some play time with PannaCrema Namaste, and Valobra Fougere hard soap, both preform great for me. Those two are going in the first tier of soaps for me.

I've been pondering a tub of Valobra for quite some time. I have the Valobra soap stick and happen to think, outside of a lack of scent, it's one of the best soap sticks I've tried. Your comment has pushed me over the edge and I'm gonna purchase a tub in the near future.

[mainaman]

I've been pondering a tub of Valobra for quite some time. I have the Valobra soap stick and happen to think, outside of a lack of scent, it's one of the best soap sticks I've tried. Your comment has pushed me over the edge and I'm gonna purchase a tub in the near future.

Hope you like it, I had the soft soap version but it did not perform as well as the hard soap.

[DetailMan]

Hope you like it, I had the soft soap version but it did not perform as well as the hard soap.

I'm speaking of the one that comes in the blue tub/jar. Fougere or Cologne scented and maybe an unscented. That's the one you're are referring to, that you say works very well for you, right?

[Phrank]

Obie I have tried for a while to get it going with various high quality brushes, it was a no go for me.

Agreed - last nights shave, gave a go with the LPL Traditional, slightly better than the Patchouli, but not by much, it was sent to the box as well.

One thing I've noticed about many "artisan" soaps" - they seem to initially burst with lather, perform wonderfully, and then fade away.

Obie, interesting, it may be tweaking to a large extent, but was just going through an old thread about soaps and you mentioned yourself about the lather fading in LPL:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/soaps...ml#post1435252

While if I could figure out the formula to make this soap work, I'd do it, but it seems to be so hit and miss I'd rather use a reliable soap, hate ending up mid-shave with a lather that is failing, so personally, Tier 1 has to have a "delivers every time" type performance.

Be interesting to compare a new tin of LPL with one that's been opened and used for a few weeks....

As always Obie, I love soaps and creams and discussions around them, and this thread is a "gift" for us soap addicts, thanks!

[ultrasoundguy2003]

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Be interesting to compare a new tin of LPL with one that's been opened and used for a few weeks....

As always Obie, I love soaps and creams and discussions around them, and this thread is a "gift" for us soap addicts, thanks![/QUOTE]

You send me your LPL and I will send you some of my 50th birthday present, because I think I bought a whole lotta MdC.

[Phrank]

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Be interesting to compare a new tin of LPL with one that's been opened and used for a few weeks....

As always Obie, I love soaps and creams and discussions around them, and this thread is a "gift" for us soap addicts, thanks!

You send me your LPL and I will send you some of my 50th birthday present, because I think I bought a whole lotta MdC.

Deal - I'll PM you...tomorrow or the next day.

[Obie]

Obie I have tried for a while to get it going with various high quality brushes, it was a no go for me.

Now I am really curious. As I said, the soap explodes for me. Interesting.

[Obie]

Phrank,
I remember that thread complaining about Le Pere Lucien. Looking back, I think I was not loading the brush enough. I load my brush heavily with any soap or cream I use, and often by the shave's end I have still plenty of leather left. I prefer that than having to eek out lather out of the poor brush by the third pass.