Soap is by far the most expensive part of shaving for me -- I average 65 shaves per blade and now that I'm down to using a couple razors that I will never wear out, blade and razor cost over the next 30 years or so that I expect to live is very minimal.
Soap, however, it a one-shot use expense, even saving the lather in the brush every time, and depending on the soap, I use between 0.3 and 0.5 grams per shave. Home made soaps are pretty cheap (about 50 cents per 125 gr) but commercial soaps cost me a couple cents per shave vs. a couple hundredths of a cent.
And I hate to just flush lots of soap down the drain without getting any usage from it. Very little is required for a good shave, it's just a skin lubricant so anything above skin level is pure waste. You need enough lather so it doesn't dry out while you are shaving, not one bit more.
You may, of course, do as you like! It's just that thick, creamy lather is stricly asthetic, it doesn't actually do anything for your shave that the same lather in a thin coat won't.
Soap, however, it a one-shot use expense, even saving the lather in the brush every time, and depending on the soap, I use between 0.3 and 0.5 grams per shave. Home made soaps are pretty cheap (about 50 cents per 125 gr) but commercial soaps cost me a couple cents per shave vs. a couple hundredths of a cent.
And I hate to just flush lots of soap down the drain without getting any usage from it. Very little is required for a good shave, it's just a skin lubricant so anything above skin level is pure waste. You need enough lather so it doesn't dry out while you are shaving, not one bit more.
You may, of course, do as you like! It's just that thick, creamy lather is stricly asthetic, it doesn't actually do anything for your shave that the same lather in a thin coat won't.