I am coming to the same realization as the original premise of this thread. The tallow based, triple milled soaps really do provide fantastic shaves. I have several glycerin based soaps, and I do like the scents and the prices. Also to be fair I do receive DFS's from them, but it takes a little more time and effort. Plus which, adding more after market glycerin seems to help. For some reason I'm always left w/ stubborn stubble that requires a bunch of blade buffing and J-hooking to resolve. I don't know why that is. I think one problem is I have very coarse whiskers.
As I've dedicated a new guy thread to the benefits of cheap soaps and creams (which tend to be glycerin based though not always), I will stand by my assertion that for the money they do provide great shaves. However I do seem to get a close shave quicker using the hard soaps. Fortunately Tabac does fit into the cheap (er) category and is one of my favorites.
EDIT: I should mention I'm referring the the glycerin based soap pucks above. Glycerin creams really perform quite well for me.
As I've dedicated a new guy thread to the benefits of cheap soaps and creams (which tend to be glycerin based though not always), I will stand by my assertion that for the money they do provide great shaves. However I do seem to get a close shave quicker using the hard soaps. Fortunately Tabac does fit into the cheap (er) category and is one of my favorites.
EDIT: I should mention I'm referring the the glycerin based soap pucks above. Glycerin creams really perform quite well for me.