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    As a side note, because of this thread, I decided to use my walmart soap puck last night instead of my AOS sandlewood. I wanted a reminder of the difference. and yes there was one. my blade was "hopping" on my skin and I felt like I came close a cut once.

    not to say other soaps are not good, but for now all I have is the walmart one, and AOS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidmind View Post
    As a side note, because of this thread, I decided to use my walmart soap puck last night instead of my AOS sandlewood. I wanted a reminder of the difference. and yes there was one. my blade was "hopping" on my skin and I felt like I came close a cut once.

    not to say other soaps are not good, but for now all I have is the walmart one, and AOS.
    Maybe your lather was too dry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pmburk View Post
    Maybe your lather was too dry.
    no doubt, the thing is I did my prep exactly like I normally do, and I never have problems with it drying out when using AOS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidmind View Post
    no doubt, the thing is I did my prep exactly like I normally do, and I never have problems with it drying out when using AOS.
    Perhaps next time you use the soap, add more water to the mix and see what happens.

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    +1 Every soap is different, just got to get the mix right. i get a decent lather out of all my soaps, just gotta treat them individually

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    It has great glide, didnt dry my skin out, smells nice, and the lather lasts a long time. $22 seemed like a lot of money for what you get but after using it and realizing how little it takes to make lather the 5oz. tub should last a very long time.
    This is very true, I have only been using my AOS Sandalwood since Feb shaving every third day and I am just now getting close to the end of the tub. When you look at the price in comparison to how long it lasts I feel it is cheaper than that can crap we all used to use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pmburk View Post
    Perhaps next time you use the soap, add more water to the mix and see what happens.
    so your saying I am being hasty, and it's my lack of experimentation and my attempt using the walmart soap that is causing me the problems..
    I won't argue with you, I am a newb after all, but I will make a opinion, the AOS is simple to use and I have no problems, my obvious lack of expertise still produces great results. now you got me to thinking though, I might have to take it as a challenge to see if I can get good results with the walkmart puck. BTW, I face lather only, if that makes a difference.
    Am I threadjacking here? I don't want to be rude.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidmind View Post
    so your saying I am being hasty, and it's my lack of experimentation and my attempt using the walmart soap that is causing me the problems..
    I won't argue with you, I am a newb after all, but I will make a opinion, the AOS is simple to use and I have no problems, my obvious lack of expertise still produces great results. now you got me to thinking though, I might have to take it as a challenge to see if I can get good results with the walkmart puck. BTW, I face lather only, if that makes a difference.
    Am I threadjacking here? I don't want to be rude.
    Is your AOS cream or soap?

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    soap, the OP was talking about his cream, I will back out now. I am being rude.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidmind View Post
    soap, the OP was talking about his cream, I will back out now. I am being rude.
    Sidmind,

    Your not being rude at all. SRP is all about talking and learing about our hobby. Ive used walmart soap before and it worked ok. Then I added a quarter size amount of glycerin and made my lather in a mug, I got decent results. If your looking for a inexpensive but quality soap check out Straight Razor designs soap and Mamma Bears shave soap. I get much better results building my lather is a mug vs. my face.

    Have a good one,

    Chris

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