The end is nigh!
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I have had too much soap since sometime in 2008. I've sold and bought and traded but maintained an excess throughout that time. It's time to clean it up a bit. I must have read through about 90 percent of this thread over the years and looked with longing on all of these empty tubs and tubes and bowls. Now it's time to do something here besides look. The sequence I have planned is this:
Speick soap
TOBS Cedarwood cream
TOBS Avocado cream
Harris Marlborough soap
vintage Gillette lathering cream
Nivea cream
Valobra cologne hard soap
After that, who knows? All of the above are 90% or better except the Speick, which is down to a thin donut (I grated two sticks) and TOBS Cedarwood, which is roughly 50% full (I think). I'm hoping starting with something that will go relatively quickly will give me momentum. Meantime, posting here will help me stay focused, I hope.
Speick soap
TOBS Cedarwood cream
TOBS Avocado cream
Harris Marlborough soap
vintage Gillette lathering cream
Nivea cream
Valobra cologne hard soap
After that, who knows? All of the above are 90% or better except the Speick, which is down to a thin donut (I grated two sticks) and TOBS Cedarwood, which is roughly 50% full (I think). I'm hoping starting with something that will go relatively quickly will give me momentum. Meantime, posting here will help me stay focused, I hope.
Haha. Indeed. I have a PdP puck that's been used about 10x here. After seeing that it takes some guys six months to eat through one of those, I decided to go with some quicker kills.Time to get going,slacker,@TBoner
Quick kills are probably the best way to get started, as it lets you see some early success.
Tomorrow, the cedarwood journey begins!
PdP took me 7 months, and I am not known for being a frugal soap loader. Getting a quick kill out of the way is a great way to start, and mixing in soft soaps and creams can help decrease the stockpile quickly. Though I have not done this, grating some of the harder soaps can also speed up the time to finish it.
As someone that has been accused of never touching the soap with my brush once I finish my never ending block of Vitos I will probably revel in smaller quicker soaps but then I will pull out my puck of PdP to give you an idea of the other end of the spectrum.
I know I previously said I'd start with Speick, but I know that donut might take longer to use than my remaining TOBS Cedarwood.
I weighed the tub this morning, and without the lid, it's sitting at 119g total weight. I'd guess about 50 or so grams of that is the tub, but I may be off. Either way, I'll know when the thing is empty and be able to figure out how much I'm using per shave. I bought the tub about 3 years ago, and it has dried out some to about the consistency of Cella. I'm loading directly from the tub with this one.
Today's 10-second load with a silvertip was not quite enough for my preferences. I had two passes' worth, but barely. I shave two passes and like to lather a third time before rinsing and applying aftershave. Tomorrow I'll aim for a longer load time.
I weighed the tub this morning, and without the lid, it's sitting at 119g total weight. I'd guess about 50 or so grams of that is the tub, but I may be off. Either way, I'll know when the thing is empty and be able to figure out how much I'm using per shave. I bought the tub about 3 years ago, and it has dried out some to about the consistency of Cella. I'm loading directly from the tub with this one.
Today's 10-second load with a silvertip was not quite enough for my preferences. I had two passes' worth, but barely. I shave two passes and like to lather a third time before rinsing and applying aftershave. Tomorrow I'll aim for a longer load time.
My Grooming Department Asinus is getting used up. Tomorrowa will be its 38th use.
Did I mention lately that Haslinger makes a nice shave soap?
Some time ago I bought a partial tub of TOBS Avocado on B/S/T. It had also dried out to the consistency of a soft soap, and I used it that way for a while. Then I stirred some water into it and restored it to the consistency of a cream. According to my shave log, I finished it off 11 years and 2 days ago.
There are no hard or fast rules here, friend. This is your journey, we’re just along for the ride.
There's a hole in my soap...
Is that anything like a bucket with a hole in it?There's a hole in my soap...
Im finding a 2 day stubble is perfect for shaving sticks. Anything longer than that doesn’t pick up enough soap. The sandpaper effect I suppose. La toja is a real treat. Thick and creamy lather with 2-3 applications to the face. Will easily last the remainder of the year, unless I do something drastic.
….dear Liza, dear Liza
La Toja is the best soap made today, IMHO.
If only they made it in a puck.
La Toja and Wilkinson’s Sword stick and Speick should all be made as pucks.If only they made it in a puck.
