Have you ever used soap from your local farmer's market for shaving?

Today being Saturday, me and my girl were down at the Bloomington Farmer's Market and I noticed that the people from whom we usually buy our honey (Hoosier Honey) are selling soap. This might be a new thing, or I may simply not have noticed before. Either way, I began to wonder if their soap would be any good for shaving.

Hoosier Honey carries a number of different flavors, such as lavender, chamomile, green tea, and lemongrass, but all contain honey, goat's milk, coconut oil, and glycerin with the only other ingredients being the flavorings. Some of the flavors, such as tea, actually have little bits of tea, etc. in them, which I figured wouldn't be good for the old shaving brush. I bought chamomile, brought it home, and popped it in my empty shaving mug.

Long story short: it worked really well. It lathered like a dream, was smooth on the skin, and the scent was present, but pleasantly mild. Top that off with the fact that it was produced locally by hardworking Americans in my own community and I am pretty happy.

I know there are some here who are gravitated to straight razor shaving (and wet shaving in general) because it is not as chemically-dependent as cartridge shaving.

I'm curious, has anyone else tried shaving with local products? What were your experiences?