Tabac Original Review

[BigD]

Continuing my shave soap and cream reviews;

This is my review of Tabac Original Shave Soap. Products used during the shower and shave were as follows;

1. Pears Soap with Mint Extract Bath Soap​
2. Dollar Shave Club Face Wash​
3. The Body Shop Tea Tree Face Scrub​
4. Derby Lemon Shaving Cream​
5. Q-Shave scuttle​
6. Stirling Soap Finest Badger Shave Brush​
7. Rockwell 6S on R6​
8. Feather (4th use)​
9. Gentleman Jon’s Alum Block​
10. Nivea Deep Comfort Aftershave​
11. Old Spice Endurance Deodorant​
12. Mamara Barber No. 2 EdC/Aftershave (Used as cologne)​

The following process is what I used for my SOTD with the Tabac Original Shave Soap. This is also the same process I use with all my shave creams;

1. While I brushed my teeth I made sure the scuttle ran under the hot water​
2. I filled the water hollow and the lathering bowl portion of scuttle with hot water​
3. Rinsed brush with hot water​
4. Placed brush in scuttle​
5. Drizzled hot water over Tabac Original Shave Soap for blooming​
6. Took shower​
7. Used Bloom water from puck/bowl as pre-shave​
8. Dumped scuttle water from both water hollow and lathering bowl area​
9. Refilled water hollow with fresh hot water​
10. Took out brush and rung out excess water​
11. Loaded damp brush from puck creating a cream​
12. Started working the cream in the bowl​
13. Added hot water via finger tips until desired lather is produced​
14. Lather my face​
15. Cleaned my glasses with finger tip of lather​
16. Waited another minute to let the lather work its magic​
17. Pass 1 WTG​
18. Lather face​
19. Pass II Lower Jaw to Nose​
20. Lather face​
21. Pass III Chin to Ear​
22. Check for pick ups (None Needed)​
23. Scrub face with some of the leftover lather​
24. Lather left armpit​
25. Shave left armpit​
26. Lather right armpit​
27. Shave right armpit​
28. Rinse both armpits​
29. Rinse face​
30. Apply alum to Face​
31. Rinse Alum Block​
32. Apply Alum to Armpits​
33. Rinse Alum Block​
34. Clean equipment​
35. Rinse off Alum from face​
36. Rinse off Alum from armpits​
37. Dry off​
38. Apply Aftershave​
39. Apply Deodorant​
40. Apply Aftershave/Cologne​

Now for my thoughts. Just a heads up. Due to my process of bowl lathering unless the soap/cream is just horrible I always get a great lather. It takes longer, but the control of how much water is used really helps dial in the lather just right. Some soaps/creams take longer than others. So it is hard for me to find a soap/cream I dislike.​

1. Time to Lather
   1. Extremely quick
      1. Be careful it doesn’t fool you it might look like nice lather, but may need more water
2. Quality of Lather
   1. Great quality
      1. Needs more water than you would think it would
3. Cushion
   1. Great Cushion
4. Slickness
   1. Whilst lathered
      1. Extremely nice
   2. After Pass (Bare Wet Skin)
      1. Not bad at all
         1. Great slickness once the area is moistened again
         2. If pick ups were needed just some water will suffice
5. Scent
   1. I personally love it
   2. Just an old world smell
   3. Wish I had the Aftershave, EdC/T, and deodorant to go with my puck
6. Rinse
   1. Rinsed clean easily
7. Post Shave
   1. Fantastic
      1. Does not suck moisture from the skin

As far as the scent, it seems you either love it or you hate it. Obviously I love it. The performance of the soap, as others before me have pointed out, is the standard all other shave soaps are judged by.

I will be buying many more pucks of this soap for storage purposes. I have seen pictures of other members storing these in a freezer. I am not sure I will go that far.

I’m very impressed with this soap.​

 

[Boghopper]

That’s a lot of steps for a shave.

 

[BigD]

That’s a lot of steps for a shave.

Not really. It's what most people do, but just don't think about it in all its steps. Ever did that exercise in Middle School where you had to write a step by step on how to exactly make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich? If you really think about it, there are a lot of steps to that. Just most of them we don't think about due to just doing it. I could put down, "3 Pass" shave. However, that leaves a lot of interpretation.

The important part of the review is on the bottom one third. The steps are to let the reader know how it was done. This way if someone else has a different outcome they can review the process I have and see what was different.

I do thank you for reading the review by the way.

 

[Boghopper]

No problem. I love Tabac by the way.

 

[FarmerTan]

I've got to get some Tabac. Nice review.

 

[HiPowerRon]

My favorite soap by far!

