Thread: Classic Shave Wool Fat Soap

A couple weeks ago I posted a thread concerning the lathering ability of classic Shave wool fat soap. I was dissappointed with then. I tried it again this past Saturday night and was still dissappointed with the soaps performance. I tossed it in the trash but retrieved it when I considered what I paid for it. I decided to try it as a bath soap and boy was I pleased. Not bad and leaves a great fragrance. Tried it again this morning and was still quite pleased. It leaves a great fragrance in the bath for hours. I think I'll purchase more for showering.

I had the same type of problem when I started wet shaving, and found two things, first I am using very very hard well water, to test yours go to your local hardware store, ask for a water hardness test kit, not very expensive and worth ever dime. when I found my water was hard I bought a gallon of distilled water at the local wally-world[Wal-Mart] and heated some in my microwave and got GREAT lather with it, with most all my soaps and creams. Also, using a badger brush, even one that not worth the price of a used Buick can work better then even a decent Boars bristle brush. Say a badger brush in the $25 to $35 range. That's my 2 cents any way.

have a great holiday and a merry Festivis!!

tinkersd of SRP!

Tinkersd, generally I agree with your advice, but, on this occasion, it is definitely the soap... Classic sells a lot of good product, but unfortunately in my experience their soap isn't worth a pile of beans.

I've also found it very difficult to get a decent lather with this soap - it doesn't matter if I load the brush with more product, the lather is still thin and airy. It does improve if you doctor it by adding something like glycerin, but for the price, one wouldn't expect having to resort to this. I read somewhere it has to do with the olive oil in the soap. Great for the skin, not so good for shaving lather.

i also read the same thing about olive oil soaps.. they are much harder to lather and require decent water..

the effect olive oil has on my skin however is worth the effort.. the few olive oil soaps i have leave me feeling very slick, clean, and moisturized.

After going on to Classic Shaving's site and seeing the price of the soap I would whole heartedly agree, for that price[$19.98} a shaver shouold expect a decent head of lather!!! Hard water or not. Straight Razor Designs makes some great shaving soap and its very well priced in my opinion, give one of thier ''flavors" a try and see if you like them.

As always, tinkersd of SRP