Thread: How many Soap/Creams do you have????

5 soaps, 4 creams. I have noticed the creams can get hard/dry over a relatively short period of time. At one point, I was on the verge of buying lots more soaps and creams. Glad I'm past that. I plan on using up everything I have before I consider buying some more. It may take a couple of years or more??? We'll see.

I have Castle Forbes going on 5 years old, seriously. It's perfectly fine. I have so many, it takes me a while to get to it. In all, I have over 90 soaps and creams on hand, It was higher than that. All are good, some are a few years old. That does not include samples I receive, I probably have 20 of those and a fair amount from a former member or two. I had one cream go bad over the years, and it was only a few months old, and the vendor gladly replaced it. It separated, looked like cottage cheese.

Like anything else in this hobby, Razors and stones for example, Soap and Creams can be addictive. Choose wisely. If I were starting out, I'd stay away from the Artisan vendors. It's really hit or miss with them. You don't know until you buy it if the praise it receives is deserved. I found out the hard way a few times. Many of those soaps went in the shower. Stick with the well known brands at first. Learn how to use them. You'll be glad you did. (Castle Forbes, Truefitt and Hill, TOBS, and for the budget conscious, Williams. Long before I picked up a straight razor, I was using Williams and a cheap brush with a DE.

One cream/soap did not hold up over the years, That was Proraso. It still works, but became a bit hard. It's not one of my favorites. I don't really care for mentholated soaps and creams.

I have about 5 Kgr of Italian soft soaps in the fridge and about 30 to 40 others soaps and creams.
I promised my self I will not buy again a shaving soap or cream in my life

Thanks for the replys, this is what i can get locally

Crabtree and Evelyn soap and cream
Tabac soap and cream
Col Conk Soap
Art of Shaving cream
E-Shave soap and cream
Truefitt and Hill soap and cream
Jack Black cream
Omega soap and cream
Prorosa soap and cream

so i dont have to worry to import some products

what is the deal with soaps/cream in the fridge like Slur is doing?

I don't even want to admit in public what I have. Lets just say that there is more there than I can possibly use in a couple years. A few months back I purged the products I didn't care for but I've steadily replaced much of it. Now, unfortunately, I have a lot of products that I like but can't shave but every other day to use it. I could start shaving every day but that's not necessary. I suppose it makes as much sense as having multiple Christmas trees but I think you men can understand.

Two soaps and two creams. Plus some samples. There are more I want to try but I need to work through what I have. The Mitchell's Wool Fat seems to not want to go away. I've been using it for oh I think 3 years??? I think it has at least that long on what is left.

I have purchased and own "at this point in time" 23 creams and 31 soaps.
Ugh. One whole hanging cabinet in the shave den is dedicated to just soaps and creams. There are a few cubby holes with brushes in them......

It's easy to say how many I have. Quite simply I have exactly....too many.

I'll play!!

6 soaps, 9 creams and all 12 of the TOBS sampler creams.
Wanting to buy D.R. Harris Arlington sooooo bad right now!!!

Yes, like so many others I have waaaayyy too many. Way.

There are some I haven't even opened from 6 years ago. I have an entire sports bag full of soaps and creams given to me by a German friend completely untouched. If the shaving apocalypse ever hit us, I'd be set for life.

James.