Hello all. As I have said before, I've found much greater success with creams than soaps. However, I have an Amazon gift card that I received as a Christmas gift, and I would like to use it to get a nice soap to experiment with. The card is for $15. So, if you had $15 (maybe up to $20) to spend on a soap, what would you get? I would prefer the soap I choose to come in a bowl with a lid...but I could always get a refill or something and grate it into a lidded bowl. So that's not a big issue.

For the record, my current cream stable includes Bigelow's, Real Shaving Co. and Derby. I've tried 2 or 3 soap samples, but it didn't go too well. I think I'd do better with a bowled soap that makes it easier to load on the brush as opposed to a few tiny slivers.

At the moment, I'm leaning toward Mitchell's Wool Fat or Taylor's Sandlewood soaps...but I really want to know what you guys think first.