You're probably right Jerry, two years really isn't all that long shaving with a straight.Still think it is worth mentioning for any newcomer who may stumble on this thread, that you don't need to spend a gazillion dollars on shave soap to get a quality product. I have at least five different soaps all under $20 that perform just awesome for my face and water. I will say that I bought a tub of CF Lavender about a year and a half ago, and though it was a great soap, I did not restock that product as I got better shaves from other (less expensive) soaps. With all this said MdC does have that ' Je ne sai quoi' you guys are talking about, and if I ever finish the samples I was given, will be restocking that product. Hope I didn't come off as a "know it all" in my last post, just thought it was worth mentioning that I hadn't seen the correlation between price and performance in shaving soaps.

-Laramie-