is this shaving heresy?

I have my own way of going about things, sometimes people think I'm nuts. I just had a great DE shave with this:

Pears Transparent Soap – a gentle and natural way to attain healthy looking skin, pears soap, pears transparent, pears transparent soap, pears international, Oil Clear, shower gel, body wash, hand wash, facial cleanser, tea tree, lemon flower, glyc

It has a nice depression for lathering up. Smells really great, too.

It was at Dollar Tree- shoot me, I'm cheap! I'm buying it all tomorrow!

Lance

If it works for you why would you care what anyone else thinks? I own one of those sought after shaving creams that costs a bundle. Personally, it isn't nearly as good as a soap that costs less than a third of the cream.

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Originally Posted by dward

If it works for you why would you care what anyone else thinks? I own one of those sought after shaving creams that costs a bundle. Personally, it isn't nearly as good as a soap that costs less than a third of the cream.

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Hear Hear!

Go for it. One of the best soaps I've ever tried was made by crazy some guy in California who DIDN'T EVEN CHARGE ME FOR IT! What a nut! And what soap! :D

I just don't want to wreck my skin when my Wolsty gets back from the honer.

I in fact care very little for what anyone thinks- hey I drive a French Car and live in the most conservative city in Texas- Abilene. Not a popular choice at all. Everyone at work thinks I'm nuts, to rely on a 24 year old French car and an Italian motorcycle to get to work. I have an old Honda Cub as my secret weapon, though.

Trivia Alert:
Pear's Soap is the WORLD'S first registered brand, and dates back to 1789, London. It's made in India now though, probably why it's such a steal.

There are a couple different bars showing up on the site, which did you use? I think I might try that, could be interesting.

The main reason to use soap is it lubricates the face. back in the day using plain old hand soap was common. Many also used plain water. It works as long as you keep your face wet all the time. So, whatever you use if it works for you its proper.

We're just a bunch of spoiled dudes.

The one I used was this one

Pears soap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ducaati

I have dollar tree with in walking distance. Being very cheap and adventurous, I'll give it a try. :rolleyes:

My tests of other cheap glycerin soaps worked really well.

Hello one and all, i'm baaaaacccckkkk!!
Anyway to business, I bought a barr of Pears, very nice face soap, by the way, aged to clearity and mild to boot, HOWEVER.....DOT.DOT.DOT!
While it did make a fairly nice lather, it did a very poor job of lubricating the beard during shaving with my str8. It probably doesn't have the right combo of fatty acids to, in short 'Get the Job done'. It was worth a good try though, experimentation is the embodyment of mans future, and other such homoly's.

Blood Right, from the man who brought you 101 reasons to take a nap during the day, I still am,

tinkersd of SRP.

Pears is one of my favorite bath soaps too. I tried the shaving bit myself, a long time ago. The lather doesn't last at all. It makes a nicely scented pre-shave face wash, though.

It sounds interesting:-)

That's the real beauty of this whole wet shaving phenom. A bunch of guys go maverick and try something different and everybody benefits. If you tried it and it didn't work out, we'd have data. You tried it and it worked and we have the data.

The cause is advanced a notch and wet shaving is moved forward.

Way to go heretic.

A bit of an update:

Unilever now own Pears and have significantly changed the ingredients.

Thought I'd have a go at shaving with it this morning in place of my Mitchells Wool Fat Soap:

1) Applied hot water to face,
2) Soaked boar brush,
3) Wet end of the Pears soap in hot water,
4) Rubbed bar of soap over face,
5) Face lathered with boar brush (occasional dip in water)

Result:

More lather than by any other method.
VERY smooth shave using a Joseph Rodgers 6/8 full wedge.
NO NICKS!! NO CUTS!!
Lather didn't dry out.
Nice shave, nice smell.

I will definitely be trying this again.
At only £0.65p a bar, this could work out very cheap!