Thread: How do you decide?

My soap bowls are stacked - the most recently used is on the top. I usually grab the bottom bowl and after the shave put it on top of the pile.
When I am in a big hurry though, I just grab my mug of Williams - I may be odd, but Williams is my go-to soap when I am in a hurry.

You know, I just kind of pick what I feel I want to use that day. I actually tend to stick with a soap for a week or so before choosing something different..
I only really have about six soaps at a time, tabac, arko stick, klarr kabinett, mwf, and srd.

I'm still new to the wet shaving world, so I only have a few soaps and creams *(However I already have more on order LOL) I actually take a moment and smell each soap/cream in the morning and one usually speaks to me to let me know it's that soap/cream's turn

I have a fool proof system that will give you a bbs shave every time. I invite you to purchase my dvd or come to one of my classes where I teach you my soap selection secrets.

Originally Posted by livingontheedge

I just stare at it all untill one calls out to me,

+1, with razors, soaps/creams and A/S it is the one who calls to me. Same with tobacco pipes too. Used to be that way with the women but I ain't had one call to me in a loooong time.

Price, seems to decide it.
I have a few costly creams that I use for special events( basically anything can fall into this category, sad to say).
My everyday cream is C.O.Bigelow in the tube, not too expensive, makes great lather, the scent does not override the aftershave.

Gentlemen,
I use mostly my daily mood to select the day's shave soap or cream, mostly soap. Call it adding another pleasant element to the wet shaving ritual. Oh, the joy of debating whether to use a Thater with Martin de Candre or Castle Forbes, or a Simpson Chubby with Mitchell's Wool Fat, or a Semogue boar with Tabac, or . . . And so it goes.

Originally Posted by Lynn

So for you guys who have more soaps and creams than you can use in a lifetime and who continue to more cuz ya just has to, how do you decide which one to use each day? Luck of the draw? Migrate to your favorites? What makes you pick what?

How do you pick a razor? Lol ...

I don't have extensive amounts of soaps, but I kind of "feel" what I'm in the mood for - either scent- or cushion/slippery wise.

I think lynn just grabs a handful of razors that need test shaved.

Originally Posted by Mikael

How do you pick a razor? Lol ...

I don't have extensive amounts of soaps, but I kind of "feel" what I'm in the mood for - either scent- or cushion/slippery wise.

Just follow your nose...it always knows