Thread: Soap guide comparison

Hey all, I haven't really skimmed or searched to see if this has been done before. has anyone established a soap guide comparison?

If not I want to get input from everyone who's been shaving 10+ years on soaps they'd rate the best. I plan to get these soaps and shave with them to see what you're talking about. My plan is to set up a shaving soap guide with brands being rated from 1 to 10, 10 being best overall. I'll have subcategories, according to the input I receive such as lathering up (how well, etc.) lather retention, moisturizing/drying skin, slip (how well it helps/prevents razor from gliding across skin, etc.) etc.

I'm not really interested in smell as that's generally a personal preference I'm interested in performance.

If this hasn't been done before could I please get suggestions from some 10+ year shaving veterans on which soaps are 'best', how you would rate them from 1 to 10 over all, what subcategories you consider important and how you would rate each soap in each sub category?

I will then get a cake of each soap mentioned, shave with it for a week or 2 to get an idea of what you're talking about. These soap tests will be my "baseline". Then I plan to get samples of every soap out there and rate it accordingly.

The reason I'm doing this is because of some fellows here that use the DE's or Feathers (disposable blades) That swear up and down that a bar of dove or even dial essence soaps performs just as well as any cup soap out there.

So I decided to test it. However I want a baseline and some other soaps to compare them to.

Thanks for any and all input.

I'm sure you're aware of Colleen's complete line of products, therefore we should test at least two of them. Cavendish Black and one more.

Maybe this will help you? http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~vgable/sha...apreviews.html

Sorry if this site has been mentioned before.

Originally Posted by Abscissa

Maybe this will help you? http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~vgable/sha...apreviews.html

Sorry if this site has been mentioned before.

I just read this a couple of days ago. While I don't entirely agree with these assesments, I do have to say that a person with sensitive skin is a good candidate to write reviews. Thus far, there hasn't been a soap or a cream that has irritated my skin. Some aftershaves have, but no soaps or creams.
-Fred

You might want to take a look here.

Thanks X, I received a pm also on this. I'm checking it out.

Glen F

Xert, thanks for the great link and welcome to SRP

Glen

p.s. I was disapointed on the rating of Surrey, I really like it for the price it's hard to beat.

Originally Posted by Xert

You might want to take a look here.

Wow, excellent link, I want to try that Tabac out.