Thread: Favorite Shaving Soap

Originally Posted by rum

For me it would probably be Martin de Candre, although I do rotate it with Creed Green Irish Tweed and more recently Castle Forbes Lavender soap/cream. I also have the respectable Palmolive Shave Stick for use whilst travelling. My GFT Rose puck doesn't see much use these days.

Try mixing an Uber with the CF and Tobs Rose cream!! Awesome!!!

Originally Posted by Supernats

I love the scent, but I've been having a bear of a time getting it to lather.

You have to follow the instructions on the Ogallala web site (reproduced here):

Now we are gonna give you a little tip here. Even though you can get a REAL nice lather from this soap, here's what we like to do. Whip this stuff up into a THICK lather. Not fluffy. So when it is fluffy, keep whippin' a bit till it is really thick, ...almost paste like. Then apply to your whiskers (which hopefully you have already splashed with warm water). It should look sorta like stage makeup when applied to your face. Kinda like a danged mime. (I hate mimes.....but you gotta do what ya gotta do.) Then shave away..... man, afterwards you have yourself one of those shaves where ya keep running your hand over your face cause you can't believe how smooth it is. Now in a perfect world you won't be the only one doin' that...but you're on your own there. All Genuine Ogallala Bay Rum Shaving Soaps have superior lubricating qualities for, what we feel, is about as good as it gets for a clean comfortable shave. And then there is that fantastic fragrance! We have heard of people lathering up a couple more times a day without shaving just for the great scent it leaves on your face! And we suspect it will leave a smile on the Mrs.' face! Oh yeah. If you're a mime. Sorry for the comment up above a ways. Sort of.

English Fern Tallow

Hands down Proraso. I have never had a bad straight razor shave with this shaving cream.

Well there are tons i still have to try, Proraso, Tabac, and on and on,in a perfect world as was said there would never just be one. In my dream world it would be a lemongrass scented MWF, but if i had to pick one i don't know if i could, as i love the scent of Mikes Natural Shave soap, Lemongrass and Eucalyptus, i love the fresh strong lemon scent first thing in the morning. But I love MWF if i must choose. Though Art of Shaving lemon shave cream is great as well. Id also appreciate any other soaps or cream suggestions that are made in a good strong lemon scent.
Respectfully,
Christian

MWF or Speick Shaving Soap Stick

MItchells wool fat.

I have only tried the Crabtree & Evelyn's Nomad soap. It is just fantastic, easy to build up lather and smells great!

Currently, it's Tabac. I've just ordered some MWF and Proraso soap, so that's likely to change soon.

I currently use MWF for normal everyday shaving. SRD Glycerin soap for travel.