Thread: Willams Mug Soap

Originally Posted by Utopian

Wow! Even in my days of using just Williams, my soap pucks lasted between 5 and 7 years. Your stash would last me over 150 years. If my stem cell/immortality plans work out, I'll buy some of those pucks from you!

I'll trade you all 28 pucks for the plans, if they work out.

I'm not as good as soap conservation... A puck of Williams lasts me about a year. That's partly because I shave my head, and partly because I rinse a lot of soap down the drain.

Well, your thread motivated me to use my Williams soap tomorrow morning.

Being a strict puck guy, Williams is still one of my go to soaps... and I can remember seeing probably at least a good half a dozen threads on it over the years.

Love the stuff.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Wow! Even in my days of using just Williams, my soap pucks lasted between 5 and 7 years. Your stash would last me over 150 years. If my stem cell/immortality plans work out, I'll buy some of those pucks from you!

Stem cell immortality ??.......Your gonna be a brain in a jar ??!.....waddya gonna shave ?....Yer Medula whatchmacallit ?? Hmmmm this could be the makings of a new B horror flick....The Brain that shaved the world.....BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA !!!.....SPONSORED BY....WILLIAMS SHAVE SOAP !!................................I'm goin ta Hades for that I just know it.

I just tried Williams this weekend for the first time. Pleasantly surprised. As others have noted, it's not the best of the best but I still got a very serviceable scuttle full of lather. Pretty nice in all.

Nothing wrong with Williams, it could just be better, but for the money its good!

Gentlemen:

The Williams is a fabulous soap — for the money.

Let's face it, what can you get these days under two bucks? It does the job, yes, and some think a great job, while others blow out a sour breath and shrug.

I used one puck of it a long long time and then moved on without looking back. Between Williams soap and where I am now rests an impressive lineup of great soaps. I hope to find more.

If you like Williams and want to stay with it, I heartily encourage you to do so. If you feel it does the best job for you, who am I to dispute your decision?

For me, I am looking forward to adding Tabula Rasa to my already loaded stash of soaps and creams.

That's why I consider this whole wet shaving thing The Sweet Obsession.

Regards,

Obie

My post was not meant to discomfort you. It was directed to those of us who have been around long enough to see the whole Williams antiWilliams threads take on a life of theirnown and go careening off into strange places. Nothing seems to energize our brothers more then this innocuous, quotidian little puck of tallow.

For what it is worth, I do pull out my Williams on occasion, and Inuse it as a touchstone to see how my lathering skills are developing, or not. I have on occasion gotten a great lather from it, though for the life of me I cannot reliably reproduce that result.

My ramblings were meant to amuse, not put down. Sometimes my sense of humor can be hurtful, but it was unintentional. I am glad you enjoy the Williams, and I believe you will find others that please you more.

I find VDH makes better lather and Williams gives a better shave so today I mixed the two. It was great. I have not used the nicer soaps yet but want to soon.

Originally Posted by sleekandsmooth

Okay,
it will make a rich and creamy lather like no other

correction.. once you learn to use it.. you will have rich and creamy lather just like every other..

don't mean to jab.. but i used williams for years and it works just fine.. however.. the list of subpar soaps is quite short.. there are hundreds of soaps that out do williams..

williams is a good soap for the buck and half you pay for it..