Try the DR Harris Almond. It's a great soap.
Try the DR Harris Almond. It's a great soap.
Harris soap isn't as dramatically jacked up in the US as the Woolfat-- 40% instead of 100%
It's definitely on my list of things to buy.
12 GBP for whatever bowl they have available at The Gentleman's Shop (we don't pay VAT!), and about 15USD shipping. It can be a reasonable value, especially if you can find some way to combine items to make the shipping worthwhile.
I DO use wood bowls - however I do not like them, and I go out of my way to buy shaving "refills" when I can, however I often am stuck buying the wood bowls, as buying a suitable bowl for a shaving soap refill, often tends to be more of a hassle, be more expensive than the wood bowl, and take up quite a bit more space.
That might be true if we were talking about plastic tubs that are required with the purchase. But I buy DR Harris almond soap ONLY as a refill. I use a nice Corning mug ($5 at Target) as my soap holder. Looks and works great and I save 40% on the soap purchase. I think any analysis that does not include refills is way off base, if only because DR Harris refills are a huge savings.Most fellas do not buy merely shaving soap refills, as how many containers does one reasonably stand to have to find/create/use?