Thread: My current American soap top five. What are yours?

I have found several nice soaps from Wet Shaving Products in Az. They offer the soaps I either a tallow or vegan base. The aftershaves are quite nice as well.

Originally Posted by thehork

I have found several nice soaps from Wet Shaving Products in Az. They offer the soaps I either a tallow or vegan base. The aftershaves are quite nice as well.

Totally agree with this! I only recently shaved with one of their samples and it was fantastic. I'll definitely be picking up more of their stuff.

Originally Posted by HopChugger

Totally agree with this! I only recently shaved with one of their samples and it was fantastic. I'll definitely be picking up more of their stuff.

Likewise, had a great luck with WSP products! Outstanding customer service as well.

I use Green Mountain Lavender. I also use a barbers shaving cream and I mix in a little Cremo Cream to ad some extra slickness. They all help me shave well. I'd like to find one of those hot lather machines and a towel steamer! Prep is the key to a great shave.

Wholly Kaw is the best new soap I've tried in years.

American shaving soaps... well, for my money there are only two -- one of them is no longer producing his, and the other is only now getting back on her feet. But, wotthehell, eh? I use all of them, regularly.

Note: All of these were EO (Essential Oil), only. Thankfully, what I have left of each will last me well into "the next life".

1. QED Wild Rose (a group-buy on B&B in February 2007)
2. QED Vetiver
3. QED Sandalwood
4. QED Anise & Lavender
5. TGQ Desert Ironwood (available for purchase here)

Originally Posted by JBHoren

American shaving soaps... well, for my money there are only two -- one of them is no longer producing his, and the other is only now getting back on her feet. But, wotthehell, eh? I use all of them, regularly.

Note: All of these were EO (Essential Oil), only. Thankfully, what I have left of each will last me well into "the next life".

1. QED Wild Rose (a group-buy on B&B in February 2007)
2. QED Vetiver
3. QED Sandalwood
4. QED Anise & Lavender
5. TGQ Desert Ironwood (available for purchase here)

You're a trusted source always, Desert Ironwood and Savon de Campagne on the way...thanks JB...I remember trying to get a hold of QED when I read your thoughts about it in the 1st Tier thread many moons ago....the Anise and Lavender sounds amazing...thanks!

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Wholly Kaw is the best new soap I've tried in years.

+1 to that

I've been playing with the artisan soaps as of late and I have some I really like, in no particular order.

• Stirling - I'm a big fan of Stirling and its owners. The soaps are great, assuming that you like tallow soaps, and with the wide variety of spot-on fragrances almost anyone should be able to find one they like. If I have one "complaint" its that some scents (or perhaps batches) seem to lather better than others but I haven't been able to complain about any of my experiences. My favorite scents are Gin & Tonic as well as Margaritas in the Arctic but there are quite a few more that I want to try.
  
• Dr. Jon's - I've only used the Anne Bonny at this point but it was a good quality soap that built a very respectable lather. While I personally enjoyed their take on bay rum I learned that my wife isn't a fan of the scent at all so it was left on the adoption table at a meet. I'm not rushing out to buy another Dr. Jon's offering but they're certain to get more of my business in the future.
  
• Sudsy Soapery - This one is pretty under-the-radar but they're a local outfit and I bought this at the St. Louis Wet Shavers' Meet back in June because I fell in love with the Delor de Treget scent (this was an limited run, collaboration soap with Chatillon Lux). I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised that this soap lathered so well and I've added tubs of their Twice Mint as well as the Peppermint & Lavender to my collection. The later is an interesting combination that is both invigorating and soothing at the same time, a favorite choice when I opt for a bedtime shave.
  
• Fine Accoutrements - I bought pucks of Fine's American Blend and Snake Bite last winter and I couldn't be more pleased with their products. These soaps lather almost as well as D.R. Harris, in my opinion, and are a pleasure to use. I will include this one with the caveat that it may not be an "American" soap in that I believe that these pucks are actually produced in the Netherlands under contract to Fine Accoutrements. Whatever the case, the price is right and the soap is triple-milled goodness that builds a fine lather. That reminds me...I'm due for another puck of American Blend.

On the topic of Catie's Bubbles I'm going to dissent. I bought a tub of the limited run Tactical Support sometime back and I like it, the scent is novel and somehow the notes of gunpowder, solvent and oil are more pleasing in a soap than you might imagine. The same day I ditched Anne Bonny I replaced her with a tub of Le Piment de la Vie from the same adoption table. This one appealed to me as I gave it a sniff but is just too sweet for me to shave with. All-in-all I just don't build a great lather with Catie's Bubbles, I wouldn't steer anyone away from it but it certainly isn't anywhere near the performer that my other soaps are.