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I won the Noble Otter 'Lonestar' soap at the Texas meet raffle. Thanks for bringing it Pete! Noble Otter is my favorite of the new artisan soaps and the scent of 'Lonestar' is fantastic. I could not really appreciate the scent until I got home for some reason.
My wife likes the scent too!
Vic
I know you consider some of the top artisan products to be too "greasy" for your skin type. Noble Otter is just slightly behind those artisans on skin conditioning ingredients, so it is probably close to perfect for your complexion. And I also find Lonestar to be one of my favorite scents as well. Thus, it was your lucky day.
The two new Noble Otter scents (Monarch and Two Kings) are pretty nice as well, but Lonestar is still my favorite, along with Noir et Vanille.
I knew that you, and everyone that you gave a sample to, would love it
Enjoy!
Pete <:-}
Sounds enteresting. I might have to look into that one.
I could send you a sample Jerry.
I also like Noble Otter and have been enjoying Noir Et Vanille and Barrbarr. I'll have to give Lonestar a try.
How was the scent strength wise, while shaving, Victor?
One of the things that I like about Noble Otter soaps is that the scent is not too strong. I have damaged olfactory nerves, but I could still enjoy the scent while shaving. The really strong scented soaps bother my wife and there were no complaints from this one. It's the perfect strength AFAIC.Quote:
Originally Posted by jfk742
Gentlemen,
The first time I tried Noble Otter I was snot all that impressed with it. I don't recall the scent. It could have been an off day for, perhaps, and I will try it again at the next opportunity. From what everyone says, it's good stuff. Thanks for keeping the topic going.
Would like to get your opinion Obie when you give it another try.
Ive got my favorites and dont have a need to put another on my top tier but if its as good as others are saying....
I shall, my friend, once I get into the soap buying mood. Right now there are too many other expenses. Still holding on to my Rolls Royce and Bugatti, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
This one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Obie
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That's it. That's my B. I think I'll keep it for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by DZEC
I can shoot you a sample.Quote:
Originally Posted by evnpar
Thats one cool looking car! Can i drive it Obie?
And it makes luxurious lather, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
I wonder if Noble Otter could be used to clean and polish your car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Obie
Gentlemen,
Checking the Noble Otter website, I did not realize how many soap scents they offer. I must say, I don't know much about this soap maker, short of the sample I tried from its offering. Eventually I might have to try some of their products.
I am amazed how many artisans make shave soaps and creams for today's wet shavers. Thus far, my two favorites are Wholly Kaw and Oleo Soap Works. I will need to try some of the Noble Otter soaps samplings to develop a complete opinion on them.
I rank Nobel Otter just above Oleo in performance. They are both excellent soaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obie
Above Oleo. :dropjaw:
Damn. Now i got to give it a try.
I only rank it a little higher but it is definitely worth trying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
I should have talked Vic out of a sample of his Lonestar at the meet but I didn't.
Now y'all have convinced me I have to give it a try so I have some on the way.
When I saw that you had posted on this thread I thought 'I should have given him a sample, but I can still mail him one' then I read the post and saw that you have some on the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diboll
I don't think that you will be disappointed with your purchase.
I might have turned down the offer since I'm trying to stay out of that particular rabbit hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesman7
I just have two soaps on hand so the Lonestar will make three, which will hold me for a while. I already have more razors, strops and brushes than I need but hope to be able to hold the soap bug in check.
Got to throttle back on all my other obsessions if I'm going to start up a shop!! :D:D:D
Used Lonestar again today. The lather has pretty minimal cushion, which I like, and very good skin nourishing effects. I got a very close shave and excellent face feel after. If I had one wish for the NO soaps, it would be that they are harder. The soap is very soft with a sticky consistency. I use all of my soaps as a stick and NO is a little harder to use this way because of this sticky consistency. A pretty small gripe that I expect would bother almost no one else.
Are you trying to stay out of the shaving soap rabbit hole in particular or rabbit holes in general. With only two-soaps on hand...you can't even call that a rotation. Perhaps you could call it a flip-flop oor toggle. If you are not going to use the same soap every day as your primary driver, you need to have a minimum of 7 soaps so you can use a different one each day of the week. Of course, if you had 31, you can use a different one for each day of the month. Even I have to admit that having enough soaps for a three month rotation is excessive. However, that has not stopped me from adding new soaps to my den. I love trying new soap formulas and new scents. Last week, I got a couple of wonderful soaps from the new artisan Murphy and McNeil. great scents and performance. I am awaiting Grooming Department Mallard Rose Chai to arrive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diboll
Will you have enough when you have a soap for each day of the year including leap years?
But then you have to allow for soap/brush combinations as well.
If you really want to push it, you could consider soap/brush/razor combinations.
My head is starting to hurt :hmmm::banghead:
I'm trying to avoid any new rabbit holes, although I am now up to four soaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by RayClem
I just got serious about SR shaving about two years ago and already have fifty or so razors, ten brushes, six strops (with one more on the way), 1K, 5K, 8K and 12K Naniwa Specialty Stones, several naked blades that need scales plus a Snail Forge unfinished blade and an unfinished blade I started at the North Texas Meet. I'm trying to avoid new rabbit holes until I get naked blades dressed and unfinished blades finished.
My newest rotation schedule is a weekly rotation. I use the same soap and brush for a week at a time but razors are usually two a week with no shave on Saturday.
I like sticking with a soap for at least a week or so. You learn how to get the best out of each soap that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diboll
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Originally Posted by Diboll
OK THAT makes sense. You have twice as many straight razors as I do, a similar number of brushes and strops, but you need a LOT more soaps to catch up with me, not that that is necessarily a good thing. It sounds like soaps are one of the few rabbit holes you have not explored. Take care and enjoy the ride.
With a lot of the softer artisan soaps, lathering is so easy that it is not necessary to use the same soap for several days. However, I must agree that with hard soaps like Williams, Tabac, MFW, DR Harris, etc. they do seem to develop better lathers if you use them for several days in a row.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesman7
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I'm talking more about how much product and how much water will it hold. Does it like the water added slowly, or is it better to start with a wet brush. What type of brush works best with a particular soap.....Those type of thingsQuote:
Originally Posted by RayClem
I notice that with NO I really feel the sharpness of the razor to where it feels a bit surgical and even though the soap is slick and I get a very close, irritation free shave, the hairs seem tougher for some reason. If I was only using the soap for one shave, I would think that those properties where the character of the razor, not the soap. By using the same soap with different razors I see that it is the soap that is making the razors feel and behave that way.
