My thoughts exactly. Only reason I am trying this is because it was what my Dad used but granted he had the old formula that is supposed to be so much better. Hard to imagine he still used this when canned stuff was so readily available in the 70's, 80's and 90's. Other thing hard to imagine is that this was about the only option for soap at the drugstore then, but then now I see maybe 3 options, at our drugstore, VDH Deluxe, WMS and Grandma's soap of some sort in a square block(might pick it up just to try it). As far as inexpensive soaps VDH Luxury would be my inexpensive choice or even Palmolive cream for that matter.
This soap will only be a once a year thing. I have way too many other soaps that this will not be a regular thing since it is so hard to get good results from.
Indeed. It's sad what happened to the flagship United States soap for the common man. Many other countries still offer soap that has existed for decades for the common man that are excellent.I get an ok lather from Williams but get a fantastic lather from Cella (kilo)
Final shave today with this soap. It was a shave dedicated to my Dad, this was the soap he used, I used his Schick Injector. Today would have marked his 100th birthday so this is the reason I bought the soap and been doing my best to give a good try. I have now tossed it in the garbage. The soap was actually soft since it had been sealed and I had been adding a few drop of water on the soap in the bag. Warmed my synthetic brush and shook 98% of the water back out. After a few swirls it got sticky, added a few drops of water it got sticky, added a few more and thought I had enough loaded and moved to the lather bowl to work a lather. Whipping the crap out of it I didn't get far and had to add a few drops of water nothing. I went back to the puck and loaded until I was making lather on the soap. What was in the lather bowl disappeared. I did get a decent enough lather but it was drying up on my face during the first pass. Lather more the soap for the second pass and then it seemed decent for a lather, same for the third and final pass. I popped the soap out of the cup and tossed it in the garbage. Not only can I not get a good lather from it my face/skin also does not care for this and I now have an irritation. The first shave I just thought it was from trying to build a lather on my face. I noticed it the last shave but thought maybe it was again from a somewhat aggressive face lather. Well today I barely face lather and it is burning a little.
I applaud each of you that can get a good lather but I can't and even though it is kind if nostalgic to use it for the reason I stated above I will say it has beaten me.
Well, you gave it a good shot anyway. It is Willliams, but it really isn't the soap that your father shaved with as the present formula is quite different. If you want to try a puck of the Williams that your dad used, send me a PM with your address and I'll get one out to you.
Yes, the vintage Williams was a great working mans soap. as I remember it was 10 then to 25 cents, replaced Williams with Old Spice only due to the nicer scent, but now a kilo of Cella or Vito's is just as cost effective and are a so much a better soap.Indeed. It's sad what happened to the flagship United States soap for the common man. Many other countries still offer soap that has existed for decades for the common man that are excellent.
If Williams doesn't care enough to fix it, I don't care enough to keep them in business. I'm not saying it's bad soap, it's good soap that requires far more attention to get a great lather than it used to. There are so many alternatives that work better and are no more expensive.