I am about to use my refill of Tabac I bought in May of 2018, in the bowl I bought in late March 2016. Yes that long. I have tried a few soaps recently , and maybe three I have away in the past. I always prefer Tabac so far , especially with straights. I now have a bowl of Stirling I really like and MWF and Williams to try as well. Just restating what others have said in the past and sharing my experience.
Tabac is insanely long lasting!
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Amazing, can you estimate how many shaves you were able to get from that puck? I'm always interested in this kind of info.
I can't even imagine how many shaves are in one puck of Tabac. I've had a puck for what seems like forever, though I admit I don't use it as often as I should.
Looking at other threads in here I see people getting anything from 180-300+ shaves from a puck. I can't even estimate how many I have on mine, but I've had it for years.
I got 285 4 pass face and neck and 2 pass head shaved from the last one.
It is the longest lasting soap I have ever used.
125gm / 285 shaves = 0.44 gm/shave
That's pretty impressive.
I am used to seeing 0.50 to 0.70 for triple-milled soaps.
At $9.25 per puck from the UK, the cost is
9.25/285 = 3.25 cents per shave
This info has been recorded in the soap nerd database.
Remember that is a 4 pass shave and a 2 pass head shave for the consideration of one shave.
That's about twice as much as a normal 3 pass shave!
That's about twice as much as a normal 3 pass shave!
I used a puck of Tabac daily until it ran out a few years ago. Got about 120 shaves from it. What happened is that I closed the tub immediately after shaving, and within a month the top eight-inch or so got saturated with water and thus became much softer. Once that happened, I was consistently overloading like crazy without realizing it.
I've started splitting pucks in half for thickness. If I use a whole puck (because I soak the brush on the soap) it dries out a bit and lasts forever - it becomes white and looses a little of its greatness, not much but a little.
Half a puck lasts longer than most other pucks for me.
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I shave between 1 and 4 times a week. Mostly 2 pass with straights. All the other soaps I used maybe 20 shaves per bowl. Lately (the last year)has been 3 pass shaves. De/se with some head shaves thrown in lol. Sorry not to accurate
I keep a shave journal that records all of my shaving info. I have been keeping the journal for 1,472 days! The jar of Tabac I am currently using I started it on 6/18/18.
Shaving four times a week, it will last me pretty much exactly a year. In the beginning for the first couple of months you can hardly se anything disappears, but then it goes a bit faster. Maybe I am overloading also like I read in this thread due to it softens up a bit from constantly adding water. A puck a year is really cheap I think.
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I just got my Tabac shave stick so it's good to hear it's a long lasting soap. I also hear that it's insanely slick so I can't wait to try it out.
Funnily enough I just refilled my Tabac bowl today.
That's two bowls and two sticks I've used up.
Fair to say I like it.
That's two bowls and two sticks I've used up.
Fair to say I like it.
125gm / 285 shaves = 0.44 gm/shave
That's pretty impressive.
I am used to seeing 0.50 to 0.70 for triple-milled soaps.
At $9.25 per puck from the UK, the cost is
9.25/285 = 3.25 cents per shave
This info has been recorded in the soap nerd database.
That's cheap. In Australia just the soap refill is $24.99.
7 pounds sterling is the best price I've seen. The pound is beaten down lately. Australia seems expensive for a lot of items bought in the US, also.
Yep, Aussie dollar exchange rate is good $1.00AUD= $0.68USD
I bought a puck of Tabac just before Christmas, pressed it into a bowl, used it in a 4 soap rotation and haven't noticed much of a change in what I started with. Love the lather and speed it lathers and the scent is great. Like Tabac better than Dr Harris Marlborough that I bought along with it. I will be buying another puck of Tabac if it ever gets low in the bowl.
Great thread!
To me the point is that a puck of Tabac provides a pile of great shaves at very minimal cost/shave! Great value for sure (so long as you like the scent)!
To me the point is that a puck of Tabac provides a pile of great shaves at very minimal cost/shave! Great value for sure (so long as you like the scent)!
