Irish Spring Soap

I am sure that this question has been asked before and I am sorry if asking it again offends anybody, however, here we go. I love the scent of Irish Spring soap and use it most mornings as a part of my shower. I was wondering what you would have to mix with Irish Spring hand soap to be able to make it into a shaving soap. I am open to any suggestions from melting it with other items to a cold type approach. If there is no way to do this I would appreciate some suggestions as to what current shave soap shares some of the same smell as Irish Spring Hand Soap.

Slice off a thin piece of the IS and press it along with a slice of MWF in the bottom of your shave bowl and voila' magic!

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Originally Posted by Mayberryman

I am sure that this question has been asked before and I am sorry if asking it again offends anybody, however, here we go. I love the scent of Irish Spring soap and use it most mornings as a part of my shower. .

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Well, let's see, you didn't mention race,religion, gun control, politics, etc, so I don't see how your question could even remotely offend someone. :) Have you tried to build lather with it as is? If that doesn't work, once you load the brush with soap, you could add a few drops of glycerin to your mug and build lather as usual. Just my $0.02 as I have not tried using bar soap to shave with. As for shave soaps for sale, you may want to check out Mama Bear shave soaps. I don't know if they make an "Irish Spring" flavor, but they have a huge selection to choose from and they offer samples. I sure you could find something you like, hope this helps and keep us posted.

Handmade Shaving Soaps, Mama Bears Soaps

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Originally Posted by Johnus

Slice off a thin piece of the IS and press it along with a slice of MWF in the bottom of your shave bowl and voila' magic!

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I know that I am going to sound ignorant (not my first time, for sure) but, please define MWF. BE gentle as I am a fairly new person to this site.

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Originally Posted by Mayberryman

I know that I am going to sound ignorant (not my first time, for sure) but, please define MWF. BE gentle as I am a fairly new person to this site.

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MWF=Mitchell's Wool Fat....they make soaps, shampoo and moisturizers. Their shaving soaps are well regarded.

If I was going to do this I would probably melt a puck of vdh, grate some Irish spring and mix the grated Irish spring into the melt vdh. Let it cool and harden. I would think that would work best and low cost.

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Mitchell's Wool Fat
Very reasonably priced if you just buy the refill.

Irish Spring. "Made for a Man! But I like it too!" :D Mebbe grate a bit into a mug with a Williams puck and a dab of Glycerine!
Uuber Springtime Irish Williams??

I love the smell of Irish Spring myself. Unfortunately it is extremely drying to my skin, to the point that I can't use it with any frequency. I highly doubt it would make a good moisturizing shave soap, especially for those with skin dryness issues. I do use their deodorant though.

As for our members' suggestions, I can't say I've tried any of these methods but they sound interesting and might be worth a shot.