Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
Spent the last 30-40 days using the Supply Injector (Single Edge SE) almost exclusively. It works great with their blades and is the first offering from them I will keep.
How does that relate to soap, well it's such an easy razor to get a great shave with that I started keeping everything but the soap the same. No A/S or balm at all after the shave, it's MN and we're in Winter and MN Winter is not the most gentle in the U.S. So the house air is pretty dry. Forced air gas, but I do have a humidifier, but I also go outside when it's zero F and windy.
My tests don't care about lather quality, persistance, feel during the shave. Those are niceties, just like razors with minimal blade feel. I will put up with poor lather or a lot of blade feel if an hour later my face doesn't feel like it was assaulted by a sharp object. After I dial my soaps down to ones that pace the post shave test, then I will consider the other qualities, but in my eyes great lather doesn't matter if the post shave sucks.
It's been brutal on soaps. There are some, MdC, Samsons, Zartgefühl, Panama Boellis, Baumbe.be, WM Neuman, Muhle Organic and Schaaf brushless that have passed the test. That is a two pass WTG, ATG and a little buffing, rinse, pat dry and I better not feel tight or irritated on the skin for a few hours immediately following the shave. My skin, even if irritated typically feels fine by four hours post shave.
Those that have fallen. PAA - Cecil, Tabac, Théophile Berthon, Osma Rasage, Blue Devil Vetiver, Muhle Sea Buckthorne, De Vergulde hand, Imeperial.
It's a single elimination. One and done or you live on in the den. Looks like I won't have to buy shower soap for quite some time.
Interesting that some of the artisan or semi artisan super fatted have failed and others you might not expect to shine did. I think it's either the pH level of the soaps or some substance in them either perfume or essential oil that is leaving some post shave tenderness I don't get from the winners. Super fatting or lack thereof doesn't seem to make a difference in my post shave experience. I should note that I have oily facial skin and don't need a lot of moisturizer.
I have MWF, Arko (which I don't think has a chance based on previous experience), Muhle Sandal Wood, DiAmaris, Caswell-Massey (which will probably get a pass no matter what because it smells so damn good, but I think it might pass on merit) Hitton Donkey Milk, One Blade Barberhshop, Tobbs Mr. Taylor, Clinique for Men, Williams.
Some of them I won't use in the shower and will but on BST such as the Tallow Tabac and refill pucks I have. The creams might get used as general face wash. I have oily skin, so if I don't shower first thing in the day but plan to later, I still need to get the oil off, and shaving creams make nice face washes even if they aren't great for shaving.
How does that relate to soap, well it's such an easy razor to get a great shave with that I started keeping everything but the soap the same. No A/S or balm at all after the shave, it's MN and we're in Winter and MN Winter is not the most gentle in the U.S. So the house air is pretty dry. Forced air gas, but I do have a humidifier, but I also go outside when it's zero F and windy.
My tests don't care about lather quality, persistance, feel during the shave. Those are niceties, just like razors with minimal blade feel. I will put up with poor lather or a lot of blade feel if an hour later my face doesn't feel like it was assaulted by a sharp object. After I dial my soaps down to ones that pace the post shave test, then I will consider the other qualities, but in my eyes great lather doesn't matter if the post shave sucks.
It's been brutal on soaps. There are some, MdC, Samsons, Zartgefühl, Panama Boellis, Baumbe.be, WM Neuman, Muhle Organic and Schaaf brushless that have passed the test. That is a two pass WTG, ATG and a little buffing, rinse, pat dry and I better not feel tight or irritated on the skin for a few hours immediately following the shave. My skin, even if irritated typically feels fine by four hours post shave.
Those that have fallen. PAA - Cecil, Tabac, Théophile Berthon, Osma Rasage, Blue Devil Vetiver, Muhle Sea Buckthorne, De Vergulde hand, Imeperial.
It's a single elimination. One and done or you live on in the den. Looks like I won't have to buy shower soap for quite some time.
Interesting that some of the artisan or semi artisan super fatted have failed and others you might not expect to shine did. I think it's either the pH level of the soaps or some substance in them either perfume or essential oil that is leaving some post shave tenderness I don't get from the winners. Super fatting or lack thereof doesn't seem to make a difference in my post shave experience. I should note that I have oily facial skin and don't need a lot of moisturizer.
I have MWF, Arko (which I don't think has a chance based on previous experience), Muhle Sandal Wood, DiAmaris, Caswell-Massey (which will probably get a pass no matter what because it smells so damn good, but I think it might pass on merit) Hitton Donkey Milk, One Blade Barberhshop, Tobbs Mr. Taylor, Clinique for Men, Williams.
Some of them I won't use in the shower and will but on BST such as the Tallow Tabac and refill pucks I have. The creams might get used as general face wash. I have oily skin, so if I don't shower first thing in the day but plan to later, I still need to get the oil off, and shaving creams make nice face washes even if they aren't great for shaving.