Best performing hard sandalwood soaps.

Any suggestion for a really slick sandalwood soap that is triple milled/hard?

Pre-reformulated AOS does it for me. Keep your eye on the BST and you may be able to get one.

This looks like a good deal.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nos-Tallow-...664?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418c480a20

The old- formula Trumper's for sure. Can't speak to the new stuff.

Chris

EL Alamein said:

The old- formula Trumper's for sure. Can't speak to the new stuff.

Chris

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Yes that was a treat as well, it was amazing how bad they screwed that soap up with the reformulation- I would still give the AOS the nod though overall.

Jim said:

Yes that was a treat as well, it was amazing how bad they screwed that soap up with the reformulation- I would still give the AOS the nod though overall.

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Yeah I decided to check on here and get some opinions. I know the "Big Ts" have reformulated their soaps and that some are having trouble with them.

deoxy4 said:

This looks like a good deal.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nos-Tallow-...664?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418c480a20

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I purchased that a couple months back. At just over $10/puck, it's a great deal. Of the forty or so shave soaps I've tried, the tallow AoS remains my favorite.

Savon Du Midi - Santal is a hard shaving soap which performs great. The only downside is that I am unsure of the cost per puck from outside of The EU. If you do some research on this one and the price is OK for you then I would say go for it. To me Savon Du Midi soaps (vetiver or sandalwood, not the soft soap range - Mistral, Orient & Garcon) fly below the radar in the shaving world but are in fact superb soaps.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Savon-du-mi...64?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item1e913db7dc

Another vote for the AoS Sandalwood old style w/tallow. This soap was made by Valobra. The Valobra hard soaps are all excellent, but they do not market a sandalwood scent under their own name.

Although discontinued, the AoS Sandalwood w/tallow is widely available from eBay and numerous other sources. I've stockpiled quite a bit.

--Bob

Indeed--tallow-based [Valobra] AoS Sandalwood is the best Sandalwood SS [and easily one of the best SSs] I've used. I have not used current/non-tallow AoS but I cannot say that I have not seen some favourable reports. Also, though I have not used DRH Sandalwood SS, I have used DRH's other SS offerings and find them top-notch too.

The Edwin jagger sandalwood is a fine soap. Best part, 99% natural ingredients. Very natural scent as well.

I haven't yet tried DR Harris' new Sandalwood soap, but will add it to the cart next time I shop. I'm sure that it will perform like their other soaps and should have a great scent as well.

I was given a puck of Truefitt & Hill Sandalwood a couple of months ago.

It is very nice, I would describe it as a sandalwood/cologne scent.

The scent is great to me, and is noticeable throughout the shave.

I have no issues getting a nice slick lather from the soap, and used it straight through the month of May.

ToBs sandalwood puck is a very good soap with a great scent. If you want a hard sandalwood puck that performs, I would suggest giving it a look.

Another vote for AOS tallow off eBay. Buy the 3-pack.

Haslinger sandalwood. Nice scent and a very good soap IMO.

here are four, d.r. harris, caswell massey, art of shaving and creed santal.

i'd say, the aos sandalwood---regardless of old or new formula, IMO, is tops among these.

d.r. harris second.

but, all four are good sandalwood soaps.

+1 on Halingers.

BigJ said:

Haslinger sandalwood. Nice scent and a very good soap IMO.

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Parker is a lathering champ. Not sure if it's triple milled, but it's hard. Scent is light but nice warm sandalwood.

you can get a substantial lather from the caswell massey?