I tried editing the topic on the other one but no luck so I'm reposting in a new thread. I'm still looking for baseline soaps as "the best soaps" for a comparison so I can make my comparison chart. Thanks again.

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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 several 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 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.