Started with TOBS Jermyn Street, then got some Macca root n then Saponificio Varesino 25th anniversary edition
What was your first soap?
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When I started shaving I did the same thing as my father. I saved all the little miscellaneous bath and hand soap bits in my mug. It was mostly a mixture of Dove and Irish Spring which I somehow managed to make work.
My first 'real' shaving soap was Williams but it usually had odd bits of soap added to it. It wasn't until most of my children grew up and left home that I began to explore other options.
My first 'real' shaving soap was Williams but it usually had odd bits of soap added to it. It wasn't until most of my children grew up and left home that I began to explore other options.
I used creams for years before I got my first soap. Pretty sure it was L'Occitane Cade. I picked it up when I was in the store with my wife. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about with soap. From there it was off to the races. I can probably count on my fingers the number of times I have used creams since then.
Mine too
Col. Conk Almond... didn't take long for me to explore other options. 
VDH soap in a VDH Deluxe kit
Believe it or not it was Burt’s Bees bay rum and I really liked it I used it with cartridge razors and the Burt’s Bees brush. I used that puck that was 2000. A couple years later after using other soaps I bought another puck of BBBR man that stuff is not so good I had learned a lot since that first puck!!
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De Vergulde Hand. A local soap company. Their soap only costs about €1,50.
My first luxury soap was D.R. Harris - Arlington
My first luxury soap was D.R. Harris - Arlington
Old Spice (1993). Canned goo for the previous 20 years
Proraso Green.
I got the most flawless shave out of it when I finally ran out of the little bit I had left.
I got the most flawless shave out of it when I finally ran out of the little bit I had left.
Probably Ivory bar soap, but it could have been Irish Spring.
Musgo Real in the tube.
Proraso Green - tried it at a barbershop, liked it and bought it!
Arko. Liked the classic packaging but the scent, well you know...
Taylor of old Bond Street. Grandfather took me there the moment I grew my first few whiskers
Back in the 80s, Old Spice. But then grew a beard & used canned goo for 20+ years. When I came back last year, I think the first soap I bought was Proraso Green.
Wilkinson Sword in the blue tub.
VDH in the Deluxe kit.
