Ogallala Bay Rum soap

This one until today have had little success. This time it's the third go and I bloomed the soap as before them spent more time loading the brush with the soap and used my scuttle and I got so much lather I could have looked like Father Christmas if I wanted.

This time the soap out performed Proraso in most areas. Certainly slipperier. The clove heavy scent is growing on me.

One thing I did notice that was a bit weird was by the time I got to the second pass my badger brush had stiffened considerably to the point it was prickly.

I did add a bit more water for second and third passes and the soap performed brilliantly. Certainly for the $6 it costs. By the third pass it definitely out performed the Proraso.

Also I noticed my bush was looking a bit manky after using Proraso and no amount of fluffing it helped. Now it looks almost as good as new.

Well done.

Good man! It can take awhile to dial in a new product. Worth the effort in this case!

That brush is a $10 delivered eBay special and I thought virtually useless on a hard soap. Seems I was wrong.

I love the smell of Ogallala (bay rum) clove. It brings back memories of grandma's place in the 1950's & 60's. Ogallala Bay Rum may be my favorite scented soap because of the clove. It also remains the only soap I ever 3017'd. I used to stick it in a mug, fill the mug with hot water, and soak the brush and soap at the same time. It only lasted 30-35 shaves using it that way, but no complaints for the price. I still have 3 Ogallala aftershaves I use occasionally, but have since moved on to more expensive soaps. This thread reminds me that it's time to revisit Ogallala because I haven't been able to find another clove scented soap.The only reason I stopped buying it was because the owner stopped selling direct. The owner at Ogallala was great to deal with.

Today using it the shave wasn't quite as good but I think that was due to a failing Voskhod blade. One to many shaves. But once I changed blade all was good again but I did mess up the amount of water and had it to damp initially.

I am going to place an order for some of their other soaps soon.

congrat's rich!
just enjoy, don't over-analyze!

sarimento1 said:

congrat's rich!
just enjoy, don't over-analyze!

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What me .... over analysing....?
I'm in technical support.... I wouldn't do such a thing.

I do take your point though. I will try to relax and enjoy.

I am still surprised how a change of soaps affected my brush. I was about to toss it and get another more expensive one but this soap has breathed some life back into it. Fortuitously I have won a PIF of a nice synthetic brush from [MENTION=112108]Komboloi[/MENTION] .... I'm so excited.

I really enjoy the scent of the Ogallala soaps and I always get a great lather. I never bloom the soap. I just build a peak with a wet brush in about 30 seconds, add a few drops to an empty bowl and then bowl lather for another 30 seconds. It's always enough for 3 passes and a touch up pass. Considering the size of the puck, it's a bargain.

Shaveathon said:

I really enjoy the scent of the Ogallala soaps and I always get a great lather. I never bloom the soap. I just build a peak with a wet brush in about 30 seconds, add a few drops to an empty bowl and then bowl lather for another 30 seconds. It's always enough for 3 passes and a touch up pass. Considering the size of the puck, it's a bargain.

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The more I use it the more I like it. I want to try the sweet orange one next.

The Ogalalla Bay Rum, Lime & Peppercorns soap has the nicest scent of any soap I've tried.

Rory1262 said:

The Ogalalla Bay Rum, Lime & Peppercorns soap has the nicest scent of any soap I've tried.

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The Limes and Peppercorns aftershave is excellent. I wouldn't mind seeing him add that to his list of double strength cologne versions.

drwevil said:

The more I use it the more I like it. I want to try the sweet orange one next.

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The Sweet Orange is the only Ogallala I own, and I love it. I have never had a problem making lather with this soap, but that might be due to the very soft water where I live (New York City has the softest water of any city in the US). I almost always use Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum as my aftershave when I shave with Ogallala Sweet Orange.

I initially chose the Sweet Orange because I gave each of the varieties a sniff in the store, and SO was the one which most appealed to me. Have never regretted it.