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How many months or years of soap do you have?
- Thread starter Dean407
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Whit modern Williams it's hard to calculate, 165 pucks
I would say about 5-6 years. I don't have a huge amount of soap but only shave every 2-3 days. Need to thin the herd a bit, though.
I shave every day, and I went on a soap buying kick after starting DE shaving a few months ago. I've gotten the Soap Acquisition Disorder under control for now, but not before stockpiling about 5 years worth of different soaps.
I have 2 relatively new Stirling refills and 1 PAA on the way. I shave every day. I'm sure that some B&B members would consider that a critically low supply. I figure I'm good for at least 3 months.
Typically, I keep about a year's worth. I keep/create about 4-6 sets(pairings) and rotate until they are near exhausted and then go shopping again.
e.g.
CaD Soap- CaD A/S (paired, set)
Proraso Blue Soap-Grey Flannel A/S- GF Cologne (licorice, violet)
Pre de Provence soap-Pre de Provence A/S (sage, set)
XXX soap- XXX A/S-CKONE cologne (oakmoss)
Tiki Bon Voyage-Le Pere A/S-Paco Rabanne EDT (lavender, rosemary)
I look for similar basenotes and create the pairings from there or just buy sets. Working on and finding good pairings can get expensive so as I get older I am favoring the matched sets.
e.g.
CaD Soap- CaD A/S (paired, set)
Proraso Blue Soap-Grey Flannel A/S- GF Cologne (licorice, violet)
Pre de Provence soap-Pre de Provence A/S (sage, set)
XXX soap- XXX A/S-CKONE cologne (oakmoss)
Tiki Bon Voyage-Le Pere A/S-Paco Rabanne EDT (lavender, rosemary)
I look for similar basenotes and create the pairings from there or just buy sets. Working on and finding good pairings can get expensive so as I get older I am favoring the matched sets.
Several years. I enjoy the variety and I enjoy trying new products.
I have two or three pucks of 'fancy' heavily scented soaps I'm not overly keen on and I can't really use on a regular basis without irritation. Daily driver soaps I'm almost all out, there might be a stick of Palmolive hiding in the cupboard. My plan is to finish off the little I have left of daily drivers before picking up something else.
Probably 4-5.
I likely have a couple decades worth of soap on hand.
I dove into this craziness just over a year ago. I got a jar of Proraso white with my Maggard starter kit. Shortly after that I picked up one of their sample soap packs and a crock of MWF. I only shave twice a week, at most, with 2-3 passes. Loading my brush for no more than 10 seconds gives me more than enough soapy lather than I can possibly use.
I've used the MWF for about 75% of my shaves. The puck shows little evidence of use. The Proraso has started to show a bit of a well in the jar. I've nearly finished with the Orange Menthol sample (the only one I've tried) by adding it for scent once in a while.
At this rate, I'll be finishing my original 2 soap purchases some time in the next 5 years or so. I've also not bought any blades since my initial starter pack and receiving a wonderful PIF of Feathers. I've just about emptied my initial bottle of Nivea after shave balm. Along the way I picked up a pair of Gillette Slims as my regular users and a wonderfully soft brush from Larry at Whipped Dog.
One of the main reasons I wanted to try DE shaving was to get around the disposable culture of my shaving routine...saving a good bit of cash along the way has been a nice bonus. For me, DE shaving isn't a hobby, just a routine necessity of maintaining my personal appearance. I think I'm set on supplies for a good, long while. :-} Thanks for all the advice along the way.
Jay
I've used the MWF for about 75% of my shaves. The puck shows little evidence of use. The Proraso has started to show a bit of a well in the jar. I've nearly finished with the Orange Menthol sample (the only one I've tried) by adding it for scent once in a while.
At this rate, I'll be finishing my original 2 soap purchases some time in the next 5 years or so. I've also not bought any blades since my initial starter pack and receiving a wonderful PIF of Feathers. I've just about emptied my initial bottle of Nivea after shave balm. Along the way I picked up a pair of Gillette Slims as my regular users and a wonderfully soft brush from Larry at Whipped Dog.
One of the main reasons I wanted to try DE shaving was to get around the disposable culture of my shaving routine...saving a good bit of cash along the way has been a nice bonus. For me, DE shaving isn't a hobby, just a routine necessity of maintaining my personal appearance. I think I'm set on supplies for a good, long while. :-} Thanks for all the advice along the way.
Jay
If a soap tub/puck or tube lasts about three months...and I have 20 "soaps"...then I am good for 60 months....5 years. Wow...even I find that hard to believe.
Late edit: One of those soaps is MdC...so make that 6 years.
Late edit: One of those soaps is MdC...so make that 6 years.
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the past year i havent bought any new soaps...been trying to use up what i have before i rebuy some. i finished a red tub cella, palmolive stick, arko stick, seifenglatt almond stick and a strop shoppe black tie tub.
now i am working on panna crema next...i have years worth of soap lying around here.
now i am working on panna crema next...i have years worth of soap lying around here.
I have no idea. Well over 10 years at least.
Several decades of 200+ soap pass arounds left at least.
Sort of cheating when you make your own by the pound [MENTION=93996]DCRIII[/MENTION]
or are you just counting the commercial soap that you own?Sort of cheating when you make your own by the pound [MENTION=93996]DCRIII[/MENTION]
If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying! I'm going to make someone soon. Just found a supplier of a couple fragrances I've been looking for.
But seriously though, if I counted commercially bought soap, I have a lifetimes worth. I have over 30 pucks of Williams Mug soap that I don't use very often. I might use it once a month.
On top of that I just got one tin of Artic Hydra and one tub of Cryogen, had three pucks of Tabac show up yesterday, I have two tins of Yeti Snot arriving Monday. Also I'll have some relatives from Germany visiting in October whom I ask to bring me three more pucks of Tabac if they were able to find some where they live.
I don't have SAD I swear!
It's a great comfort for a weary soul to know that there are those that are far worse off than one self. From your posts I consider you to be a very balanced gentleman so I take it that my heap of soap, that's smaller than yours, isn't a sign of me gone bananas. [emoji12]
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