Thread: Mother Bear's Nothwoods Shaving Soap

I would like to thank Mother Bear's for the donations for the Minnesota meet up. They provided some of this as door prizes and I used it today. This is great stuff with a nice aroma. It lathered up great and did a great job lubricating my face for the shave. I am very happy with it and may make it a permanent stocking item. I recommend you all give it a try.

What's the scent like? Is the soap water thirsty? What soaps do you compare it to / against? Is your water hard or soft...and other inquiring questions...

Oh! And welcome to SRP!

Mark

I live in the city of Minneapolis so it is kind of hard water but not too bad. I have used Trumper's, Caroline's, Porasso, Williams. This is good stuff. It has a cedar or pine type smell. I guess I don't know what water thirsty means, but no I did not have to keep adding water to get a good thick lather.

I was also at the MN gathering and I too got the Northwoods Soap. This was my first Mama Bear soap, not out of lack of interest but because each cake of soap I buy lasts 5 to 7 years and unfortunately since I joined SRP I have accumulated way too much soap already. The disadvantage of my miserly soap usage is that I don't get to try all of the cool stuff out there.

Regarding the Northwoods soap, I kept opening the lid and sniffing it because it smelled that good. My wife also liked the smell so that's a good thing. It's a glycerine soap and I have never used one of those before. My impression of it was that it acted more like a shaving cream than my usual shaving soap. Maybe all glycerine soaps behave this way but I have nothing to compare it with. As already described, it lathered and lubricated well. I really liked the scent both during and after shaving--I could still detect a hint of it about a half hour after shaving.

I have soft water. I have never considered whether a soap was thirsty or not but as I was building the lather I did not need to add water. I've used it twice and pretty much got the soap/water ratio right off the bat. I'm happy with it and second the suggestion to give it a try.

Also, I'd like to thank Mama Bear for the contribution. When I need soap again in 35 years I will definitely be placing an order!

Scent: smoky, pine, leather. I don't have a nose for much so take that with a grain of salt. All the girlies in my house thought it was very nice.

I live in the country with a hard water well, I soaked the badger, let all the excess water drip out and that is enough to make a fine lather.

Hey, Dusty, it's Ted. You mentioned at the get together about working up a good lather, but I wasn't having much success the past couple of days. What guidance can you give, or resources for me to learn how to do it right? Wasn't there a vid you mentioned that helped?

Thanks -- and good meeting you!

Here is the one that I watched and it gave me some ideas on what I should be doing instead. Best of luck.

I don't know how to embed the videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7Aj9vwrtc