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You have to make a spreadsheet to keep track of what you have so you don't forget one, or when you might need to replace a jar.
I have recently done this. I bet a few folks here may have more than me but at this time I'm at 36 different soaps.
A few containers of the same kind because I liked it so much.
Does this qualify as S.A.D.?
I am not certain as I, easily, have double the amount that you have. However, I don't keep a spreadsheet and just go through a rotation. :)
I'm gonna have to say....
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The way I see it if you have enough to outlast your good self you have SAD :D
Currently, I have about 180 soaps in my collection representing some 80 different soap formulations. I track them using a Microsoft Access spreadsheet that includes the scent notes and ingredients of each soap in my collection. It also includes notes of my evaluation of both the scent and performance of each soap. I can easily sort on such things as ease of loading, ease of lathering, primary slickness, residual slickness, cushion/protection, post shave feel, scent strength, and scent preference. Those metrics are the summed to provide a performance metric and an overall metric including scent ratings. Of course, I can also sort on soapmaker, formula and scent types. Buttons activate macros that quickly do the required sorting.
I currently have enough soaps to last me for the next 25 years, but I am unlikely to live that long. Thus, I am now going through my collection to remove soaps that no longer live up to my high expectations for performance and scent. Many of them will probably end up in a PIF when I complete the culling process.
Even though I have too many soaps, I still enjoy evaluating high quality soaps. I have two new soaps on the way to my den for evaluation: A&E Asian Pear and A&E Kaisen. There are a couple of limited releases (Barrister and Mann SoftHeart and Gentleman's Nod Cardinal) that I missed and hope to acquire on the next release.
Ray
You may have a problem. Lol
I currently have 3 soaps. Usually around 8-10. But I have used the last of my Castle Forbes, my Tabac suffered the same fate. I have 3 jars Of MDC, and a brain bowl, some MWF, a half puck of Green Mountain. I used to try everything. Lately it’s been I’m happy with what I use so haven’t wanted to try anything else. I will replace the CF, too good not to. But 3 years ago, there could have been a hundred or so
Yep
I shave with MdC, C.F. And Tabac.
The remainders are used for preshave lather. I have 30 some left.
Of late, CF 1445 is my fav
Counted all my soap, what I use, don't use and have in stock.
57.
Jerry, don't worry, your spreadsheet is smaller than Ray's:rofl2::roflmao
Pete <:-}
At the moment I have tried four soaps (Proraso green, white and red, TOBS sandal wood) and I have a fifth waiting (TOBS Lime). For most of you, dear friends, it is almost nothing but, for someone like me who needed a jar of shaving foam for a year, is a lot! That's why my wife started looking at me strange and shakes her head :hmmm: Anyway, what is a S.A.D.? :o
Soap Acquisition Disease
:D:D:D Great! ...and for this there will never be a vaccine!:beer1:
Right now I've got 3 tubs of soap I use. One is almost finished and another is low though.
Albert Einstein used the same soap for shaving and washing because of a firm conviction that two kinds of soap needlessly complicate life.
And you can't wear a face mask to prevent the spread!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dobel
Ray, i think your the winner!
And thanks for making me feel a little better. I may have to ask you about soaps before i buy next time. Lol.
Man, that’s a bit crazy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
I’ve focused on having seven Top Tier only.
you start shipping them to me because you have nowhere to put them in your shave den :) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
I would say you are right!
My grandfather would have agreed. He would shave off a few slivers of an Ivory Soap bar from his bathroom to put into his shaving mug. His shaving den? His kitchen table. Cheap drugstore table mirror. A Solingen Straight that he had since he was 20 years old. A styptic pencil and a basin of water.Quote:
Originally Posted by welshwizard
If that man were alive today and saw my shaving den, he'd think I had totally lost my mind. His first thought would be that I was opening a store to sell shaving supplies. What other reason would anyone have DOZENS of soaps and razors and aftershaves and.... well... you get the idea.
Holy ****. If you'd asked me how many shave soaps were available I probably would have said 30 because "it has to be more than I think it'd be". I have one.
After doing a bunch of testing I've gotten rid of soaps and bought others. So now the spreadsheet has 59 soaps. Rotating threw them all is taking some time and taking up more space than I have in the bathroom.
I had loads of soaps some probably 10 years old easy (very easy). Some lost most of their scents and some just didn't smell good or look good so I pitched probably 20 tubs.
At this point I have maybe 10 tubs and I'm finished buying soaps until I use up at least two gone for one new and that's after I use up 5 more first.
Gentlemen,
Martin de Candre, Castle Forbes and Tabac have kept me smiling for many years.
Taylor of Old Bond Street creams, D.R. Harris creams and Baum.Be creams linger until they’re gone. Now and then I like to try something new, such as Zingari Man and a few other artisan soaps and creams and move on after they’re gone.
I have slowed down buying soaps and creams. The three constants in my humble shave den will always be Martin de Candre, Castle Forbes and Tabac — if the Lord is willing and the creek don’t rise, that is.
Obie.....is one better than the other with Tebac ! You know ...soap vs Cream ? Thanks. I’ve had the cream and somehow never replaced it....
I guess I have enough to last the next 20 years, I’ve pretty much gotten rid of everything but my MDC, in an experiment, I found that I can get a full *2 pass with touch up shave with only 2 swirls of my brush on the soap. one day I will do a video, But seeing as it only takes that much my 10 jars should last, plus throw in a little Castl Forbes every now and then. My tabac is gone so that’s it 2 soaps
I am not sure. I have never used Tabac cream.Quote:
Originally Posted by nessmuck
Wow. I am a complete noob around soaps and cremes. Or at least I feel like I am. I did recently use some St. James of London - rich foam, kinda liked it. Has anyone tried it?
FOAM.
That's a dirty word around soap/creams snobs like us! Dense thick creamy lather is what I use. :rofl2:
St. James of London is a good cream. Cushion and glide are fine. The cream lathers well. I have the mandarin and patchouli scent and it’s lovely. Good stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5G62
HAHA. I think I have to get one of those bowls to whip in before I can graduate from foam to lather. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
