Hey, that's the old "shaving with Williams is like eating human flesh" argument! Can't you come up with something new? 
So what's wrong with Williams exactly?
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Hey, that's the old "shaving with Williams is like eating human flesh" argument! Can't you come up with something new?
I believe you have my post confused with the plotline for Fight Club, where the protagonist renders human fat to make boutique shave soap. I believe his angst, and the need for physical violence was precipitated by his dissatisfaction with modern Williams that drove him to put the beat down on his fellow group members. Same thing happened to Michiganlover.
Grate it into a shaving mug and add you favorite AS to it as you grate it when it all grated pour some more on top Press firmly in to the mug or bowl and put a lid on it. Then you have scented Williams because it has no scent added what your smelling is the tallow in the soap.
Oh no you don't!
Here is the ingredient list from Williams:
Potassium Stearate, Sodium tallowate, Sodium cocoate, Water, Glycerin, Fragrance, Sodium chloride, Titanium dioxide, Stearic acid, Pentasodium pentetate, Tetrasodium Etidronate.
Fragrance! Right there in black and white.
Sure, it doesn't come right out and say "essence of bug spray", but it certainly does have added scent.
Oh how we have all told ourselves this in our naivety
Ha! I think I publicly declared a few times on the boards that all I needed was the cheapo soaps and creams and gear to get it done for me! Now I have a den with Acqua di Parma and T&H creams!!!!!! I cant stop buying and trying other stuff.......its a disease.....
Yep, because you don't like the odour of a 1$ soap, humanity has lost its moral compass. We are all doomed. We should all kill ourselves... before the zombies come to eat us alive.
http://artofmanliness.com/2010/04/01/building-your-resilinecy-part-vi-quit-catastrophizing/
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If the OP hadn't noticed, there's quite a bit of hyperbole in these Williams threads. While I'm sure that plenty of people genuine dislike it, much of this is just arguing for the sake of arguing. It's like deciding that you hate a particular football or baseball team. Anything good that another person says about them will roll right off, and you'll always come up with another argument as to why they deserve your contempt.
I'll continue to say, from time to time, that I like Williams, don't find it at all hard to use, and don't have to use any special technique with it. Same for Mitchell's Wool Fat, another soap that some other people mysteriously have trouble with. MWF gets a bit more respect, though, because it costs more, and besides, it's English.
I don't much care for Tabac, but don't campaign against it, or try to persuade other people that they should agree with me. There's something to be said for trying a modest variety of soaps before reading this forum, although of course you do read some good suggestions here.
I'll continue to say, from time to time, that I like Williams, don't find it at all hard to use, and don't have to use any special technique with it. Same for Mitchell's Wool Fat, another soap that some other people mysteriously have trouble with. MWF gets a bit more respect, though, because it costs more, and besides, it's English.
I don't much care for Tabac, but don't campaign against it, or try to persuade other people that they should agree with me. There's something to be said for trying a modest variety of soaps before reading this forum, although of course you do read some good suggestions here.
MWF gets a bit more respect, though, because it costs more, and besides, it's English.
Williams
Potassium Stearate, Sodium Tallowate, Sodium Cocoate, Water, Glycerin, Fragrance, Sodium Chloride, Titanium Dioxide, Stearic Acid, Pentasodium Pentetate, Tetrasodium Etidronate.
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Sodium Tallowate, Potassium Stearate, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Stearate, Aqua, Potassium Cocoate, Glycerin, Parfum (Fragrances), Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool, Hydroxycitronellal, Lanolin, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Silicate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Magnesium Sulphate, Tetrasodium Etidronate
Suggestion. Evaluate soaps based on how much you like using them before you read the ingredients list. I'm well aware that MWF has lanolin. I like Williams, I like MWF.
ahhhh nothing beats a good Williams thread
cept maybe a good Tabac thread
cept maybe a good Tabac thread
It's overpriced.
Too many people buy it thinking "Hey, it's less than $2. How bad could it be?"
This is also how they stay in business. Many high end soaps cost the same if not less per gram. Williams at $1 is still a rip off. It's by far the poorest performing soap I've used.
Old Timers who have always used a shaving brush, and continue to use it as they are oblivious that any other shaving soap actually exists.
As near as I can tell, the company spends zero dollars promoting their product; it's almost as if they understand they have a product that quite literally has a dying customer base.
STOP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!! I said the same thing...Proraso is fine I don't need anything else. Now I have about 4 different creams and five different soaps.
HaHa, With that logic the Yugo would not only still be being sold but one of the top 5 selling cars in the U.S.
Old Timers who have always used a shaving brush, and continue to use it as they are oblivious that any other shaving soap actually exists.
As near as I can tell, the company spends zero dollars promoting their product; it's almost as if they understand they have a product that quite literally has a dying customer base.
Well with sales over $350 million a year they aren't diying very fast.
God! I hate williams threads 
we should just make a stiky saying williams sucks end of story....
we should just make a stiky saying williams sucks end of story....
Oh boy.
Try any other soap, then try Williams. It's not like $1.39 is going to break you. I had to try it - I don't like it. I like Col Conk Almond best of the ones I've tried. Still have not tried Proraso, AoS or MWF yet tho.
I will try it again when I feel I've gotten better. I didn't toss the puck... yet.
Try any other soap, then try Williams. It's not like $1.39 is going to break you. I had to try it - I don't like it. I like Col Conk Almond best of the ones I've tried. Still have not tried Proraso, AoS or MWF yet tho.
I will try it again when I feel I've gotten better. I didn't toss the puck... yet.
Well with sales over $350 million a year they aren't diying very fast.
Are you telling us that Combe is selling 350,000,000 pucks of Williams annually? I doubt it.
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