My Guess... 3017

[beginish]

You guys are all pretty close with the La Toja Manantiales...

Yes, and I was not intentionally trying to kill the soap, either.

[johnniegold]

Yes, and I was not intentionally trying to kill the soap, either.

I was.

[auk1124]

The last of my CO Bigelow cream bit the dust this morning. Over the past couple of years I've used three large tubes, and five small tubes. Good stuff. Next up: the last of my creams, a mostly full tub of Castle Forbes Lime. I expect it will last a long time. And then it will be on to the soaps.

[rtb178]

Hello everyone.

I've been trying to kill a container of AOS Lavender over the spring, but have failed. It's now too hot to keep using it, so I'm moving to the tried and true combination of Valobra Menthol and Floid Blue. I'm hoping that if the weather remains hot through September, I'll have finished the Valobra.

[johnniegold]

Moving along with the DR Harris Lavender. This will take care of most of the summer. But that's ok because the DR Harris stuff is really one of the best in the biz.

[FL shaver]

Getting better at this Cade lather. No trouble with the slick factor, but the density still leaves a little to be desired. Twenty second load at most and I have that after applying the second pass. I think I can get more water in the mix and eliminate the remaining froth. There is a nice sheen to it...

There are still a few very hard remnants of the Coconut in there. I don't know what kind of reaction occurred between the Cade and the Coconut...

[FL shaver]

Better this morning...

I kept slowly adding water and the lather got denser. Not MWF dense, but very nice. This is what I was looking at after a twenty second load and 3 passes!

Enough for 2 more passes! At least!

[johnniegold]

Definitely took a little time to get the Cade right when I was using it during the Cade challenge but in the end it turned out to be a good, albeit fussy, soap.

[beginish]

LTM bit the dust this morning, just about 2 months after starting it. As I said before, it's the best veggie soap I've used, but not worth the price you had to pay to get it. If they sold it as a regular puck of soap at a more reasonable price, I would be all over a refill.

Tomorrow, I begin work on 1.5 travel pucks of C&S 88...with a different brush and a new razor.

[Dipesh]

Fantastic thread.

I can't stick to just one soap so what I do is a mini rotation. Currently it's Nannys soapy, Valobra and Valobra menthol.


Hopefully I can join in with some picture soon.

[beginish]

C&S 88 on the clock!

[Sullybob]

C&S 88 on the clock!

[Jim]

C&S 88 on the clock!

Wooooo!

[beginish]

Wooooo!

And as an aside, I have read plenty of posts lately stating that there isn't a performance difference between veggie soaps and ones with tallow. After 2 months of an absolutely superb veggie soap, I can tell you that there is a significant difference between LTM and C&S.....and the C&S is better. I got some very nice cushion to go along with the slickness.

[johnniegold]

And as an aside, I have read plenty of posts lately stating that there isn't a performance difference between veggie soaps and ones with tallow. After 2 months of an absolutely superb veggie soap, I can tell you that there is a significant difference between LTM and C&S.....and the C&S is better. I got some very nice cushion to go along with the slickness.

Honestly, the difference between the LTM and DR Harris Lavender is signifcant and the nod definitely goes to the DR Harris.

[beginish]

Though it is not quite johnniegold-level, I've assembled my list for posterity:

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
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 (1.5 travel pucks): 6/11/12-???

Still in the box:

TOBS Jermyn Street
Trumper Rose (I also have backups for this)
Trumper Violet (Backups for this too)
AoS Lemon
C&S Oxford & Cambridge
Old Spice (with a backup)
Penhaligon's English Fern (the good stuff)
La Toja stick (old, Manantiales formulation)
DR Harris Arlington stick
SIR Irisch Moos stick (Vlad's, if he wants it)
Vintage Williams stick (rose scent intact, courtesy of brianw)
Vintage Houbigant Fougere Royale (the really good stuff)

[5savages]

Thanks for posting this (and to everyone else who posts these). I love reading through these summaries to see how long each of the soaps has lasted for you.

Though it is not quite johnniegold-level, I've assembled my list for posterity:

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
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 (1.5 travel pucks): 6/11/12-???

Still in the box:

TOBS Jermyn Street
Trumper Rose (I also have backups for this)
Trumper Violet (Backups for this too)
AoS Lemon
C&S Oxford & Cambridge
Old Spice (with a backup)
Penhaligon's English Fern (the good stuff)
La Toja stick (old, Manantiales formulation)
DR Harris Arlington stick
SIR Irisch Moos stick (Vlad's, if he wants it)
Vintage Williams stick (rose scent intact, courtesy of brianw)
Vintage Houbigant Fougere Royale (the really good stuff)

[Jcabbage]

My 125g puck of MWF now weighs in at 98g. Been using it almost every other day (with a few Tabac and Speick days in between) since about mid April 4 more months would be a somewhat appropriate guess.

[inspiringK]

Though it is not quite johnniegold-level, I've assembled my list for posterity:

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
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 (1.5 travel pucks): 6/11/12-???

Still in the box:

TOBS Jermyn Street
Trumper Rose (I also have backups for this)
Trumper Violet (Backups for this too)
AoS Lemon
C&S Oxford & Cambridge
Old Spice (with a backup)
Penhaligon's English Fern (the good stuff)
La Toja stick (old, Manantiales formulation)
DR Harris Arlington stick
SIR Irisch Moos stick (Vlad's, if he wants it)
Vintage Williams stick (rose scent intact, courtesy of brianw)
Vintage Houbigant Fougere Royale (the really good stuff)

This is really interesting. So, about 14 products downed in around 26 months. All it takes is around 55 days or a little less than two months to finish a product.

Maybe I should start doing this....

[inspiringK]

Mrs. Gold is laughing whole-heartedly.

The Official Tally so far:



2010
C&E Sandalwood Shave Soap* 1/01/2010 to 3/22/2010
Pre de Provence Shaving Soap* 3/23/2010 to 6/20/2010
DR Harris Arlington s/s* 6/21/2010 to 8/31/2010 (soap was not used for a nine-period in August)

(participated in Speicktember so no soap was used in the month of September)

L'Occitane Cade Shaving Soap in Aluminum Dish* 11/01/2010 to 12/15/2010
Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap in ceramic bowl* 10/01/2010 to 10/31/2010 - stopped to participate in the Cade challenge that started on 11/01/2010 - resumed with MWF on 12/16 and was completed on 12/28/2010. )

2011
Tabac Shave Soap* 12/29/2010 to 2/23/2011
AOS Unscented Shaving Soap* 2/24/2011 to 4/19/2011
Floris JF shave soap* 4/20/2011 to 6/11/2011
Truefitt& Hill Luxury Shaving Soap (wooden bowl)* 6/12/2011 to 8/18/2011
Trumper Limes Shave Soap* 8/19/2011 to 10/13/2011
DR Harris Marlborough Shave Soap* 10/17/2011 to 12/22/2011


2012
Trumper Sandalwood Shave Soap* 1/01/2012 to 3/16/2012
La Toja Manantiales shave soap (wooden bowl)* 4/9/2012 to 5/30/2012
DR Harris Lavender Shave Soap* 5/31/2012 to

Same sort of pace here. 8 downed in around 18 months. So, a little more than two months this time, and only really 64 days per product if you ignore the Tabac.