What is the Best Shave soap you've ever tried.

[dfoster]

D.R. Harris after trying to figure out what the fuss is all about with Mitchell's.

 

[Tricky]

I have used.... Pen's EF (tallow), RL Safari (tallow), Tabac, Mama Bear's, D.R. Harris (stick), Williams, Col Conk (amber and bay rum), The Shave Den (English Fern Type), and AOS.

The best I have used and will continue to use is Tabac.

 

[BroJohn]

Provence Sante.

-- John Gehman

 

[Hayden]

proraso and i also like erasmic

 

[Bill Smith]

Kent/Mitchell's Wool Fat.

 

[Sullybob]

Those were the good old days. Yardley, Wrisleys, Paislays, Colgate, Williams, Old Spice.....They really took care of our fathers and grandfathers.

I agree. Its unfortunate that quality was sacrificed for convenience.

I'll shave with my vintage Yardley tomorrow to see how it compares.

 

[pcb01]

to put Omega over the top with vote #3! This stuff is so slick antilock brakes would be useless on it.

 

[Topgumby]

Shulton Old Spice, partly based on the happy thought that there would have to be a lifetime supply of the dearly departed stuff to fulfill the conditions the OP described.

 

[AJ72]

Woods of Windsor tallow refill.

 

[Scissors]

An answerr to the question, and then some comments on the question:

1. If it could have absolutely anything, then it would have to be old Noxzema Lather Shave Cream in a tube.
2. If I couldn't have that, then Omega, the closest thing to it I know of today.
3. If the other Omega fans exhausted the supply before they (you know, THEM) got to me, then it would be Haslinger Sandalwood.

None of these are the best soap I've ever used; they're sentimental favorites that would make me happy if any one of them were the only shave cream or soap I could use for the rest of my life.

The best shave soap or cream I've ever used I'm afraid may be Kent/MWF now that I've learned to lather it. It's cushiony and lubricating; it softens the skin; it has a pleasant innocuous scent; and I have no emotional attachment to it, and could go the rest of my life without it without feeling that I lost something dear to me.

Old Noxzema was the first cream I used when I was shaving with a DE and a brush oh-so-many years ago; Omega and Haslinger were the first cream and soap I used on returning to DE, and Omega's got a good menthol chill to it, just like old Noxzema to boot. I get a little blue thinking that there's no more Noxzema, and I'd hate to see Omega and Haslinger go away.

So for me, favorite does not equal best.

I wonder if anyone else feels that way.

 

[Yonjuro]

Vintage - Potter & Moore. It's just too good for words

Pens EF (tallow)

MWF

SRD EO Bulgarian Rose

 

[Topgumby]

...
So for me, favorite does not equal best.

I wonder if anyone else feels that way.

Yes. That's why I picked Shulton Old Spice...it wouldn't perform the best, but it would make me happy.

 

[NewYorkBuck]

Tabac

 

[DirtyDave]

Two other entries, Valobra and Cella. Superb, both.

 

[TimMechEngr]

Woods of Windsor tallow refill.

Anyone with Tabac for their avatar is not allowed to name anything but Tabac!

 

[AJ72]

Anyone with Tabac for their avatar is not allowed to name anything but Tabac!

It was a tie with Tabac but since my avatar already had Tabac I figured I would give WoW some love.

 

[ofelas]

Mitchell's Wool Fat.

 

[The National Razor]

cedarfurnitureman's old-fashioned handmade shaving soap (secret recipe handed down from his grandmother).

you just have to look at it, say "Cedar Shave So Shorn" 3 times fast, and the lather literally explodes off the puck, filling the bathroom

 

[mrbear]

AOS Sandalwood

 

[Moe]

#1 Mitchell's Wool Fat
#2 Tabac