Thread: Recommend two more soaps for my rotation

Gentlemen, I am in the process of simplifying this portion of my life. Yes, even to the point of downsizing my considerable collection of restorable, restored, user grade, and plain ugly straights, single, and double edge razors. I never indulged in soaps as much as razors, perhaps because I started with such wonderful products I never felt the need to stray. I have used MWF, Provence Sante, and Arko exclusively for the past two years. I keep these soaps in very heavy stainless tins that I brought home from Kuwait. I wish I could find more of them, but I can't find anything close to their quality in the States. I've been holding off filling the last two in case I wanted to use them for something else, but I think it is time.

So gentlemen, I am putting this question to you. What would you have me get next? I love the smell of Provence, the ease of Arko, and the mountains of lather from MWF.

I face lather exclusively with an Omega 100049 boar. I'd like to find another boar, but honestly, is brush just does so well, I hate to mess with a good thing.

I am eagerly awaiting your suggestions.

Tabac: Some people don't like the scent, but others love it. Count me in the latter group. It is the one soap I will never be without.

Tabac I think is a must. One of the soaps I use the most.
Another one of my favorites, just for its scent, is Geo. F. Trumpers Limes. What a great scent this is!!

Proraso- hands down one of the best out there- any of the scents!

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Tabac I think is a must. One of the soaps I use the most.
Another one of my favorites, just for its scent, is Geo. F. Trumpers Limes. What a great scent this is!!

For sure. If you like the convenience of Arko, Tabac is available in shavestick form too. I use it and love it. In fact, I could probably whittle my soap rotation down to just this and MWF and be perfectly happy.

+1 for Tabac.
Razorock make really good soaps as well
Red Proraso is very nice too

Tabac is a good choice, certainly a favourite of mine. But if you don't mind spending some extra coin get some Martin de Candre. It's my stranded-on-a-desert-island pick, simply wonderful in every way.

Yea, the Red Proraso is pretty nice too. Nice sandalwood scent not too over bearing.

Bob

I glanced at this thread earlier and moved on...thinking:

A. Tabac - there is just something about that scent...and it works.
B. Isn't it great that there are so many choices?

Even the more expensive ones are a deal on a per shave bases (though many of us probably have 10 years+ worth of product stashed in the den...)
So far I have only found one that did not agree with me (Arko, I looked like a had been bobbing for french fries)

And you can try soaps that have been made for a century and soaps that someone made in their kitchen or small shop.

So I'm glad that Tabac came up and I hope that your next choice is great...what ever it is.

I like the C&E stuff, and I think it would do well on boar as it is a harder soap.

I also like the SRD soaps - lots of scents to try.

Mostly, if I'm using soap, I use MWF, but you've already listed that.