 

[BigJ]

Continuing my shave soap and cream reviews;

This is my review of Tabac Original Shave Soap. Products used during the shower and shave were as follows;

1. Pears Soap with Mint Extract Bath Soap​
2. Dollar Shave Club Face Wash​
3. The Body Shop Tea Tree Face Scrub​
4. Derby Lemon Shaving Cream​
5. Q-Shave scuttle​
6. Stirling Soap Finest Badger Shave Brush​
7. Rockwell 6S on R6​
8. Feather (4th use)​
9. Gentleman Jon’s Alum Block​
10. Nivea Deep Comfort Aftershave​
11. Old Spice Endurance Deodorant​
12. Mamara Barber No. 2 EdC/Aftershave (Used as cologne)​

The following process is what I used for my SOTD with the Tabac Original Shave Soap. This is also the same process I use with all my shave creams;

1. While I brushed my teeth I made sure the scuttle ran under the hot water​
2. I filled the water hollow and the lathering bowl portion of scuttle with hot water​
3. Rinsed brush with hot water​
4. Placed brush in scuttle​
5. Drizzled hot water over Tabac Original Shave Soap for blooming​
6. Took shower​
7. Used Bloom water from puck/bowl as pre-shave​
8. Dumped scuttle water from both water hollow and lathering bowl area​
9. Refilled water hollow with fresh hot water​
10. Took out brush and rung out excess water​
11. Loaded damp brush from puck creating a cream​
12. Started working the cream in the bowl​
13. Added hot water via finger tips until desired lather is produced​
14. Lather my face​
15. Cleaned my glasses with finger tip of lather​
16. Waited another minute to let the lather work its magic​
17. Pass 1 WTG​
18. Lather face​
19. Pass II Lower Jaw to Nose​
20. Lather face​
21. Pass III Chin to Ear​
22. Check for pick ups (None Needed)​
23. Scrub face with some of the leftover lather​
24. Lather left armpit​
25. Shave left armpit​
26. Lather right armpit​
27. Shave right armpit​
28. Rinse both armpits​
29. Rinse face​
30. Apply alum to Face​
31. Rinse Alum Block​
32. Apply Alum to Armpits​
33. Rinse Alum Block​
34. Clean equipment​
35. Rinse off Alum from face​
36. Rinse off Alum from armpits​
37. Dry off​
38. Apply Aftershave​
39. Apply Deodorant​
40. Apply Aftershave/Cologne​

Now for my thoughts. Just a heads up. Due to my process of bowl lathering unless the soap/cream is just horrible I always get a great lather. It takes longer, but the control of how much water is used really helps dial in the lather just right. Some soaps/creams take longer than others. So it is hard for me to find a soap/cream I dislike.​

1. Time to Lather
   1. Extremely quick
      1. Be careful it doesn’t fool you it might look like nice lather, but may need more water
2. Quality of Lather
   1. Great quality
      1. Needs more water than you would think it would
3. Cushion
   1. Great Cushion
4. Slickness
   1. Whilst lathered
      1. Extremely nice
   2. After Pass (Bare Wet Skin)
      1. Not bad at all
         1. Great slickness once the area is moistened again
         2. If pick ups were needed just some water will suffice
5. Scent
   1. I personally love it
   2. Just an old world smell
   3. Wish I had the Aftershave, EdC/T, and deodorant to go with my puck
6. Rinse
   1. Rinsed clean easily
7. Post Shave
   1. Fantastic
      1. Does not suck moisture from the skin

As far as the scent, it seems you either love it or you hate it. Obviously I love it. The performance of the soap, as others before me have pointed out, is the standard all other shave soaps are judged by.

I will be buying many more pucks of this soap for storage purposes. I have seen pictures of other members storing these in a freezer. I am not sure I will go that far.

I’m very impressed with this soap.​

Great review of a top performing soap (at least IMHO)!

 

[BigD]

Thank you everyone for enjoying my reviews.

 

[SpannerX]

Great review. Love Tabac. Currently it's my favorite soap.

 

[Cricket1]

I too really like Tabac, both face lathering and in a scuttle. For Christmas I ordered Wholly Kaw King of Oud. WOW, it is even slightly better than Tabac. Scent is very good, although different from Tabac. I really like the scent of Tabac, and realize that WK is about 2x the cost per shave.... but the lather of WK is truly amazing and a game changer. Its not going to replace Tabac in my den, but is right next to it.

