Thread: Ashamed

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

damn Tom, your a tougher man than me,, i dont like hot water on my stick

i have used Williams in the past,, it like old spice wa what was available. like many it will do the job, but then again so will Ivory soap bars. this i will say, if i have to add anything to a soap let it sit around in water, or anything other than load my brush and lather, then i,m sorry if this offends but it wont be in the shave den. if it needs glycerin, then buy a soap with enough in it. and its nothing to do with it being a cheap soap,, i can lather Arko without doing that. if you like it then thats great, too me i dont use soaps to play with them, i just lather and shave, and the ones i use today dont take any effort, even in the crap water in New Mexico, or elsewhere. besides there are better soaps for the same money, just saying. Tc

Oh-Oh, knocking the pure waters of New Mexico again.

The next time you come here we're gonna tie you to a log and float you down the Pecos in Roswell and by the time the log passes Carlsbad you will have long dissolved.

Har har.

There are so many great soaps at great prices why even bother with a handicapped soap to begin with?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Oh-Oh, knocking the pure waters of New Mexico again.

There are so many great soaps at great prices why even bother with a handicapped soap to begin with?

You are correct. There are great soaps at great prices and I use them. However, the williams and arko were gifts (FREE) so I'll make do with them and thus not offend the buyer (Wife Unit). Win / Win

Originally Posted by Johntoad57

So reading through all of this gave me an idea. I grated some of the arko stick and blended it with grated williams mug soap, added some coconut oil, glycerin, aloe vera gel. heated it in a pan until was nice and soft. Made some almost cream out of it. Going to try this tomorrow and see how it works!

You are making your own soap!

If it works call it Artisan and charge $100 USD for it.....

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Oh-Oh, knocking the pure waters of New Mexico again.

The next time you come here we're gonna tie you to a log and float you down the Pecos in Roswell and by the time the log passes Carlsbad you will have long dissolved.

Har har.

There are so many great soaps at great prices why even bother with a handicapped soap to begin with?

depends on which time of the year if there is enough water in the Pecos.. i know down around Mentone there aint enough to float a log on!

i will admit to purchasing a puck of williams every couple of years or so just for the fun of it.. i do fully whip up the lather in the mug with the soap in it. it's an alright shave, i mostly enjoy the scent, and always finish with a splash of aqua velva.

i'll typically finish the puck by using it as body soap in the shower. then i forget about it for another year or two.

I recently got a new brush and this brush acts very different to the soaps than the ones that I used previously.

I am starting to think that some of these differences with the soaps are the brushes that are used.

Originally Posted by 32t

I am starting to think that some of these differences with the soaps are the brushes that are used.

IME this is huge.

Ive found that a brush changes drastically after broken in. A brush can make a difference in soap performance.

Yes, different brushes do perform differently, even if they are the same type of knot material. It's when you can't get any of them to lather a particular soap you really have to wonder. Especially if you have no trouble using them to lather up other soaps.

Bob

I havent used Williams as a shave soap in quite a long time.. Since I shaved about 18hrs ago i decided before i go to bed im going to give it my review.. Set up as normal and wrung out my brush and went to the bar for a 2 passer.. 15min later and i have finished... Well, I dont like to give bad reviews on soaps because i know that shaving soaps really can be different strokes for different folks.. But!! Its really amazing how fast the lather of Williams just dissapears right before your eyes .. I lathered half my face and was ok with it and i looked down, grabbed my razor, got the blade wet and when i looked in the mirror the lather was almost gone!! Now the ok thing was the slickness and a tiny layer if protection i was able to slowly and with utmost attention made a 2 pass shave to pretty decent result.... Would i use Williams over any other in my cabinet? Only the few that irritate and a few soaps that i need to dispose of because of smelling like too much fat (tallow) or maybe a couple hot summers broke the fat down.... Anyway all is not lost for Williams... I found that used as a preshave it has been awesome!! Out of the shower, splash face with warm water, rub said Williams in palms and lather quite wet onto face, get blade, shave soap/cream, towels, bowl/mug in place and ready for shave.. I run 1 palm full of warm water on to face rinsing most of the Williams off and then onto my SR shave of the morning... Ive found the $1.09 puck of Williams has been my best pre-shave for a nice, comfortable and slick shave, has cut down on little nicks and weepers too... Thnx, SMW