For the record, I am as envious as all get out, since Captain Fawcett's does not make lather like that. The saving grace is that I could kill it in six weeks.
My Guess... 3017
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That lather looks amazing Bruce. Just amazing.
The lather in that scuttle and brush would last me about a week. 
Very nice Bruce.
I am chugging along very well on my white-tub RazoRock XX. I am 44 shaves in and the total remaining weight is 62g. There's a fairly substantial ring-around-tub that I would guesstimate lasting another week or two.
Performance-wise, I am getting great shaves but performance is just a smidge below my recent 3017 victims (AoS Sandalwood cream and B&M Nocturne soap).
Performance-wise, I am getting great shaves but performance is just a smidge below my recent 3017 victims (AoS Sandalwood cream and B&M Nocturne soap).
That P160 lather looks great Bruce.
Farewell, Captain Fawcett. You smelled great, but as a shave soap, you just didn't deliver. I will not be replacing you in the stockpile. I will be putting the soaps on the shelf for awhile as I reacquaint myself with the world of shaving creams. We'll be doing a cream brand of the month over in the Cream Forum starting this week, so if you're in the neighborhood, please stop in. We'll be kicking it off with TOBS creams. In the meantime, my 3017 tally looks like this:
3017 Soap Tally (with ratings)
Valobra stick (finished): 4/18/10-4/24/10 (**)
Gold Dachs: 4/26/10-6/19/10 (*)
SCS Chilled Stick: 6/30/10-7/28/10 (**)
AoS Lavender: 7/29/10-10/14/10 (***)
L'Occitane Cade: 11/1/10-1/17/11 (*)
Mitchell's Wool Fat: 1/18/11-5/26/11 (**)
Vintage Williams: 7/4/11-8/3/11 (***)
Acca Kappa White Moss: 8/4/11-9/11/11 (*)
DR Harris Almond: 9/12/11-12/27/11 (***)
Institut Karite: 1/1/12-2/4/12 (**)
Haslinger Marigold: 2/5/12-2/18/12 (**)
SCS Refined: 2/12/12-3/5/12 (**)
Castle Forbes Lavender: 3/6/12-4/3/12 (*)
La Toja Manantiales: 4/9/12-6/10/12 (***)
Czech & Speake 88 (1.25 travel pucks): 6/11/12-7/10/12 (**)
DR Harris Arlington stick: 7/11/12-8/17/12 (**)
Geo. F. Trumper Rose: 9/1/12-12/2/12 (**)
Simpson Luxury Shave Cream: 12/3/12-12/31/12 (**)
RazoRock Napoleon's Violet: 1/1/13-1/26/13 (**)
Czech & Speake Oxford and Cambridge: 2/1/13-3/19/13 (***)
SCS Coconut Cream: 3/20/13-3/20/13 (1 and done as it did not agree with my skin)
SCS Bay Rum with a Twist: 3/21/13-4/3/13 (**)
AoS Lemon: 4/4/13-6/13/13 (***)
Noxzema Lather Shave Cream: 6/14/13-6/27/13 (**)
C.O. Bigelow Cream: 6/28/13-7/14/13 (**)
Boellis Panama 1924 Soap (Half Brick, 85 g): 7/17/13-8/12/13 (**)
​SCS Mochaccino Soap: 8/13/13-8/30/13 (**)
Musgo Real Oakmoss (partial): 9/2/13-9/20/13 (*** for performance; * for scent)
​SCS Fairway: 9/21/13-10/5/13 (**)
​Penhaligon's English Fern: 10/6/13-1/20/14 (***)
Mitchell's Wool Fat: 1/21/14-3/20/14 (***)
Simpson Unscented Soap: 3/30/14-5/12/14 (*)
Captain Fawcett's Luxurious Shave Soap: 6/13/14-7/27/14 (*)
TOBS St. James cream (partial tube): 8/1/14-?????????
3017 Soap Tally (with ratings)
Valobra stick (finished): 4/18/10-4/24/10 (**)
Gold Dachs: 4/26/10-6/19/10 (*)
SCS Chilled Stick: 6/30/10-7/28/10 (**)
AoS Lavender: 7/29/10-10/14/10 (***)
L'Occitane Cade: 11/1/10-1/17/11 (*)
Mitchell's Wool Fat: 1/18/11-5/26/11 (**)
Vintage Williams: 7/4/11-8/3/11 (***)
Acca Kappa White Moss: 8/4/11-9/11/11 (*)
DR Harris Almond: 9/12/11-12/27/11 (***)
Institut Karite: 1/1/12-2/4/12 (**)
Haslinger Marigold: 2/5/12-2/18/12 (**)
SCS Refined: 2/12/12-3/5/12 (**)
Castle Forbes Lavender: 3/6/12-4/3/12 (*)
La Toja Manantiales: 4/9/12-6/10/12 (***)
Czech & Speake 88 (1.25 travel pucks): 6/11/12-7/10/12 (**)
DR Harris Arlington stick: 7/11/12-8/17/12 (**)
Geo. F. Trumper Rose: 9/1/12-12/2/12 (**)
Simpson Luxury Shave Cream: 12/3/12-12/31/12 (**)
RazoRock Napoleon's Violet: 1/1/13-1/26/13 (**)
Czech & Speake Oxford and Cambridge: 2/1/13-3/19/13 (***)
SCS Coconut Cream: 3/20/13-3/20/13 (1 and done as it did not agree with my skin)
SCS Bay Rum with a Twist: 3/21/13-4/3/13 (**)
AoS Lemon: 4/4/13-6/13/13 (***)
Noxzema Lather Shave Cream: 6/14/13-6/27/13 (**)
C.O. Bigelow Cream: 6/28/13-7/14/13 (**)
Boellis Panama 1924 Soap (Half Brick, 85 g): 7/17/13-8/12/13 (**)
​SCS Mochaccino Soap: 8/13/13-8/30/13 (**)
Musgo Real Oakmoss (partial): 9/2/13-9/20/13 (*** for performance; * for scent)
​SCS Fairway: 9/21/13-10/5/13 (**)
​Penhaligon's English Fern: 10/6/13-1/20/14 (***)
Mitchell's Wool Fat: 1/21/14-3/20/14 (***)
Simpson Unscented Soap: 3/30/14-5/12/14 (*)
Captain Fawcett's Luxurious Shave Soap: 6/13/14-7/27/14 (*)
TOBS St. James cream (partial tube): 8/1/14-?????????
