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$48 purchase price includes shipping, but I ordered two jars. They threw in a bar of bath soap (pretty darn nice stuff at that).
Three pass shave always includes enough lather left over for another pass or so. I believe this is the norm, and while it might be possible to use less soap I can't imagine anyone trying to be that precise (or caring that much). Lather down the drain post shave is something I consider the price of the process.
I didn't put the lid back on the jar - ever. On the last puck I replaced the lid before the soap dried and I found it softened the soap a bit. This time I found leaving it opened (I used it every day I was home with the exception of two weeks on a new soap trial) actually dried it quite a bit in the end. It worked just as well, but took a little longer to load.
380 3 pass shaves.
At $48 I have that as 12 1/2 cents a shave (or around 4 cents a pass, if you like). I offer this as a price comparison. I suspect many of you have no idea how many shaves you get from a puck as you usually have 8-10 in your rotation. But if you have an idea - and you care - this gives you an idea of how MdC actually compares money-wise. While price is not my first consideration, it is a consideration.
I strongly suspect that $48 a year (essentially) is probably pretty close to the average soap cost around here (with the exception of the $5 soap users - my wife is frugal, so no offense intended).
With creams I found that the "expensive" stuff really wasn't so expensive. Castle Forbes cost me less than half a penny a day more than Proraso in actual use. Now I'm finding the same thing in soaps. ABC and MdC are initially expensive, but in actual use don't seem to be much more than the average soaps.
Soap quality is certainly subjective. I get a daily BBS with many soaps, as do many of you. But MdC gives me significantly fewer weepers - three times less - than the others. Post shave is fine, but I use a balm so that might be less of a consideration for me. I also get unscented when possible, so that is obviously not a consideration for me either.
$48 purchase price includes shipping, but I ordered two jars. They threw in a bar of bath soap (pretty darn nice stuff at that).
Three pass shave always includes enough lather left over for another pass or so. I believe this is the norm, and while it might be possible to use less soap I can't imagine anyone trying to be that precise (or caring that much). Lather down the drain post shave is something I consider the price of the process.
I didn't put the lid back on the jar - ever. On the last puck I replaced the lid before the soap dried and I found it softened the soap a bit. This time I found leaving it opened (I used it every day I was home with the exception of two weeks on a new soap trial) actually dried it quite a bit in the end. It worked just as well, but took a little longer to load.
380 3 pass shaves.
At $48 I have that as 12 1/2 cents a shave (or around 4 cents a pass, if you like). I offer this as a price comparison. I suspect many of you have no idea how many shaves you get from a puck as you usually have 8-10 in your rotation. But if you have an idea - and you care - this gives you an idea of how MdC actually compares money-wise. While price is not my first consideration, it is a consideration.
I strongly suspect that $48 a year (essentially) is probably pretty close to the average soap cost around here (with the exception of the $5 soap users - my wife is frugal, so no offense intended).
With creams I found that the "expensive" stuff really wasn't so expensive. Castle Forbes cost me less than half a penny a day more than Proraso in actual use. Now I'm finding the same thing in soaps. ABC and MdC are initially expensive, but in actual use don't seem to be much more than the average soaps.
Soap quality is certainly subjective. I get a daily BBS with many soaps, as do many of you. But MdC gives me significantly fewer weepers - three times less - than the others. Post shave is fine, but I use a balm so that might be less of a consideration for me. I also get unscented when possible, so that is obviously not a consideration for me either.
