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Ok, I love WET SHAVING PRODUCTS brushes, but who loves the soaps?

I've had two tins of the first batch of WSP Rustic soap, the MdC clone. Seemed to be a very nice product. It lathered up very easily even in the tin. A little went a long way, much like MdC (though not to that extreme extent), and it lasted a very long time. I used it mostly to break in brushes as I got a tin in a large lot of soap and was using others at the time. The few times I used it to shave it seemed similar to MdC, beautiful lather but lacking a bit of slickness and kind of drying afterwards.

I haven't tried the Formula T but it's on my very short list to try after I get through my stash. The addition of tallow and shea butter should hopefully help the slickness and drying aspects of the soap.

As for scents, I had lavender and fougere noir. The lavender was a very simple, clean lavender smell without any fuss and pleasing. The fougere noir was supposed to be a Drakkar Noir clone or something like that and it was far too musky and strong for my tastes so I moved it along.

I'm interested in trying the Barbershop and Kentucky scents.
 

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Liking the WSP Drakkar Noir very much ... great scent, at least middle-of-the-pack performance. Good price point, as I recall.


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I have some soap from them arriving soon (tomorrow, I hope, I live 3 hours from where the stuff is shipping from, so i might get lucky and have it today if they send it early enough), I so I'll be able to give you first impressions tomorrow
 
I've had two tins of the first batch of WSP Rustic soap, the MdC clone. Seemed to be a very nice product. It lathered up very easily even in the tin. A little went a long way, much like MdC (though not to that extreme extent), and it lasted a very long time. I used it mostly to break in brushes as I got a tin in a large lot of soap and was using others at the time. The few times I used it to shave it seemed similar to MdC, beautiful lather but lacking a bit of slickness and kind of drying afterwards.

I haven't tried the Formula T but it's on my very short list to try after I get through my stash. The addition of tallow and shea butter should hopefully help the slickness and drying aspects of the soap.

As for scents, I had lavender and fougere noir. The lavender was a very simple, clean lavender smell without any fuss and pleasing. The fougere noir was supposed to be a Drakkar Noir clone or something like that and it was far too musky and strong for my tastes so I moved it along.

I'm interested in trying the Barbershop and Kentucky scents.
Very exquisite, informative, thorough and well written reviews...what's your go to WSP products of choice?
 

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Middle of the pack performance?

Yah. Scent wise, it rocks (personally, I like Drakkar Noir). But soap-wise, it's no MDc or Haslinger. It's also not Joshua Tree or Dr. Bronners.

on the order of any average-good ... Say, Stirling. Not that it's LIKE Stirling in composition, just performance.


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Yah. Scent wise, it rocks (personally, I like Drakkar Noir). But soap-wise, it's no MDc or Haslinger. It's also not Joshua Tree or Dr. Bronners.

on the order of any average-good ... Say, Stirling. Not that it's LIKE Stirling in composition, just performance.


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You are talking the Rustic line right?

The formula T is just as good if not better than the ones you listed IMOP.
 

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Rustic, correct.

Nothing wrong with it ... one does hear Formula T is better; can't say- don't have one.


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About making Blackbeard scent in the formula T blend. I mentioned it to him and more or less was told that maybe someday they will think about doing a limited run on the scent.
That would seem like a profitable move for them, and beneficial for us if we buy it.
 
Yah. Scent wise, it rocks (personally, I like Drakkar Noir). But soap-wise, it's no MDc or Haslinger. It's also not Joshua Tree or Dr. Bronners.

on the order of any average-good ... Say, Stirling. Not that it's LIKE Stirling in composition, just performance.


AA
That's a good constructive critical review :thumbup:
 
I bought a 10 tin sampler bundle, a mix of Formula T and Rustic. All consistently good latherers. A few scents didn't turn me on. But most were very nice. Not too intense. I particularly like Black Amber Vanille, Black Orchid, Mahogany, Fougere, and Tobacco.

But what I really like about WSP is Lee's customer service. I purchased a Monarch HM White this summer and had a problem with hair loss. Lee had a replacement in the mail the next day! Been using it regularly for about three months and can't remember losing a single hair. And, I think it's comparable to some of the big name brushes costing twice as much. Recently bought a slightly larger Earl model and it's a winner too. The man stands behind his products and will continue to get my business.
Thanks for taking time to post this..it seems that you had a bad product and received a replacement that was better, but in a fast fashion too. I love customer service like that. Not only fast , but a functional replacement too. I see why WSP as been getting popular .
 
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