I'm sure someone else already said it. Stop buying new soaps. It's incredibly easy to use up your old stock when you stop feeding the furnace. Best advice I gave myself ever.
What are the best tactics for 3017ing a soap?
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This is novel idea. I didn't see it mentioned. It's not even an option in the poll.
I alternate daily between a single soap and a single cream. Currently, I am using GD Amare as the soap and GFT Sandalwood as the cream. Previously, I used one soap or cream.
Just thought of something --
1/ If any of them are past the "best by" date, then toss them.
2/ Use the Marie Kondo approach. Hold each soap or cream in your hand. If it sparks joy, it's a keeper.
3/ If it doesn't spark joy, PIF it or take it to your local thrift store. Let it bring joy to someone else.
4/ Couple all of that with the wisdom of gigadeath.
1/ If any of them are past the "best by" date, then toss them.
2/ Use the Marie Kondo approach. Hold each soap or cream in your hand. If it sparks joy, it's a keeper.
3/ If it doesn't spark joy, PIF it or take it to your local thrift store. Let it bring joy to someone else.
4/ Couple all of that with the wisdom of gigadeath.
@beginish
Today, this weirdo just finished a tub of Mr. Fine’s Lavender soap.
Still 3017’ing after all these years.
Brother, you made it into the Urban Dictionary. Arko hasn’t even made it that far. I bet it’s even in the BMW forums by now.
I will also point out that 3017 treatment is good for erectile dysfunction.
www.drugs.com
TEVA 3017 Pill Yellow Round 7mm - Pill Identifier
Pill with imprint TEVA 3017 is Yellow, Round and has been identified as Tadalafil 5 mg. It is supplied by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
I will also point out that 3017 treatment is good for erectile dysfunction.
TEVA 3017 Pill Yellow Round 7mm - Pill Identifier
Pill with imprint TEVA 3017 is Yellow, Round and has been identified as Tadalafil 5 mg. It is supplied by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Well it does fall in line with the 3017’ing methodology of keeping with it until you are done.
You're not 3017ing unless you're using only the one soap.
That's like saying "I'm monogamous with my wife and both of my girlfriends"
That's like saying "I'm monogamous with my wife and both of my girlfriends"
Kinda late to the party, but I pretty much 3017 soaps one at a time, unless I don't. I do soap of the month club SOTMC and might change at the end of a month (but usually don't). The big source of variety is the end of the year. I only use B&M First Snow in the month of November and Stirling Christmas Eve in December. When First Snow runs out, I'll probably just keep 3017ing an extra month. When Christmas Eve finishes, I'll replenish with some kind of holiday soap.
That said, mostly agree with everyone else. Stop buying, one at a time is fastest/most traditional, but do what makes you finish soaps... Or don't, I'm not your keeper.
That said, mostly agree with everyone else. Stop buying, one at a time is fastest/most traditional, but do what makes you finish soaps... Or don't, I'm not your keeper.
Hmmmm would it be usable for a soapy massage…. Aka fetish corner..
or those soap slip n slides…
hmmm now at least I will walk around with a
or those soap slip n slides…
hmmm now at least I will walk around with a
Take my words with a grain of salt because I have not put a razor to my face in well over a year….
if you are truly trying to 3017 a soap - use that soap exclusively until it is done. That’s the only way IMO.
if you are truly trying to 3017 a soap - use that soap exclusively until it is done. That’s the only way IMO.
If you stop buying soap, wouldn't you use up your stock in the same amount of time regardless of the order or frequency of using each soap? The advantage of 'one until done' is that you reduce the number of containers in your stock as you go. Kind of a mark in time or verification of progress.
I'm down to one soap, so these high class problems don't apply to me.
I'm down to one soap, so these high class problems don't apply to me.
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If you stop buying soap, wouldn't you use up your stock in the same amount of time regardless of the order or frequency of using each soap? The advantage of 'one until done' is that you reduce the number of containers in your stock as you go. Kind of a mark in time or verification of progress.
I'm down to one soap, so these high class problems don't apply to me.
I wrote a response that had nothing to do with your post because I apparently have reading comprehension issues today. It was lengthy and trust me, it was glorious. If only it wasn't a response to a post you didn't make.
I do like the more regular gratification of using one soap until done and having it removed from my stock. One thing I can think of that might cause a change to total would be if the daily hydration of the soap/lack of time to dry out, especially hard soaps, makes it easier to overload the brush and use more than you might otherwise use? This might make total time shorten, I would assume you might adjust your technique to make only what you wanted to though.
You might also have varying speeds of use as you dial the soap in. If you are using a soap haphazardly as part of a rotation you might over or under load the soap compared to what you might do if you are super familiar with it. This might make using one soap at a time speed up or slow down the process of using everything up. I do wonder if, overtime, these variations would average out and you wouldn't end up changing anything though. Or if everything is just a drop in the bucket and nothing matters.
Again, this is a significant amount of overthinking things.
Okay, so by the strict definition I guess I don't always finish my soaps one at a time. My personal goal is to
I'd say that if you're reading this thread you are part of the 3017 club. I'm not much of a soap guy and I think that I've read every post. Pretty earl on, 2014 or so, I read the thread from the beginning and from then on I just kept up.
It's a great thread. I just wish I had found it earlier as it could have saved me a lot of money... or at least given me a clear warning of how quickly acquiring soaps can get out of control. But that's okay. I'm set unless some of them eventually go bad. But that's just wishful thinking on my part
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Yep, I think 20 is a respectable number. If I can somehow manage to up my game (head shaves, stop treating soap like it's a precious commodity, etc.), I feel I could easily get through 4 soaps per year. That's a 5-year supply and a worthwhile goal for me.
Wait. Who am I kidding? I have twelve pucks of Haslinger, twelve sticks of Arko, six tubs of Stirling, four jars of RazoRock (Dead Sea, SMdF, and Unlabeled), several tubes of Proraso, and a whole lot more. I may never get anywhere close to twenty soaps anytime soon. Oh well, it was nice to dream. And I apologize for briefly hijacking the thread.
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Anything in the soft heart base is going to get that circle of death in no time at all. I dont think B&M intended for that, but that's the soap and it is glorious, that is, unless you want your money's worth. His modified soft heart is harder and I think all the new release soaps from now on are in that base. Not sure when he plans to officially announce the new base and switch from excelsior to ???.
