What are your favorite shaving soaps?

[Rik]

Greetings,

Lately I've been getting into hard soaps from various vendors. Here are my favorite soaps to date:

L'Occitane CADE
Art of Shaving Sandalwood
St. Charles Shave
What are yours?

[Scotto]

Rik,

I have also really gotten into the hard soaps lately. My favorites lately:

T&H - hard to beat this one
Harris Arlington
L'Occitane
Floris JF

[Shermdog]

C&E Sandalwood is my favorite so far. But, I need to aquire more!

[joel]

No Particular order...
Tabac
T&H
QED
Monterey Soap Company
Trumper

[Coche_y_bondhu]

Like Joel, no particular order:

Beau's Best Cowboy Shave Soap
St Charles Shave New Spice
QED
L'O Cade

Cheers,

Richard
Plano TX

[Austin]

All of the Floris soaps
Saint Charles New Spice and Sandalwood
Tabac
Penhaligons Wild Fern shave soap

[guenron]

Hmmm. Let's see now. Not necessarily in the order of preference:
Ten or Eleven or is that Twelve QEDs Scents
Six Trumpers Scents
Three, no Four Crabtree and Evelyns Scents
Two Floris Scents
Two D R Harris Scent
Two Taylors Scents
One Truefitt & Hill Scent
One Roger et Gallet Scent
One Provence Sante Scent
One Pre de Provence Scent
One Pere et Fils Scent
One Kent Scent
One Country Gentleman (Love that Goat's Milk) Scent
One Proraso Eucalyptus! is there any other Scent
One Williams (vetiver like) Scent


Some of the Less than Favorite in the Shave Shack
Lightfoots Pine
Woods of Windsor
Colgates

Forgive me all of you who I have forgotten in the back of the shave shack! In the words of the great old lathermeister, "I never met a hard soap I didn't like!"

[rschul2]

1) T&H
2) QED Sandalwood
3) Trumper's Violet
4) QED B&B
5) D.R. Haris's Arlington

[Scotto]

Hmm. I thought we were only talking about hard-milled soaps. If we include glycerin soaps, of course QED would be high on my list.

[Rik]

Hmm. I thought we were only talking about hard-milled soaps. If we include glycerin soaps, of course QED would be high on my list.
That was the intention of my question. I should have been more specific. :huh:

[DoubleE]

1) D R Harris
2) T&H
3) L'Occitane

Jerry

[mark the shoeshine boy]

i only have one trumpers lime
st charles shave soap
proraso green
tabac
all of the origianl QED soaps

and i like them all....

mark tssb

[roughrider]

Tabac
QED Sandalwood
C&E Nomad
C&E Sienna
C&E Sandalwood

[guenron]

ACK!!! I forgot my TABAC....:w00t:
And my two C&M scents.
This is so embarassing!:blushing:

[roughrider]

ACK!!! I forgot my TABAC....:w00t:
And my two C&M scents.
This is so embarassing!:blushing:


It's ok Ron. I'll let it pass this time. :biggrin:

[DoubleE]

ACK!!! I forgot my TABAC....:w00t:
And my two C&M scents.
This is so embarassing!:blushing:

Bad case of CRS...can't remember scents:tongue:

Jerry

[guenron]

Like Joel, no particular order:

Beau's Best Cowboy Shave Soap
St Charles Shave New Spice
QED
L'O Cade

Cheers,

Richard
Plano TX
Hey Richard,
Is that Beau Schwartz' soap outta' RoundTop, Baja OK?:confused:
Is that a cold pour or a hard milled hot pour?

[crackstar]

Let's see, Classics Bay Rum, Rivivage, Proraso and Locar (made in Poland) are my main choices in hard soaps.

Jeff

[mike]

Col. Conk Amber
T&H
Old Spice

[rtaylor61]

In NO order:

Taylor's Lavender
L'Occitane
JF Floris

All very lowkey and subtle!

Randy

[crackstar]

I love Gold-Dachs Spezial and Muhle-Pinsel aloe vera in hard soap.

Jeff

[Darkwolf]

[QUOTE=guenron]


Some of the Less than Favorite in the Shave Shack
Lightfoots Pine
Woods of Windsor
Colgates

[QUOTE]

I was walking through Lowe's the other day and all of a sudden I smelled Lightfoots Pine, I mean it was the exact same scent. Stopped me in my tracks, so I had to figure out what it was (SWMBO thought I had finally lost it). Eventually I traced it to some rosemary plants they were selling. Went home and smelled the Lightfoots, and bingo, it was the exact same scent. Sorry, but Lightfoots should be renamed rosemary because it is anything but pine! I can get and OK shave out of it, but it is more work than Williams to twist up a good lather and Williams is a PIA compared to most.

