Thread: My Rotation

I've survived 4 months at SRS thanks in no small part to input from you guys. My soap/creme rotation consists of Castle Forbes "Sandlewood"; Cold River Works,Glide "Morning Ghost",Wholy Kaw "King of Ud" DR Harris; Wholly Kaw "Leather"; Oleo "Irving Park"; CastleForbes "Lilac", Wholly Kaw, ;"Fougere".

I want to stretch a little. Should I go deeper into Oleo and Cold River. I really like them bothThats my inclination. loved to hear any thoughts

MDC is a must

I don't see any soaps/creams from the less expensive end of things. As you are 4 months into SR shaving and your shaving/lathering technique should be good, why not try 1 or 2 from lower end of the price spectrum to see how bad or good they are in comparison to what you have been using?

Bob

alschepis,

You have wide range of quality soaps and creams that are relatively inexpensive. Try the following:

For starters, try Provence Sante Verlaine, Institute Karite, La Toja stick soap, Lea soap or cream, Taylor of Old Bond Street cream range, Cyril Salter cream range, Lavanda and Hasslinger.

There are a lot of very old brands from Europe, some of them Obie mentioned some of them. Here are a few more Musgo Real, Volobra, Speick.
You can get some very nice very inexpensive soaps. Italian Barber website has a lot.

I highly recommend ordering a bunch of samples from ShaveDash. This way you can try a wide range of soaps and creams without breaking the bank, making it easier to decide what you like and dislike. Also, you won't be stuck with a tub of soap that you'll never use again, so it's much less wasteful. Have fun!

I am eagerly awaiting arrival of MDC AND CastlevForbes Cream.

Here is mine:

Sun - Santa Maria Novella
Italy

Mon - St. James of London - Black Pepper and Persian Lime
England

Tue - Esbjerg - Grapefruit
Austria

Wed - Martin de Candre - Fougere
France

Thursday - Castle Forbes - Lime E O
Scotland

Fri - Alvarez Gomez - Barberia
Spain

Sat - Krampert's Finest - Bay Rum
USA

You gotta get you some Barrister & Mann Seville. Also, your tag says your in Arizona and it looks like you have nothing with menthol in your arsenal. Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite is a good lathering tallow. Nothing like a mentholated mid afternoon shave on a summer day when it is 114 degrees out (I used to live in West Texas).

As a straight razor shaver since 83’ I have personally chosen not to try any soap or cream that cost over about $18.00 give or take. Can afford it? Sure! But, honestly I don’t see the need to try anything much more expensive that DR Harris at$18.00 bucks. Tabac is great! I like Fine American Blend though it tends to dry on my face sometimes. I like Taylor of Old Bond soap. I have a small tin of Klars I picked up for $16.99 that I haven’t tried. I have Shannon’s that I haven’t tried. I ordered some TOBS CREAM. I have some Trumper Cream. It’s not bad. Right now I’m sort of rotating Harris, Fine, TOBS, and Tabac. Of those I like Tabac and D.R. Harris.