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Will some of the soap-killer brushes take a backseat to some of the "cream-ier" brushes?
I have already moved the SR3824, Vulfix 2234S, Kent BLK4, Simpson Emperor 2 and Rooney 2/1 Super into the ready position. Rover LE kicks it off tomorrow.
After a couple of one star soaps, you deserve a good cream 
After reading all the bad reviews on the new C&E soaps, I'm glad I bought two reserve pucks of the old formula Nomad. Besides one shave with my Cade stick at the hotel, I've used Nomad every day for about a week and a half and it's as good as anything I've ever used.
Probably about 5 shaves away from killing my first 3017 - Mr. Taylors. I bought it when I first started wet shaving and hated the performance once I tried some other soaps (specifically MWF). Having used it religiously (except for the last two shaves that were Musgo) for the past 3 weeks my face is not thanking me. I'll be glad when its done. Then its off to Musgo Real as I have to kill 3.5 tubes of cream. I have four different scents soI think I'll rotate between them, but keep every shave a Musgo shave. Then its TOBS grapefruit followed by D. R. Harris Marlborough cream.
After that I'll only have speick as my cream and its all onto soaps/croaps I really enjoy.
After that I'll only have speick as my cream and its all onto soaps/croaps I really enjoy.
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Day 16 (out of 23 - because of travel) with the Stirling Spice. This soap gets better with every use! I love dialing in a soap's performance with continued use.
I finally hit the bottom of my Floris of London Elite soap that I bought July 2013, though I still have a long way to go. This soap will have lasted at least 150 shaves for a 100 gram puck.
This thread has inspired me to try to kill it quicker, which has prompted me to use more soap and I have started getting better lathers. I now not only love the scent but I love the soap as well. After this I have a puck of L'Occitane Cade to finish and then some Edwin Jagger Limes and Pomegranate.
This thread has inspired me to try to kill it quicker, which has prompted me to use more soap and I have started getting better lathers. I now not only love the scent but I love the soap as well. After this I have a puck of L'Occitane Cade to finish and then some Edwin Jagger Limes and Pomegranate.
MWF is really underwhelming me.
Today was day 19 of RazoRock XXX and I am finally looking like I am making a bit of progress. I am really liking this soap but being new to wet shaving I don't have much to compare it with. I currently have 18 soaps and a couple creams in the queue so it will be awhile before I need to buy any more 
Ruckin
2014.05.31 - 2014.07.09 Edwin Jagger Sandlewood Shaving Cream (100ml)
2014.07.10 - 0000.00.00 RazoRock XXX (125ml)
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2014.05.31 - 2014.07.09 Edwin Jagger Sandlewood Shaving Cream (100ml)
2014.07.10 - 0000.00.00 RazoRock XXX (125ml)
I do too. I think hard soaps perform differently with continued use - esp. the hard triple milled like DRH & MWF.
that's commitment to a soap on par with Jim. Congrats!
My RazoRock P.160 is done. I started with a full tub, 95g of soap (smaller then my others) and had 2.5g left over. I got 31 shaves, 3.02g per shave.
It's on par or a little under what some of my other soft soaps have been and I still loaded heavy.
This was an amazing product for me. Easy to lather, holds up to heat, slick, didn't dry, no irritation or reactions to anything. I'm glad I have a few back ups and didn't have any redness or skin reactions to it, as a few others have. It is up there with the best I have used and am not sure how it actually compares to or is the same as the XXX-T based soaps (I have a hunch it's identical) as I haven't actually used any of those yet...but they will get their turn soon enough.
I plan on using up a few samples over the next couple weeks between now, camping etc and then get back to 3017 a full tub of something mid-August.
Next up will be a few samples of Stroppe Shoppe that I got from a buddy. Just a shave or two or three different tubs....2 tallow and one veggie.
It's on par or a little under what some of my other soft soaps have been and I still loaded heavy.
This was an amazing product for me. Easy to lather, holds up to heat, slick, didn't dry, no irritation or reactions to anything. I'm glad I have a few back ups and didn't have any redness or skin reactions to it, as a few others have. It is up there with the best I have used and am not sure how it actually compares to or is the same as the XXX-T based soaps (I have a hunch it's identical) as I haven't actually used any of those yet...but they will get their turn soon enough.
I plan on using up a few samples over the next couple weeks between now, camping etc and then get back to 3017 a full tub of something mid-August.
Next up will be a few samples of Stroppe Shoppe that I got from a buddy. Just a shave or two or three different tubs....2 tallow and one veggie.
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