Best/Worst soaps for cold water shave?

[mkornecki]

Hello, I did a search on this topic and after a quick glance decided that this exact question had not been previously asked.

To those of you who have decided that a cold water shave is do-able, is there a certain soap that has performed better than others, with cold water? is there a worst?

The soaps I have available are, Tabac,MWF, Cade, ToBs (Lavender and Sandlewood), VdH, Williams, E&J, C&E (Nomad), Conks.

Any obvious winners in that crowd? Losers?

Thank you for your time.

[BlackBard]

All the soaps I have used seem to lather a little better with warm (not hot) water, than they do with cold. The difference is not significant, however. When I cold water shave, I just use whatever soap I prefer at the time. I do not decide based upon the water temperature.

[mftoms59]

Best: Tabac, Haslinger Aloe & Klar Seifen are my only soaps.
I've used Palmolive, Arko, and VDH Deluxe & Luxury and though they perform well, the others are slicker & lather better with cooler water.

Worst: any Goats Milk Soap

[vreddy2000]

I have tried the following soaps
cella,tabac,qed,vdh ...these happen to be all the soaps i have at the moment..
try palm lathering....
what has worked for me is..intermittently i will sqeeze on the bristles to bring out the foam and then continue lathering..
i do this a few times..and inside of a minute at the most i have great lather..works for all the soaps i have tired so far..
and i have switched to cold water shaving as well...

[gus1942]

I see no real difference in any individual soap, but I get better results, with all soaps, with cold water.

Gus

[mkornecki]

Thanks for all the responses, and thanks to the mod who corrected my typo in the title!

[turtle]

Winter is warm water + scuttle. Summer is cold water + bowl.

Same soaps, different seasons.

I do enjoy the menthol and eucalyptus scents in the summer more than in the winter but that is a personal preference to the scent not the soap.

[jdrum3]

Tabac lathered like itsnwonderfulmself yesterday on my cold water shave, so did VdH Deluxe. Arko is another that doesn't need warm water to make great lather. I also soak my brush in cold water as well.

[cryhavoc]

Of the soaps you listed, I have used Tabac, MWF, VdH, Williams, C&E (Nomad) and Conks. They all lather fine for me and I cold water shave everyday. Give it a shot, YMMV.

[LouBarraza]

proraso is great cold.Adds an even more chill effect .

[Quintar]

I always use cold water for shaving...maybe if it's freezing in the house i might let it run for a bit to get warm, but that's rare. I never have any problems lathering with any good soap. Hot water might make loading the brush slightly easier but i doubt it would have any effect on the lathering. If it did, I'd suspect hot water would make lather worse as it'd be more likely to break down.

So I don't think water temperature has any significant effect on soap latherability...

[Jcabbage]

MWF works for me.

[GencoOliveOilCompany]

Not a cold water shaver, but my water heater went out in Novemeber. Still had to shave, so it was in cold water for 2 days. Used Creed Green Irish Tweed soap and it worked just fine.

[LeftyT]

Tallow based soaps seem to do very well in cold water. I, however, prefer a warm lather and a cold rinse, with menthol and eucalyptus, whenever possible.