If you could only keep 4 shaving soaps or creams

[Doc Dan]

I thought of putting this under soap, then under cream, but ultimately, this is both, so I put it here.

If you were to whittle down your shaving soaps and creams to non-artisan stuff, what four would you keep?

For me, I think it would be:

Cella Red
Geo. F. Trumper Almond
La Toja Stick
Ach. Brito Lavanda

If push came to shove and I had to keep only one, I think Cella red would win, though La Toja stick would be close enough for me to struggle a bit.

 

[WThomas0814]

Cella Red, Vitos Red, Arko stick, and Arko puck.

Gun to my head and pick only one? Arko puck.

 

[Mr. Shavington]

Kaliflower Tjära
Razorock Santa Maria del Fiore
Mitchell’s Wool Fat (Tallow)
Abbate Y La Mantia Verbena Toscana

 

[Salty_Shaver]

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I thought of putting this under soap, then under cream, but ultimately, this is both, so I put it here.

If you were to whittle down your shaving soaps and creams to non-artisan stuff, what four would you keep?

For me, I think it would be:

Cella Red
Geo. F. Trumper Almond
La Toja Stick
Ach. Brito Lavanda

If push came to shove and I had to keep only one, I think Cella red would win, though La Toja stick would be close enough for me to struggle a bit.

For me in this order.
1. Knightsbridge. Bay rum
2. Taylor of old Bond Street coconut
3. Proraso Blue
4. Barbersol classic in a can.
If Armageddon happened and push came to shove I would stick with tried and true Barbersol. That’s all I used for years before brushes and soaps became all hipster popular.

 

[borwish]

Proraso red
PdP
Barbasol 1919
Cella Bio

OP, isn't La Toja stick discontinued?

 

[Ratso]

Proraso white in the tub.
Palmolive tube.
Wilkinson puck.
Cella red puck.
It’s a tough choice ruling out artisan soaps.

 

[BigJ]

Great question!!

My choices:
PdP
Haslinger (Can I use all eight options? if not than schafmilch.)
Cella red
MWF ‘tallow’ (while I can get it.)

 

[DEgeezer]

Santa Maria Del Flore
Tabac
Pre de Provence no 63
Cella Bio

 

[squank]

Fun question! I've been wet shaving for only about a year, so my exposure to soaps and creams is somewhat limited. However, my four would be:

• TOBS - Jermyn Street
• Murphy & McNeil - Granuaile
• Chiseled Face - Cryogen
• Proraso Green

 

[gpjoe]

Well, assuming Stirling and MdC are "artisan", these:

Old Spice cream
Speick stick
Razorock xXx
Dr Selby (bowl)

Following a nuclear apocalypse, the cockroaches would likely find me shaving with Old Spice cream.

 

[Anchovie666]

MDC Brain Bowl
ARKO Stick
RazoRock Stick
Palmolive Tube - Classic

 

[Whisky]

Tabac
PdP 63
Arko stick
Razorock Santa Maria del Fiore, I’m not sure if this is considered artisan. If it is, the MWF Tallow formula.

 

[Quaznoid]

None. Don’t use ‘em. I make wonderful lather everyday with bath soap scraps, for free.

 

[silverlifter]

Non artisan? These:

• Speick stick
• SV Felce Aromatica
• MdC Fougère
• Proraso Cypress & Vetiver

I haven't tried Acqua di Parma's cream, but when I do I suspect it will displace the Proraso...

 

[DEgeezer]

None. Don’t use ‘em. I make wonderful lather everyday with bath soap scraps, for free.

But the question is, what 4 scraps do you use?

 

[Quaznoid]

But the question is, what 4 scraps do you use?

Ha ha. Typically Dove, Dial, Zest and Irish Spring.

 

[Eben Stone]

Non-artisan?

The Body Shop Maca Root
Boellis Panama
Palmolive
Arko

 

[KW Driver]

Mike’s. Coconut/orange, pepper, cedarwood

Tallow Speick

Hasslinger’s Aloe Vera

Tallow MWF

 

[squank]

Oops! "Non-artisan?" I'll retract my previous answer & say I have no idea. I missed that detail. Enjoying the responses!

 

[catfish1969]

Proraso White, Arko, and sell my other two choices to one of you gents…