Thread: Trying new soaps

Gents,

I have been using Original Tabac for a few years now. I love this soap but I kind of want to try some new soaps. Any recommendations?

Any of the RazoRock soaps would be great. I would also suggest the Arko and Palmolive shave sticks.

DR Harris and MWF are great hard soaps, and pretty much any soft italian soap on the market is good. In cheap soaps, Arko stands out, IMO.

Ok, I'll be first. Tabac is one of my favorites, so you have a good soap to compare these others to. Cella, MWF (Mitchell Wool Fat) and MNS (Mike Natural Soap), These are the ones I have tried that would stand to Tabac. If you want creams, then Casttle Forbes Lime is, to me and others, the standard. Double O

You got to be kidding with an opening like that.

To cut down on the multitude of posts somewhat tell us what kinds of soaps you like; scents, consistency, ease of lathering, etc.

Try em all and then sort them out. That may take awhile and a chunk of change, so check out the 57 pages of this thread for suggestions.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/soaps...ike-about.html

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

You got to be kidding with an opening like that.

To cut down on the multitude of posts somewhat tell us what kinds of soaps you like; scents, consistency, ease of lathering, etc.

^^^ what he said

You are never going to get a simple answer to your question, unless you first ask yourself what do you want to get out of it: do you want great scent for summer/winter? do you just want something that offers a close, smooth shave? something that's moisture-rich? etc, etc.

I went to the big ones right away, DR. Harris, Truefitt & Hill and Taylor Of Old Bondstreat and I love them all.
Soak the puck in the bowl and the brush while showering, pour ½ teaspoon of the soapy water from the puck to your mixingbowl.
Shake the brush so it´s just damp and then swirl away for 30 sec on the puck and from there go to the bowl.
All these soaps will lather like crazy and fill the room with great smells.

Happy shaving.......

I love TABAC soap as well so like the others said it s a great start. Other soaps I would recommend are: MWF, Cella, D.R. Harris Lavender and finally Crabtree and Evelyn Nomad.

I purchased a tub of Truefit and Hill Sandlewood shave soap and aftershave balm and I love it. I also got a new Edwin Jagger shave scuttle.