I only use what is laying around the house: Dial, Dove, Irish Spring and Zest. They all work well; Irish Spring might have a slight edge. Usually they’re all blended together.
And no, I’m not blending in some bizarre clay substance. These guys don’t get it. I USE SOAP SCRAPS BECAUSE THEY ARE FREE AND THEY WORK WELL. So many shavers have been brainwashed by B&B and other sites that shaving requires exotic and expensive products and equipment and unique and obscure techniques that the idea that this is a SIMPLE and EASY activity that anyone one can do with little or nothing is a controversial, even subversive idea. AAAAGGGHHHH!! STOP IT ! STOP IT !
Part of the problem is that an entire industry has been built on this idea. There is money in dem soaps and razors and pre-shaves and brushes and aftershaves etc, etc and a mythic subculture to support it.
Part of what I want to do here is to explode these myths and free our minds from the consumer culture that depend on them. FREE YOUR MIND !!!
First it's not weird , it is proven and second I don't believe we here are a bunch of brain washed minions, we each like and use what we like and want ..... You are free to do as you please And I say have fun, But what I mentioned is only 3.99 for a Big bag that would last for Multiple "experiments" ... Good luck with your exploration, I enjoy playing around and experimenting also BUT I will probably stick with what I currently use and has been Proven since shaving soaps were First "invented" in the 14th century and creams / soaps even before that....
History. A rudimentary form of shaving cream /soap was documented in Sumer around 3000 BC. This substance combined wood alkali and animal fat and was applied to a beard as a shaving preparation. Until the early 20th century, bars or sticks of hard shaving soap were used....
I think we are all grown up enough to have our own thoughts and likes and not make fun of others who have differing views ....