D.R. Harris soaps are attention hogs - temperamental attention hogs

[Greg1911]

I admit it. I ignored my puck of Arlington for a while. So many good choices are out there...

After wrapping up Croap Month and seeing Aprilington was going on I grabbed the bowl and was rewarded with some pretty lame lather.

I hit it with a Semogue SOC boar the next day and things were getting better. Thicker, better lather for sure.

After using it twice more I can safely say the soap is happy again and performing like I remember it.

I have a few too many soaps and it isn't easy to give them all the attention they deserve but I thought I'd post this just in case anyone else has ignored their Harris pucks. They do dry up and get too hard but hit em with a soap destroying brush and use them more and you'll find they perform as advertised.

Now I have to be nice to my other 4 Harris scents and MWF.

 

[njpaddy]

I wasn't too fond of my Harris Almond stick. It had no scent and I found the soap too hard in stick form. In Feb, after it sat unused for 6 months, I whittled it into a bowl with the intention to finish it off. However, the more I used it, the more I liked it. Now that there's only a few shaves left, I hate to see it go and I'm thinking about a refill puck. It's not like I need it. I still have pucks of the other 4 DRH soaps. Arlington was supposed to be next on my list of soaps to finish off this year. The only problem is, finishing a soap and then reordering is not helping to reduce my stash.

 

[rum]

After wrapping up Croap Month and seeing Aprilington

Whoever makes these names up must work in a marketing department somewhere. Or if they don't they should do!!

Of the two Harris soaps that I owned in my time, neither lathered as well as a Palmolive stick, Creed soap or Martin de Candre. Even my Castle Forbes creams create gobs of lather that Harris just simply can't produce.

 

[Phog Allen]

Harris is the last of the best British shave soaps. I noted as I got closer to the end of the cake of Marlborough the lather was not as good. My Arlington and lavender are nearly full. Great soaps but I find myself using them less and less. I think I have simply tired of the scents. Who knows?

Cheers, Todd

 

[Greg1911]

Of the two Harris soaps that I owned in my time, neither lathered as well as a Palmolive stick, Creed soap or Martin de Candre. Even my Castle Forbes creams create gobs of lather that Harris just simply can't produce.

I've never tried the Creed but I have no problem getting "gobs of lather" out of a Harris puck that matches the others on your list.

When the lather is thin on my face, and paint brush strokes don't build it up is when I determine there is a problem like I mentioned above.

 

[JCinPA]

I used a 1990's vintage Harris almond this morning. Tremendous stuff. I don't know how it has changed over the years and have not tried current production, but this was truly terrific.

 

[Saxman11290]

As an Aprillington participant, I find that if you haven't used a D.R. Harris soap in more than a week or so, it definitely takes two shaves to get it back to a good performance level. I totally agree it is the attention hog of all of soaps!

 

[intotheforge]

I've only used a sample of windsor; but I liked it better than any of the other British samples I've tried. I intend to get a full Harris puck after sampling some of their other scents.

 

[KCee]

I finally tried the D. R Harris Arlington soap this weekend that I bought probably 2 months ago. Really liked it a lot! The scent was nice and mild in a familiar sort of way. I got very good lather although I think I'm finally getting the hang of that. I went back to my TOBS Shaving Shop cream this morning as I love the smell of that stuff, but will probably try the soap again tomorrow.

 

[k2clones29]

Whoever makes these names up must work in a marketing department somewhere. Or if they don't they should do!!

I take full credit for Aprilington. Nobody would hire me for marketing, so I had to settle on being a lawyer. I was also rejected from the following jobs:

-Writer for Robot Chicken
-Zookeeper
-Bus boy at a strip club
-Monorail Conductor at Disney World

 

[David in Boston]

I take full credit for Aprilington. Nobody would hire me for marketing, so I had to settle on being a lawyer. I was also rejected from the following jobs:

-Writer for Robot Chicken
-Zookeeper
-Bus boy at a strip club
-Monorail Conductor at Disney World

If you every quit the lawyer gig you may want to consider being a proof-reader for a sky-writing company.

Business is always looking up.

 

[edgerunner]

I have only two other soaps that can match Harris' top performance - MWF and Tabac.

 

[k2clones29]

If you every quit the lawyer gig you may want to consider being a proof-reader for a sky-writing company.

Business is always looking up.

Those pilots are always getting confused with "your" and "you're"

 

[David in Boston]

Those pilots are always getting confused with "your" and "you're"

Just wanted to share this with you.

I'm in the Animal Lab Science field and the big news is they are going to start replacing Lab Rats with Lawyers.

The reasons are:
1. They are cheaper by the dozen
2. The researchers don't get emotionally attached to them
3. There are somethings that rats won't do but lawyers will.

 

[Greg1911]

MONORAIL

 

[auk1124]

^^^

"Were you sent here by the Devil?"
"No, good Sir, I'm on the level!"
"The ring came off this pudding can."
"Take my pen knife, my good man!"


Ah, back when The Simpsons was actually funny and entertaining. I miss those days.

 

[Mandina]

I commonly don't use my puck of Arlington for weeks at a time--I simply prefer others among my 25+ soaps, including various cheap sticks--but it always works well. No problems, no tricks, and I have fairly hard water. (P.S. I just read the "lab rats/lawyers" joke to my son, who's busy studying for his college cell biology exam. He got a good laugh out of it!)

 

[volleymh9]

I take full credit for Aprilington. Nobody would hire me for marketing, so I had to settle on being a lawyer. I was also rejected from the following jobs:

-Writer for Robot Chicken
-Zookeeper
-Bus boy at a strip club
-Monorail Conductor at Disney World

to add to the list of dream jobs being rejected from, I wanted to be the guy that named the new paint colors at Benjamin Moore, or an NFL punter becuase league minimum is nearly 1/2 mil/year