Can’t do it. Thought about it off and on all day, but a very large part of this whole shaving game for me is variety.
One Soap for Life
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Williams. It does a fine job and I can get it locally. Once I 3017 my entire den in several years (if I last that long), it will probably be the only soap I use. My SAD has effectively been satiated and sedated due to having too many and not finding enough difference in them for me.
In my opinion, it's easy to pick a soap for life, but harder to prove it. I suggest a Cal Ripkin challenge. That's 2,632 shaves in a row with the same soap.
One soap for life?! What is this, a monastery for shaving ascetics?
Probably Haslinger Schafmilch for me. It checks most of my boxes:
Probably Haslinger Schafmilch for me. It checks most of my boxes:
- easy to lather
- very slick
- quite protective
- leaves the skin soft
- mild scent that goes away quickly
- reasonably economical
Aceticism is the absence of all forms of indulgence. I think the word we need for everyday Williams users is sybaritic.
Mitchell's Wool Fat
1) Nice, relatively weak "soapy" scent that you can use every day
2) Very slick and can hold a lot of water when properly lathered
3) Quick and easy to lather for me
4) Mild moisturizing effect that is nice in dry and cold winter days, but isn't excessive during summer
5) Relatively low cost per shave
6) Always available
7) It is the first soap I ever bought and it has a special place in my heart
1) Nice, relatively weak "soapy" scent that you can use every day
2) Very slick and can hold a lot of water when properly lathered
3) Quick and easy to lather for me
4) Mild moisturizing effect that is nice in dry and cold winter days, but isn't excessive during summer
5) Relatively low cost per shave
6) Always available
7) It is the first soap I ever bought and it has a special place in my heart
Hundreds of shaving soaps over the last 25 years wet shaving.
Easy choice:
GroomingDept Nai
Easy choice:
GroomingDept Nai
As compared to shaving with no soap at all, I guess?
Somewhere between absolute asceticism and absolute hedonism there is a point of bliss. I think people pursuing minimalism and simplicity are trying to find it.
As compared to shaving with no soap at all, I guess?
Somewhere between absolute asceticism and absolute hedonism there is a point of bliss. I think people pursuing minimalism and simplicity are trying to find it.
Are you trying to be Buddah or King Solomon?
Seriously, normal shavers that don't come to B&B mostly use one soap. Mine was Barbasol. Somewhere along the line I switched from Foamy.
Not really, it's just this contrast between the two ends of the spectrum here on B&B is interesting. I got caught up in the acquisition disorder thing more for curiosity than anything else, but would really prefer to pare things down now.
This is me, hence my membership in the sabbaticals . Lol.
AoM; B.O.S.S.;Knight of the Veg Table;MFR2019
Sopanifico Veresino
This is really true. I'm pretty sure without even knowing it, I've completed a few Cal Ripkin challenges with Edge gel and at least a couple generations of Gillette carts. Then I came here...
Williams for me. When done right the slickness and cushion are almost unbeatable.
I've been using only two at home for a couple of years now (MdC and WK Pasha's Pride), but I think I would find it considerably harder to live with only one. Same razor, blade, WH - I need a little variety somewhere.
EclipseRedRing
I smell like a Christmas pudding
Tabac - superb performance, wonderful scent, easy to lather, lasts an eternity, and here in the UK it costs peanuts, even in the classy porcelain bowl. No contest, nothing else comes close.
Today, my answer is MDC.
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
My brother in law, a normal shaver. Has two scents of soap. Only because I got him two. He of course doesn't rotate them and will only use the second after the first runs out. He would think it silly to rotate them. Me, or at least the me I'm slowly leaving behind would have rotated and bought four more by now.
Exactly! I use a different soap every day, each of which could be my only soap easily. It's awesome.
