Thread: My Top Five

My top five

Mwf
proraso green
dr harrison arlington
tob jermyn street

Ok thats four. Its the elusive fifth one that is so costly !

I've almost gone completely Italian

1.) D.R. Harris
2.) Cella
3.) Vitos Sapone Per Barba
4.) Valobra
5.) Kirks Castille bar soap, sticky lather, very rough passes, horrible odor.

I only have top two. I guess I better get out there again and try more (I experimented with a lot to find these though)

Shaving creams - Trumper's (mixed with a few drops of their Skin Food)
Shaving soaps - Mama Bear's

These days, my five favourites would be (in no particular order, as they are quite close):

• Baume.be
• Calani Seifenmanufaktur
• Meißner Tremonia Dark Limes (I have the soap, but the paste performs identically)
• Castle Forbes Lavender
• Green Mountain Soap Lime & Vetiver

Funny, I don't fancy myself to be too picky about scents (as long as they're not too heavy and don't linger, creams/soaps shouldn't linger in my opinion), but I find all of these delightfully scented. Well, except for the Calani, but the scents are very mild and not bad; they're just really not my thing. Hence I don't even mention the ones I have. Calani is quite overlooked outside of Germany, it seems. A shame, because their shaving soaps are top notch.

The big thing when it comes to shaving products for me is mainly the aftercare they provide, as my skin is prone to drying out. If a product is lacking in that department at all, I won't use it, no matter how glorious it may be otherwise.

These products perform so well for me that I really do not see this list changing a lot in the near future.

My top 5 soaps are

1. Haslinger Schafmilch Sheep Milk & Lanolin (very similar to MWF)
2. Mitchell's Wool Fat
3. Stirling (I've got 24 soaps without menthol)
4. Tabac
5. The Body Shop Maca Root

At the moment, I have only 3 that are permanent users.

1. La Savonnerie Du Moulin
2. Abbate Y La Mantia, Krokos
3. MDC

and just because it's suppose to be five.

4. TOBS Shaving shop
5. RazoRock Mudder Focker

I'm really wanting to get a hold of PannaCrema Nuavia Rossa. I'm hoping that they will soon have more on the market again.

No order

Eufros - Agarwood
Acqua di Parma
PannaCrema Nuavia - Rosso
Boellis Panama 1924
Eufros - Rosa Bourbon

While everyone's MMV, I enjoy these threads because they give me ideas (albeit evil ones...) on other products to explore.

Since I transitioned to shaving with straights, I've been re-evaluating my soap and cream preferences, especially when it comes to slickness (i.e., glide). I can get away with a less slick soap or cream with a DE but I'm finding that's not the case when I shave with a straight. Now that I'm feeling very comfortable shaving with a straight and am consistently getting great shaves, I'm returning to many products I have in the den to evaluate how well they perform with a straight. As I plug way, a few items will likely get kicked to the curb if they're not there in slickness with a straight--really only want to keep, and spend my silver, on products that are versatile with both DE and straight shaving (lather quality, fragrance, post-shave feel, cushion, and how easy or a PIA a product is to work with are also my key considerations).

In no particular order, here are my current 5:

Castle Forbes
Martin de Candre
Xpec
Penhaligon's
Santa Maria Novella

I like the slickness of Baum.Be along its other qualities but the jury is still out here with its scent...will give it a while longer since it is such an excellent performer. On the other hand, MWF's lanolin scent is one I don't particularly care for. I recently tried and fairly quickly kicked Saponificio Varesino's Alpine Tundra to the curb--couldn't stand the smell (gave it a few goes and just couldn't get past an aroma I found particularly unpleasant). While I enjoy many of Truefitt and Hill's scents, their Rose also was a scent I couldn't tolerate...it didn't last long in the den either!

Life's too short to shave with products that one doesn't like!

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I'm really wanting to get a hold of PannaCrema Nuavia Rossa. I'm hoping that they will soon have more on the market again.

Here you go good sir. It ships from the US, so you have the whole shipping / customs thing, though it looks like he has it in stock.


Nuávia Rossa - The HandleBar Supply

Originally Posted by Pete123

Here you go good sir. It ships from the US, so you have the whole shipping / customs thing, though it looks like he has it in stock.


Nuávia Rossa - The HandleBar Supply

Yup - that is listed as the NA supplier for PC soaps...yesterday was really close to ordering...bailed again...but Semper Fi solved the problem...order some samples from the place he mentioned, then decide if I want to go Full Monty on them...perfect.