Other than Williams and Lightfoots I only have a couple of Pirates cakes and a tub of QED Lime, but I like them all!

[crackstar]

Every time I buy Williams, I wind up using it as shower soap! I can't get any friggin lather out of it with any of my brushes.

Jeff

[guenron]

Every time I buy Williams, I wind up using it as shower soap! I can't get any friggin lather out of it with any of my brushes.

Jeff
Jeff,
Try pouring some HOT water over the Williams soap puck in your shaving mug and let it sit for a minute or two before attempting to lather. There is a good chance that this will resolve the lather-building problem.

[Rik]

Greetings,

Lately I've been getting into hard soaps from various vendors. Here are my favorite soaps to date:

L'Occitane CADE
Art of Shaving Sandalwood
St. Charles Shave

What are yours?
I must add the following to my list

C&E
Baudelaire PS Men's Verlaine Shaving Soap
T&H
Trumpers

[crackstar]

Ron, thanks, I appreciate the suggestion. I still have a brand new puck of Williams I haven't started yet. I'll put in one of my mugs, and try that tomorrow morning, thanks again. :smile:

Jeff

[HlSheppard]

Jeez, where to start? You guys stole my thunder!! :blushing:

Tabac
St Charles Almond
T&H
QED Sandalwood
Will G SHEA butter soap
Provence Sante'

[guenron]

Ron, thanks, I appreciate the suggestion. I still have a brand new puck of Williams I haven't started yet. I'll put in one of my mugs, and try that tomorrow morning, thanks again. :smile:

Jeff
Jeff,
Please let us know if this resolves the issue for you.

[thefrenchbarber]

Proraso
Laboratoires OSMA soap (alum based)
Yonka shaving cream (bit expensive at £19) but worth it
Men:U

[drumana]

Tabac
MWF
Institut Karite

[dreadpirate]

G. F. Trumpers Sandlewood.

[ratcheer]

My favorite shaving soaps are:


Mitchell's Wool Fat
Provence Sante
Trumper's Coconut Oil
Pre de Provence


Note that all of those are French or British triple-milled soaps. I have several glycerin soaps that I enjoy a lot, but they are just not up to the level of performance and enjoyment that I get from the soaps listed.

Tim

[Chisholm]

Tabac. Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad
Cheers,
M:001_smileartin

[Shane]

Honeybee
Provence Sante
C&E Sienna

[neilxvx]

Mitchells Wool Fat!
Van Der Hagen glycerin

[packRat]

Floris, Trumpers.

[talibeard]

My favourites;

Nizzy soap (dutch handmade)
Feineseifen (german handmade)
Arko (turkish factory made)

[MTgrayling]

My favorite of the 5 I've tried do far is C&E Sandalwood hands down for lather, amazing thick cushioning stuff. QED Wild Rose for scent, nearly every time I go into the bathroom I need to smell it.

[greychamp]

1. Papillon
2. T&H
3. MWF
4. Joris

[ECOSSE]

My first foray into non convenience store soaps just started yesterday...Chelsea's!

[lowhawk]

T&H
C&E nomad, sienna
eShave avocado/linden

[Hawkins]

Hi,
With the hard water we have in KY, I've found best success with tallow based soaps from AOS and DR Harris. While I've had good luck with some of the glycerin soaps from the 3 Sues when traveling, they just don't work for me consistently while I'm home. As always, YMMV.
Greg

[cr8n]

1. Papillon
4. Joris

What are these?

[bsc2009]

What are these?

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?ltr=J&t=26579 Joris is an excellent Soap!

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Chelsea's Unscented (all-natural), Shaving Soap :thumbup:

Christopher :badger:

[gaseousclay]

I don't know that I really have a fave shaving soap. I tend to use my creams more than the soaps. the truth is, I don't have much luck lathering with soaps. although it technically doesn't count as a soap I do love the Palmolive shave stick.

[FL shaver]

The top 3 in my rotation:

1) FAT - Wondering why this one hasn't goten more mentions. Seems to be the one on most "favorite soaps" threads.
2) Trumper's Coconut
3) C&E Sandalwood - The C&E soaps are getting a lot of love in this thread. Maybe a brand of soap more folks think is affordable?