 

[steveclarkus]

Continuing my shave soap and cream reviews;

This is my review of Tabac Original Shave Soap. Products used during the shower and shave were as follows;

1. Pears Soap with Mint Extract Bath Soap​
2. Dollar Shave Club Face Wash​
3. The Body Shop Tea Tree Face Scrub​
4. Derby Lemon Shaving Cream​
5. Q-Shave scuttle​
6. Stirling Soap Finest Badger Shave Brush​
7. Rockwell 6S on R6​
8. Feather (4th use)​
9. Gentleman Jon’s Alum Block​
10. Nivea Deep Comfort Aftershave​
11. Old Spice Endurance Deodorant​
12. Mamara Barber No. 2 EdC/Aftershave (Used as cologne)​

The following process is what I used for my SOTD with the Tabac Original Shave Soap. This is also the same process I use with all my shave creams;

1. While I brushed my teeth I made sure the scuttle ran under the hot water​
2. I filled the water hollow and the lathering bowl portion of scuttle with hot water​
3. Rinsed brush with hot water​
4. Placed brush in scuttle​
5. Drizzled hot water over Tabac Original Shave Soap for blooming​
6. Took shower​
7. Used Bloom water from puck/bowl as pre-shave​
8. Dumped scuttle water from both water hollow and lathering bowl area​
9. Refilled water hollow with fresh hot water​
10. Took out brush and rung out excess water​
11. Loaded damp brush from puck creating a cream​
12. Started working the cream in the bowl​
13. Added hot water via finger tips until desired lather is produced​
14. Lather my face​
15. Cleaned my glasses with finger tip of lather​
16. Waited another minute to let the lather work its magic​
17. Pass 1 WTG​
18. Lather face​
19. Pass II Lower Jaw to Nose​
20. Lather face​
21. Pass III Chin to Ear​
22. Check for pick ups (None Needed)​
23. Scrub face with some of the leftover lather​
24. Lather left armpit​
25. Shave left armpit​
26. Lather right armpit​
27. Shave right armpit​
28. Rinse both armpits​
29. Rinse face​
30. Apply alum to Face​
31. Rinse Alum Block​
32. Apply Alum to Armpits​
33. Rinse Alum Block​
34. Clean equipment​
35. Rinse off Alum from face​
36. Rinse off Alum from armpits​
37. Dry off​
38. Apply Aftershave​
39. Apply Deodorant​
40. Apply Aftershave/Cologne​

Now for my thoughts. Just a heads up. Due to my process of bowl lathering unless the soap/cream is just horrible I always get a great lather. It takes longer, but the control of how much water is used really helps dial in the lather just right. Some soaps/creams take longer than others. So it is hard for me to find a soap/cream I dislike.​

1. Time to Lather
   1. Extremely quick
      1. Be careful it doesn’t fool you it might look like nice lather, but may need more water
2. Quality of Lather
   1. Great quality
      1. Needs more water than you would think it would
3. Cushion
   1. Great Cushion
4. Slickness
   1. Whilst lathered
      1. Extremely nice
   2. After Pass (Bare Wet Skin)
      1. Not bad at all
         1. Great slickness once the area is moistened again
         2. If pick ups were needed just some water will suffice
5. Scent
   1. I personally love it
   2. Just an old world smell
   3. Wish I had the Aftershave, EdC/T, and deodorant to go with my puck
6. Rinse
   1. Rinsed clean easily
7. Post Shave
   1. Fantastic
      1. Does not suck moisture from the skin

As far as the scent, it seems you either love it or you hate it. Obviously I love it. The performance of the soap, as others before me have pointed out, is the standard all other shave soaps are judged by.

I will be buying many more pucks of this soap for storage purposes. I have seen pictures of other members storing these in a freezer. I am not sure I will go that far.

I’m very impressed with this soap.​

After shave is great - May as well get the large bottle and don’t forget the cologne! Love that manly scent.

 

[DesB]

Tabac is my fav soap. Amazing clouds of pillowy slick foam. Not super crazy about the scent but can live with it.

 

[Fouts]

Tabac is just an incredible product. Always top notch performance for me with minimal effort. With other soaps you'll hear about having to perform all these steps, use specific water, etc. Not with tabac. This stuff just works and I've even grown to enjoy the scent.

 

[balesofhay91]

I love Tabac. It practically lathers itself and the slickness and protection are top notch.

 

[dmshaver]

Tabac is a nice soap, thank you for the review.

 

[Diggity]

Nice review. I liked the detailed steps - when I first started using a brush, scuttle, double edge, etc. I didn't know what the heck to do. Posts like this will also help newer members.

And yes, Tabac...ah...I was very unsure of it when I first caught it's scent. It reminded me of a nightclub in the 70's. But, after shaving with it a few times, the scent really grew on me and I like it quite a bit. It's a fantastic soap and a classic.