Top Tier UN-scented Soap Suggestions

[TexOkie Shaver]

In my admittedly very limited experience with it, MWF seems like some pretty decent soap although it has not yet made me say, "Wow!". That being said I am not ruling out a degree of operator error so I'm going to stick with it until it does make me say, "Wow!" or I get tired of trying (I have a sneaking suspicion I hit the 'Fat with too much water, too quickly during my last shave). If it's a just a matter of getting down a proper technique that will be okay; I'm willing to learn the peculiarities of a particular soap, I'm even willing to put in a certain amount of extra effort - assuming the juice is worth the squeeze. What I won't accept is fickleness. I have no reason to believe MWF is going to be fickle, I just thought I'd mention that that is a line in the sand for me: if a certain technique works, it needs to work every time. So at present I'm still on the fence about MWF. The plan is stick it out a while longer because I'd really like to have a "Eureka!" moment. And too, be fair, I had a learning curve with Stirling Sheep as well, but this excellent video flattened the curve for me and elevated Sheep to its current exalted state. I'm going to do some test-lathering today and will try the Marco Method on my next shave.

Thanks for sharing that link. I’ve had some issues with Stirling Sheep and I watched the videos and still didn’t get anywhere. It lathers, it’s just not slick when compared with The Fat. I refuse to believe that I can lather The Fat, but can’t later Sheep!

I’m going to rewatch the videos and on Saturday when I’ve got plenty of time I’m going to try them out.

 

[chromedometone]

Mike's Unscented
Mystic Water Sensitive Skin
Shannon's Nil
Stirling Naked & Smooth: Electric Sheep
La Toja
Lea
MWF

I will second Mystic Water Sensitive. I think it is the best performing of all of her soaps, which all perform very well.

 

[Avi]

Indeed. For an unscented soap MWF packs a really soapy-smelling punch.


I just conducted a test-lathering using the Marco Method. It proved promising and leaves me cautiously optimistic. Will be shaving tomorrow so we'll see.

I must admit this "Marco" method seems to fling lather onto walls, shirts, ceiling, unsuspecting dogs -- do you use this in practice or perhaps I am too exuberant ???

 

[Wogus]

I must admit this "Marco" method seems to fling lather onto walls, shirts, ceiling, unsuspecting dogs -- do you use this in practice or perhaps I am too exuberant ???

My experience with using the Marco Method is limited to my one test from this morning, which was a palm-lather using a Simpson T1 brush, if any of that matters. I don't think I'm particularly vigorous when it comes to lathering, I'd say I'm rather mellow about it actually. That being said while a fair amount of soap foam did go down the sink while I was loading I had no issues with lather being flung about. Had I been using the T3 instead things might have gone differently as that brush does seem more prone to flinging. If you suspect it's your technique causing the flinging I might humbly suggest trying a more relaxed approach.

 

[Hooman]

Zingari man is just excellent, got explorer and ordered Navigator their recovery balms are fantastic as well

I am waiting to receive the Watchman from WCS, ordered blindly without having a clue as to how it smells. The plan is to mix Zingari's unscented with Watchman in a shave bowl to spice things up (2/3 unscented + 1/3 Watchman) Sometimes using an unscented soap over and over again becomes a bit too boring. I'm hoping that Watchman won't disappoint scent-wise as I paid quite a hefty amount for it!

 

[global_dev]

Stone cottage unscented. Really nice

@MilfordNJGuy , if you are the SCS guy, phenomal pucks of soap!! i wanted to buy more of your stuff, but i have 4 pucks of your stuff already and way too much shaving soaps as it is. Your unscented was exactly what i was looking for.. no residual scents that ive seen with other unscented soaps (And the Hesperides scent is so good too)

 

[TexOkie Shaver]

I must admit this "Marco" method seems to fling lather onto walls, shirts, ceiling, unsuspecting dogs -- do you use this in practice or perhaps I am too exuberant ???

That has been my experience exactly, except for maybe the dog. She stays out of the bathroom when I’m shaving. Too much water for her liking.