Hi there,

New to the forum and to straight razor shaving (couple months and love it). Anyhow, wanted to post my thoughts on AOS and TOBS shaving cream experiences so far. I started out with AOS and it seemed no matter what I tried, I could not get it to lather. I watched several videos on lathering, read several posts, and tried different combinations of water ratios, etc, with very poor results. I found this odd since I read several posts on SRP saying that AOS lathers well.

Eventually, I decided to try TOBS cream, and using the lather techniques I had practiced with AOS, I was able to get a tremendous amount of nice lather from TOBS(enough for 3 passes and then some).
Prior to first using TOBS, I thought the scent of its Sandalwood cream was quite overwhelming compared to AOS. But after using it I find that I like the scent very much.

I do wanna say that I really like the subtle sandalwood fragance of AOS also so it's a shame that I cant get it to lather to a satisfactory consistency and amount. Anyway...any thoughts?

PS. Since Im now using TOBS Sandalwood, I was wondering if anyone knows of a good aftershave (preferably cream type) to go with it. The AOS Sandalwood aftershave I have seems not to mesh well...thanks.