I'm down to just ARKO. Suits me fine.
My Guess... 3017
- Thread starter johnniegold
- Start date
Making progress..
I 3017 one soap at a time. Not because I want to get rid of the soap I have but because I've found I get better shaves using one soap at a time. As a fan of mostly hard pucks I find that keeping it properly hydrated makes for the best performance. The best way to keep a puck hydrated is to use it every day.
It took me a number of years to find the products that work best for me. My favorite soaps are now unattainable so I bought them in bulk while I still could and vacuum sealed them. I probably have...I dunno....10 years worth(?). But that's fine, I have the room to store them out of sight and out of mind. When I use up a puck I open up its replacement and away I go with more superb shaves. No surprises, no drama. In fact I'll be a bit disappointed when the stash is gone because I'll have to go through the journey of finding replacements.
Thats my 3017 story and I'm sticking to it.
It took me a number of years to find the products that work best for me. My favorite soaps are now unattainable so I bought them in bulk while I still could and vacuum sealed them. I probably have...I dunno....10 years worth(?). But that's fine, I have the room to store them out of sight and out of mind. When I use up a puck I open up its replacement and away I go with more superb shaves. No surprises, no drama. In fact I'll be a bit disappointed when the stash is gone because I'll have to go through the journey of finding replacements.
Thats my 3017 story and I'm sticking to it.
I'm guessing your 10y stash is Haslinger Tallow
How do you find the reformulation in comparison....if you've tried it?
I'm guessing your 10y stash is Haslinger Tallow
How do you find the reformulation in comparison....if you've tried it?
Absolutely! Well, mostly Haslinger tallow. I do have a fair amount of Valobra hard pucks in various incarnations too. I also have a partial tub of MdC that may be my next victim as its the only partial I have on hand.
I 3017'nd a couple non-tallow pucks of Haslinger and found it to be every bit as good as the tallow version. If I didnt have the stash of tallow Haslinger that I do I'd happily use the current version of Haslinger. It is excellent.
I have a vintage Cade puck as well. Saving that one. Have you used the Cade flying saucer dish with any other soaps?
One at a time, use it ‘til it’s done for me.
My current stash consists of decent soaps that are available and several kinds of Unobtainium (tallow first Blenheim Bouquet!). My plan is to 3017 the available and boring soaps, leaving the Unobtainium to dip into over time. I refuse to make the Manantiales mistake again.
I picked/used up this soap in my early wetshaving days. Didn't know how good I had it.
La Toja had a limited edition run of a large soap in the cork-topped container pictured above. There are good pictures here. Not sure if the puck was any different than the stick except in terms of packaging and form factor.
Just got the dish in the Sue auction a few months ago. New to me. Will see what fate brings next year.
I had managed to nab one of these and in the course of my 3017, proceeded to start and finish the soap. When I started it, we already knew they weren’t making anymore, but I plowed ahead with it anyway. After all, it was just soap.
But it wasn’t. That stuff was special and I should have milked it for all it was worth. So I have some Unobtainium soaps that are truly special (the Pen’s Blenheim Bouquet, tallow AOS Lavender, Irisch Moos, Hershey’s Cocoa Butter), which will be judiciously used until they are done.
Does anyone else here wash their face with shave soap as a way of using more per day, or is that cheating? I usually shower and shave in the morning, but at night I’ve taken to doing a quick palm lather and washing my face usually with something lightly scented like Mike’s Orange, Cedarwood, and Black Pepper.
(BTW, I’ve been lurking on this thread for a bit. I love the whole concept of 3017. Not sure I’m quite ready to commit to it fully yet but maybe one day...)
(BTW, I’ve been lurking on this thread for a bit. I love the whole concept of 3017. Not sure I’m quite ready to commit to it fully yet but maybe one day...)
Last edited:
Nope.
Unless it's a dud lathering soap, then I use it in the shower as a pre-shave face wash.
No, to me that is cheating. I went back from shaving 2 times a day to one time, and from a large brush to a small brush. So I would not use too much soap ;-)
Last edited:
You make your own rules here. Do whatever makes you happy.
I do. I use a have a puck of modern Williams in the shower to shave my neck during a shower. I ran out of face wash and used the Williams. It worked well, so I didn't buy a other face wash. I can't get modern Williams to lather with my hard water. I figure using it as a face wash is better than trashing it.
I'm in Canada and it's winter. Almost all of my water is hard these days.
Finished off ~125 grams of Cella from the block. It didn't stand a chance against my big boars.
Up next is a tub of TOBS Avocado. I'll mix in SV Cubebe for variety.
Up next is a tub of TOBS Avocado. I'll mix in SV Cubebe for variety.