I didn't put the shaving sticks in the list, but the Arko and Speick sticks would be right up there, probably ahead of the Sandalwood.

[Big_E]

Chelsea's Arabian Spice :tongue_sm
Ernest

[demaro]

TOBS Sandalwood

[MikeC]

MWF
Tabac
D.R. Harris Arlington
Trumpers Sandalwood

[Marco]

Cella
Valobra
P.160
MdC
MWF

[LeGaulois]

Martin de Candre
Roger & Gallet
Tabac
MWF
Institut Karite
QED

[BigSwifty]

AOS sandalwood & their lavender
D.R. Harris almond
Cella
MWF
Penhaligon's english fern

[mdevine]

Wow! This thread may reach as far back into the archives as any I've seen. I'll break it down by cost.
Cheap- Arko
Medium priced- MWF
Expensive- AoS Sandalwood

[du212]

Martin de Candre

Mitchell's Wool Fat

[FL shaver]

Wow! This thread may reach as far back into the archives as any I've seen.

Didn't realize this was from '08!

[Rowsdower]

Tabac
D.R. Harris Arlington
Cella
Mama Bear's Dublin Tweed
Trumper Eucris
Truefitt & Hill

Mitchell's Wool Fat will probably find its way there too once i get good lather more consistently.

[wonderbread403]

DR Harris Arlington
Tabac
Ogallala Bay Rum and Sandalwood
C&E Nomad

[markb]

Not in order

Czech & Speake
Art of Shaving
Palmolive
Speick
Arko
Valobra
Tabac
MWF

[Gryphes]

Only tried two soaps, but the one i loved the most was Tabac.

[HoosierTrooper]

In order:

1. Vintage 1950's Williams. Nothing compares.
2. Palmolive stick-milled into a bowl.
3. Tabac.

[Rivguy]

I am very fond of the GFT soaps with perhaps rose and violet being my favorites.
Tabac
RL Safari
TOBS Lavender

Enjoy your shaves,

Doug

[goby]

Every time I buy Williams, I wind up using it as shower soap! I can't get any friggin lather out of it with any of my brushes.

Jeff

Me too!!

[Tripnastic]

Pirates Cove Bay Rum is my current favorite.

[LouieGrandie]

Martin de Candre is just exceptional.

[Optometrist]

Cella
P.160
Valobra
Harris Arlington

David

[Frowzy]

Hmmm...

Sticks: Speick
Valobra

Non-sticks:
Cade (top veggie performer, great scent)
AOS soaps (I like lemon the best; I love the way lavender smells but their lavender is not my favorite)
MWF
MdC


Honorable mention: Cella. TOP performer but the scent prevents it from being one of my absolute favorites.

[jas2676]

1. Irish Twin Soaps Co. - My new favorite
2. Mama Bears - Rosemary Mint

[oversaturn]

Martin de Candre
Institut Karité
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Valobra
L'Occitane Cade

[Wil Dorenbos]

Eva Nestorova (Bay & Rum and Arabian Spice).

[demaro]

DR Harris Arlington
TOBS Sandalwood
Tabac

[Harvitz81]

Not in order...

MdC
MWF
AOS/Valobra
Cella

[Marco]

Cella kilo brick
P.160 Tipo Morbido
Valobra stick
MWF
DR Harris Arlington
Martin de Candre
La Toja stick
L' Occitane Cade

[Stubblefield]

Calani, of course.

[RfD Dallas]

Cella
Valobra
Tabac
Cade

I want to try the Cella kilo brick but that's a lot of soap. I'm guessing a least a few years worth.

[cymric]

The backbone is formed by Pré de Provence and Tabac. There are other brands I could depend on too and which work just as or nearly equally well, but these two I will order in somewhat larger amounts to stock up.

[guitaremike348]

La maison du barbier shave soap :thumbup1:
triple milled, same than plisson "matin ambre", made in england.
Amazing lather.

[DFrancis]

After getting new soaps for Christmas I have to add Trumper's Eucris and DR Harris' Almond to my list. :thumbup:

[Slivovitz]

In order without considering details like price or availability.


D.R. Harris Almond
Vintage Old Spice
Vintage Williams
Current Williams
Palmolive Shave Stick

[sanuginz]

calani, of course.

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