My 4 oz can of Shaving Yeti will be one year next month (also happens to be my very first soap I have ever bought). There is still a lot left on the edge of the can. I shave about three times a week. $7 a year on soap isn't too bad. I thought that some of the other soaps were expensive, but now seeing how long 4 oz can last, I don't think even $30 for soap is too expensive.
How long does your soap last?
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Soaps last a long time. Even soft soaps like Arko and Proraso last me forever. Of course having numerous soaps and creams in use helps.
About 90-100 shaves for a 150 g puck
I've never used one up completely but as mentioned above, I have several in a loosely structured rotation.
I suggest checking out the 3017 thread. There is lots of data on soap longevity.
I rotate more than 6, usually, but recently, while testing so thing else, I had to use the same soap everyday. I was using a one-third size 'sample" puck of Ginger's Garden and used it up in about 6 weeks of every-day shaving
Mine last over a year, using a mug and brush. I only have two soaps, I switched just so I could try a new one out not because I ran out. 
-Stephen
-Stephen
Over a year in and still haven't finished one. At around 2g per shave with more than a dozen soaps in rotation, it'll be a while!
I can say I've settled on a few brands that I really enjoy (Caties Bubbles, Stirling, SCS, Proraso) so I've given away/traded away a lot of the other stuff that didn't work as well for me.
I can say I've settled on a few brands that I really enjoy (Caties Bubbles, Stirling, SCS, Proraso) so I've given away/traded away a lot of the other stuff that didn't work as well for me.
I've been cutting pucks from a kilo brick of Cella. It seems as if at least part of the brick will still be around after I'm gone...
The hard pucks last a long time. After four weeks of using Truefitt & Hill soap daily, it still looks new. Same with my GFT soaps.
I get lots of nice slick lather, and the pucks still look like new.
I get lots of nice slick lather, and the pucks still look like new.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
About a gram per shave for most soaps with typical brushes and three passes. 1.5 grams per shave for lather hogs and softer soaps, 1/2 gram per shave for triple milled soaps and moderate brushes. So that 90 gram $35 puck of C&S Oxford and Cambridge will last well over a year at three shaves per week.
The hard soaps are the real bargain.
Cheers, Steve
The hard soaps are the real bargain.
Cheers, Steve
Blau, you're so right!! Now, splurge and enjoy!!
When I used cartridges and Barbasol, a can of Barbasol lasted over a year. That was less than half a cent per day. Now that I am into DE, I've switched to using Arko on most days, swtiching to creams occasionally just to keep things interesting.. I am wearing down one puck in the vintage mug at home, and appear to have used just less than 20% of the stick I carry on the road, all in the course of a couple months. I suspect between the two of them, I may run out of both after a year's use.
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I've been eyeballing the Steampunk Tabula Rasa soap for quite some time!
A tub lasts around three months.
I have several soap tubs so...
I have several soap tubs so...
The 3017 thread is not really an accurate representation of soap longevity. Most people there burn through soap as quickly as possible.
Not all of us!
This thread may interest you- http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...ata-mined-from-the-3017-thread?highlight=Data
It varies on the soap but I am a light loader and don't make excess lather to waste. I do 2 pass shaves during the work week, 3 passes on the weekends, face lather with a right sized brush, use soft water and get:
about 80 shaves from a 60g puck of Haslinger hard soap
about 90 shaves from a 150g tub of TOBS
about 110 shaves from a 150g tub of Proraso
about 180 shaves from a 120g triple milled soap like Mitchell Wool Fat.
about 80 shaves from a 60g puck of Haslinger hard soap
about 90 shaves from a 150g tub of TOBS
about 110 shaves from a 150g tub of Proraso
about 180 shaves from a 120g triple milled soap like Mitchell Wool Fat.
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