Your top five soaps?

In no order;
Stirling
Mickey Lees
Cold River
Caties Bubbles
Wholly Kat

Santa Maria Novella
Martin de Cadre
Stirling Barbershop
Stirling Cluman
Cella/George F Trumper's Spanish Leather

For use while shaving with a safety razor / DE blade:
1. Tabac (puck)
2. Mitchell's Wool Fat (puck)
3. Cella (tub)
4. Proraso (tub) . . . (almost tied at #3 with Cella)
5. Barbasol aerosol can shaving cream - "Soothing Aloe"
6. Arko (stick)
7. Van der Hagen Men's Luxury Scented Soap (puck)

brucered said:

And it grew to a Top Six

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That is correct...two were tied...which two...I'm not sure.

Big Burly said:

Of all the ones that I have tried so far:

1. Mickey Lee's The Kraken
2. Stirling Sharp Dressed Man/Coniferous
3. Tabac
4. Palmolive Stick
5. La Toja

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Update: 1 and 2 are the same. 3 is now Haslinger Schafmilch, 4 is now Tabac, and 5 is Palmolive stick.

La Toja is excellent, and it smells wonderful, but it is #6 for me.

Cella
Knockout Shave Cool Blue
Caties Bubbles la Marche du Rasage
Soap Commander Courage
Soap Commander Endurance

Antica Barbieria Colla
Antica Barbieria Colla
Antica Barbieria Colla
Antica Barbieria Colla
Cold River

I do not use five. The four in my rotation are:

Imperial Barbers
Haslinger sandalwood
Ogallala Bay Rum, Sage and Cedar
Cella

Cella
Proraso Green
Tabac
Floris No. 89 (really for the scent)
Stirling Black Pepper Lime

In no order:
maggard razors-london barbershop
dr selby
barrister and man-black label lavender
reef point soaps-interpid
sir irisch moos

Valobra puck (patchouli is my fav),

Tabac,

Nanny's Silly Soap Original (Vetiver gets the top spot for me)

Cade,

I Coloniali.




Noteable mentions - Pannacrema & Calani,

Here's what's in my rotation (no particular order):

MdC
MWF
Cade
Valobra (croap) w/Menthol

CC Sandalwood
CC Bay Rum
QCS Esquire (sandalwood)
Mike's Barber Shop
QCS Key Lime

MWF
Stirling Executive Man
Biotique Bio Palmyra
L'Occitane Cade
Proraso

Mike's, Stirling, Mystic Waters, Edwin Jagger (great for an all natural soap)... Haven't found one I'd firmly seat in the fifth spot yet.

My favorite soaps/creams

MdC
SMN
ABC
SV
LpL

I do have one that i hate, I Coloniali Mango and Rhubarb, both have been for me very frustrating to lather, on 5 tries neither had produced a good lather, 4 times i have to charge again, and i loading as i do all my soaps, really one that i probably will never use again.

Tabac

Arko

Williams
are there others?

In no particular order:

Haslinger
Pre de provence
Ogallala
Speick
Imperial Barber

My favorite soaps are

Tabac
Stirling
I Coloniali
Haslinger
Valobra

Mike's Natural Soaps
Shannon's Soaps
Barrister & Mann
Strop Shoppe
Chiseled Face