It's not a bad idea to keep around just for that purpose. I have both Shannon's and B&M's unscented to try them before ordering more scents so those are my go-to for super lather with a cream.
Worst soap ever?
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Arko. It works great, but the smell made me want to gag. If it was even unscented, I'd just use it and drop all other soaps, especially at its price point.
I tried a soap once which had alum block in it! It was by Le Pere Lucien I think. Horrible combination.
TOBS in a puck. Did not lather well at all. I pifed it very soon.
A leather saddle. An object that has been strapped to a sweaty horse and sat upon by a sweaty posterior.
I have yet to read even a mediocre review of Joshua Tree shave soap. One day, I'm gonna get my hands on a puck just to see if it is as bad as everyone says. Yeah, I'm kinda stupid that way. 
Steve56
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I have yet to read even a mediocre review of Joshua Tree shave soap. One day, I'm gonna get my hands on a puck just to see if it is as bad as everyone says. Yeah, I'm kinda stupid that way.
Order some of their lavender lip balm while you're at it, it's one of the best I've tried.
Cheers, Steve
I had exactly the same issue with my last puck of GFT Eucris. I started a thread about how I rehabilitated it. In a nutshell, just superlather it with some cream. Despite it's flaws, the soap is SLICK. Before the Eucris, I had some GFT coconut that gave disappearing lather as well, but it was OK if I shaved quickly.
My only complaint about Stirling is the scents. Specifically, they make too many. I wish they would have concentrated on half a dozen really excellent scents rather than trying to make something for everyone. (Also, Arkadia tastes terrible when I get it in my mouth.)
Just prepare to superlather the GFT. It will be OK.
I seem to remember it having hard brown specs in the soap. I always worried about getting a spec of it caught between the blade and my skin.
Osma makes a soap with alum. Is that what you are thinking of?
Williams. I threw my first and only puck of Williams in the trash today. Not sure how they do it, but that lather is mysterious how it just disappears.
Steve56
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Osma makes a soap with alum in it that's more difficult to lather. @Jarrod at TSS has or had instructions for lathering that worked, basically load the brush until you had a paste that you worked onto your face, added water gradually until you got a slick lather. It's a quite decent soap but a bit of a bother to lather, and there are many options that perform as well and are easier to use.
Cheers, Steve
Cheers, Steve
My worst performing soap was a puck of Badger shop that I found in a local shop. Bought it because I liked the name. Unfortunately, the name was the best part. The puck ended up in the bath!
The worst soap ever is: Scottish Fine Soaps. I am sure many who have used it will agree with me.
PAA Neroli. Stupid huge puck, awful non-authentic smell, terrible performance.
Funny, I have to agree with posts 2,3 and 4, and in that order.
I personally had never had lather disappear until I tried the Herban Cowboy. Wish I had seen the reviews on here before buying it. I gave it a few tries and then put it in the shower because I do like the scent.
Col. Conk bay rum was the first puck I bought when I started DE shaving. It worked okay, just not what I had hoped for and the scent was more subdued than I prefer.
I have used Williams a few times, and I find that it does the job, but I would like to see better lather. I can't write it off completely because it is the only puck available in stores where I live, and I'm hoping that my lathering technique has improved since I last used it.
I personally had never had lather disappear until I tried the Herban Cowboy. Wish I had seen the reviews on here before buying it. I gave it a few tries and then put it in the shower because I do like the scent.
Col. Conk bay rum was the first puck I bought when I started DE shaving. It worked okay, just not what I had hoped for and the scent was more subdued than I prefer.
I have used Williams a few times, and I find that it does the job, but I would like to see better lather. I can't write it off completely because it is the only puck available in stores where I live, and I'm hoping that my lathering technique has improved since I last used it.
Well that answers my question, it's a shame because I love their scents. I have all their creams but am mostly a soap guy now.
For me it was Italian Barber Fresco Verde. Smelled like some industrial cleaner. Never made it to my face. At least it kept the raccoons out of the garbage.
Yeap. It was Osma. Alum is the most anti-glide thing on the planet. Why would someone put that in a soap... Beats me.
Savonaire de Moulin Tempete. It just doesn't work for me.
I also want to like Mystic Water but it's even more difficult to lather than MWF and Williams.
I also want to like Mystic Water but it's even more difficult to lather than MWF and Williams.
Yep, same here. It was so bad it didn't even deserve to go in the shower
For me it would be Col Conk's almond. Lather is OK, slickness is meh, and it dries my face. When I used one puck as a bath soap, it only lasted about a week (and wasn't terrific there either). The scent, now consider that I love almond, is meh. It starts out OK but a little weak, but it loses what little intensity there is quite quickly. The only thing I use it for anymore is to create a superlather with my TOBS almond cream, but I don't do that much anymore because I like the TOBS too much to mix it with mediocrity. I may throw away the puck I have left (or gift it with a disclaimer in a PIF) and try Cella for my almond scent soap.
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