Thread: Good shave soaps other than Williams for a noobie

Though it is hard to find (there are vendors on ebay) Palmolive shave stick is hard to beat.(you can grate it in a bowl if you want to use it like a puck). It lathers with little effort.

Tabac, volobr, latoja, Palmolive, lea, spec, are all pretty inexpensive soaps that work really well.

So many ways to go with this. Williams or Vander hagen ARE shave soaps. But in todays market those are just to get you into brush lathering. Go to The List Obie has spent years making. You will not be disappointed. But if you want to go the inexpensive way, Tabac is good stuff and low cost and comes in a nice little glass jar.

Or don't mess around and order some MDC. It will cost you! But will last a long time and is one of the best in quality there is.

You cannot go wrong with Proraso. I like the green and red in the tubs.
Great lather and scents. Good price-point. They make some nice AS to go with. Long-lasting.

Jimmy you might like one of the "surprises" I sent out.
Ken

ok im looking forward to seeing the goodies......

Originally Posted by sharptonn

You cannot go wrong with Proraso.

Never met a Proraso soap that I didn't like or didn't do very well in all around performance. Great bang for the buck.

La Toja makes a shave stick that is very reasonable and works great.

Pete <:-}

Personally, I find it difficult to commit to a whole puck of soap until I've tried it first, no matter the price. Luckily, there are now a couple of interesting options for finding samples at a reasonable price. I've ordered a few times from Shavedash.com, and I've been very happy with the results (I'm actually still working through the many samples I've ordered). It's saved me a lot of money in the long run, helped me to get used to working with different soaps and creams, and let me figure out what I like and don't like.

As has been mentioned, if you want a staple, then Proraso would be fine. However, with all of the artisan soaps available, I would highly suggest trying them out.
Stirling, Mystic Water, Mike's, Shannon's, etc, are all excellent and very reasonably priced, especially, Stirling.
Of course, there are so many other fine soaps, conventional or artisan, as well.
It is a great time to be a traditional wet-shaver.
Good luck.

I don't think there are any soaps that are good for newbies exclusively. There are good soaps, that's it. Unfortunately you won't find consensus on the matter. You'll probably go through about fifty of them before you settle on what you know works for you.