Stirling Syndicate

Stirling lathers incredibly well face or bowl lathering.

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I believe you will find them very similar. I can't imagine how you would design a soap for bowl lathering over face lathering. I'm not certain, but that sounds a lot like the stuff that comes out of the back end of a bull.

I actually find Stirling easier to face lather than CRSW.

musicman1951 said:

I believe you will find them very similar. I can't imagine how you would design a soap for bowl lathering over face lathering. I'm not certain, but that sounds a lot like the stuff that comes out of the back end of a bull.

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From the bull's mouth :

Classic!

luvmysuper said:

Classic!

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I guess that's the bull's mouth or whatever.

stirling is a complete knock out soap, i have barbershop, naked and smooth, build a nice paste on the brush, face lather, add water as needed and go, go ,go!!! I ve been buying old spice mugs, i now have 5 , and 2 of them need a new soap,,,oh what to buy....

I have acceptable results when I face lather Stirling.

IME, Stirling is slicker than CRSW, but CRSW beats Stirling in every other regard, including latherability.

I head lather Stirling soaps, they all work great.

I do it all the time.

I only face lather and I find that the Stirling soaps are very good for that.

macdad said:

I don't know about CRSW, but I do face lather with Stirling as well. I am new and still struggle a bit with face lathering. One thing I have noticed and read... Stirling is fairly thirsty. You will likely have to add more water as you are lathering. I really like Stirling. It is a slick soap with excellent scents.

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Stirling is one of my all time favorite soaps, but I purposefully starve it of water. The lather it produces is thick and sticky, it's like painting your face with glue, but it gives the finest shave protection of anything in the world. Lather that's full of air and is puffed up is lather that will lie to you. It will look pretty, but when it comes time to put blade to face it vanishes.

I only face lather and get great results from straight shaving with Stirling and I have used 5 or 6 of them. It is my measuring stick along with Tabac for othwr soaps. I do want to try CRSW though as I have heard good things about them too.

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I use both Stirling and CRSW and they're both wonderful face-lathering soaps. IMHO, however, CRSW is the better soap in all respects. Stirling, however, is an incredible value per ounce.

Shiloh said:

I face lather exclusively and my Stirling Barbershop performs as well as any of my other soaps. Good stuff! Highly recommended

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Stirling and a Semogue 830 produced a fantastic face lather this very morning.

Hello,
Update:
These Glacials from Stirling are some great soaps! I have the lather down now... I've been using a larger brush then the 22mm I ordered from Stirling. But I believe I can use the 22mm brush with a heavy pre-load.

This has been a great experience... so much that the bug has bitten... see my other post about new soap order.

Some final notes:
-Wow this Stirling Glacial has some menthol/freeze. I love it on my face and head.
-It lathers nicely
-Very slick
-It has a nice sheen to it when is is applied to face and head... this may be the case for all good soaps... I have only used Williams before this
-Great close shave and leaves my face smooth

To get the extra cool feel, here is what I have been doing:
-Apply small amount of Noxzema before shave
-Let Noxzema sit on face/head for a short time as I build lather
-Apply on head
-Shave Head
-Apply on face
-Shave face
-Shower
-Apply Osage Rub


WOW!!! All the reviews on Osage rub are true... cool stuff.

Thanks again for the guidance on my first soap

Regards,
Joseph

Forgot to add: I have had 6 shaves with the sample puck from Stirling so far and there is still at least 2 shaves in tub. I have also wasted some as I was getting the lather technique down.

Regards,
Joseph