I would choose either Mike’s Natural or Stirling, because, it’s very cheap to buy a refill puck to match the soap container for each scent available.
If I had to use only one shaving soap from now on, I would use......
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Finally a Mike’s fan! I’ll have to take your first answer. Mine would have been SV or Mike’s if I was allowed two. SV has the edge for me scent wise but Mike’s is undoubtably a top performer.
Stirling Sandalwood if you go by how much of the matching aftershave that I have left. This soap gives an easy lathering, protective lather.
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I'd be perfectly fine using the Williams I have now.
MWF because it treats me well. Heavenly scent and rich lather.
Cella Crema Sapone. The 1000g block. I stumbled across it in an antique shop for $20 early on in my wet shaving career. It's my go to for any test shaves and it's the soap I used to convince my wife to start using a brush. I have been through many soaps and to this date have never bought the same soap twice but I'll definitely purchase the Cella again when it runs out. I've got about 1/3 of that first block left. I'm probably still good for a few years!
MdC.
Stirling black ice or uh raaaaah to bl difficult
Tabac
La Toja.
Pre de Provence
OK, VDH Deluxe because it works, it smells OK and is dirt cheap.
But, if price wasn't an issue it would be Cella-I like the way it smells.
Likely Stirling. Performance and scent of Barrister and Mann for the price of Col. Conk.
Tabac stick
All these fantastic-scented, cleverly named soaps and creams. The variety and choices are dizzingly diverse, as they should be. Sure they perform just fine - but on more than one level: They're slick, they smell nice and they cost a bundle. They're sending artisan soap makers' children to college, buying their spoiled daughters the brand new Beemer, maybe upgrading the boat. That's all what entrepreneurial enterprises, free market and freedom of choice is all about.
Nevertheless, I'm a believer in premium quality and performance on the ¢heap which is a function of DIY. And thet Beemer - if I'm to pay for it, it's gonna be in my driveway ... well it IS in my driveway. Anyone with a JCW Mini Cooper
is already aware that it has a plethora of pricey key BMW branded parts in it that make the little car go.
Sure, I have Several Stirling Soaps and ToBS on shelf and I love them all. I also have a puck of Taconic Excalibur - it has an image of the legendary sword on the label, is a transparent golden puck, and comes in a rugged steel tin. I'm a great fan of Shannon's Soaps. As a chemist, she excels in making a good variety of superior balance of slick, smooth and easy to lather soaps. There's Palmolive and Lea sticks, and Williams - one of my first soaps (from remnants of the puck stuck to the bottom of an Old Spice Mug left me when Grandpa passed in the 60's).
If I could choose only one to spend the rest of my shave-life with, any one would be more than sufficient to provide a shave to meet my high expectations.
Decades ago, a Cuban friend somehow got his childhood sweetheart out of Cuba. On a trip to the supermarket she commented on the endless variety of brands and types of soaps, shampoos, deodorants, toothpaste, toilet paper and other items: "Why so many? In Cuba we only have one choice." Reliving a nightmare where the Communist/Socialists attain the keys to the Whitehouse and the economy, and we are reduced to having limited choices, I'd hope to see Cremo and Neutrogena for Sensitive skin remaining on shelf at the local Targetski. It's the blend I compare all my other soaps & creams to - most meet its' performance, but none are any better. And both are Capitalist-crushingly ¢heap. The blend lathers and is exceedingly slick, just as some of the even $pendy artisan soaps wish they were.
Nevertheless, I'm a believer in premium quality and performance on the ¢heap which is a function of DIY. And thet Beemer - if I'm to pay for it, it's gonna be in my driveway ... well it IS in my driveway. Anyone with a JCW Mini Cooper
is already aware that it has a plethora of pricey key BMW branded parts in it that make the little car go.
Sure, I have Several Stirling Soaps and ToBS on shelf and I love them all. I also have a puck of Taconic Excalibur - it has an image of the legendary sword on the label, is a transparent golden puck, and comes in a rugged steel tin. I'm a great fan of Shannon's Soaps. As a chemist, she excels in making a good variety of superior balance of slick, smooth and easy to lather soaps. There's Palmolive and Lea sticks, and Williams - one of my first soaps (from remnants of the puck stuck to the bottom of an Old Spice Mug left me when Grandpa passed in the 60's).
If I could choose only one to spend the rest of my shave-life with, any one would be more than sufficient to provide a shave to meet my high expectations.
Decades ago, a Cuban friend somehow got his childhood sweetheart out of Cuba. On a trip to the supermarket she commented on the endless variety of brands and types of soaps, shampoos, deodorants, toothpaste, toilet paper and other items: "Why so many? In Cuba we only have one choice." Reliving a nightmare where the Communist/Socialists attain the keys to the Whitehouse and the economy, and we are reduced to having limited choices, I'd hope to see Cremo and Neutrogena for Sensitive skin remaining on shelf at the local Targetski. It's the blend I compare all my other soaps & creams to - most meet its' performance, but none are any better. And both are Capitalist-crushingly ¢heap. The blend lathers and is exceedingly slick, just as some of the even $pendy artisan soaps wish they were.
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I don't know but it would have to be unscented or lightly scented. I haven't found a strongly scented soap that I like enough to use forever.
I agree. Most of the strong scented soaps are only good for short term use. I can use an unscented soap until the cows come home.
I have avoided answering this thread because it's almost impossible to answer. I have about 40 soaps
and most, if not all, are good and give me a fine shave. I have cheap Razo Rocks and the more expensive
Declaration Grooming, Zingari Man, Mountain Shaving Kodiak base, etc. I like em all, but if I was to use just one it would be one of my Long Rifle's, light masculine scents and all the shaving performance nuances
you can mention.
and most, if not all, are good and give me a fine shave. I have cheap Razo Rocks and the more expensive
Declaration Grooming, Zingari Man, Mountain Shaving Kodiak base, etc. I like em all, but if I was to use just one it would be one of my Long Rifle's, light masculine scents and all the shaving performance nuances
you can mention.
If I could only use one, I would quit shaving, same for razors, blades, creams, and brushes.
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