Thread: What's your favorite soap for its ability to make lather

My favorites are:

Tabac
Cella
And Klarr Kabinett (bricks rose scent).

I find the Palmolive and Arko sticks hard to beat for ease of use, once I've grated or squished them into a ramekin.

With other soaps that I've not used for a while it often takes me two or three shaves to get the lather just right again, I need to readjust to the nuances of the soap and pay attention to get a great lather. Arko and Palmolive soaps may be very forgiving soaps or perhaps just rather well suited to my 'brain off' lathering.

VDH is my new favorite. Copious quantities of very creamy thick and slickery lather in under a minute.

Originally Posted by joebehar

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but...

Thesus, do you face lather using the Arko?

I just got a few sticks of it and tried it yesterday, I spread it on my wet whiskers and face lathered. Although I got an acceptable lather, it was not quite to my satisfaction. I've since packed the softened stick into a small bowl and will try to pick some up on a wet brush and lather in my DIY scuttle, which creates great lather with Proraso.


Your thoughts?

Could you pass along some info on your ‘DIY scuttle’? I’m trying to put together a skuttle that keeps my lather warm. Maybe you have some ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by Loewenherz

I'll second this. I thought Tabac couldn't be beaten, until I tried Fitjar Fjellheim. My new favourite, without a doubt.

Fitjar?? Where can you find it?

DR Harris. Nothing else.

Another Tabac-devotee here! I haven't found anything that really explodes with lather and scent the way it does. I started with Proraso, which is good and easy to lather with, but Tabac takes the cake, er, soap.

Same here. I love the way Tabac shaving soap makes lather; and the lather itself is quite slick. Perfect for shaving with any type of DE or straight razor.