People keep comparing this to MdC, is it that same chalky consistency or possibly made the same way?
Tcheon Fung Sing Hard Shaving Soap
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The soft soap reads just like MDC but with a little NaOH instead of 100% KOH... It may have some additives at the end (can't say I noticed), but principally the same recipe. Stearic/Coconut and heavy KOH. (MdC went 100% KOH) It's a very good performing recipe unless you get the ratios of fats WAY WAY off.
Sweet, thanks guys. I never paid that close of attention to ingredients.
Is the hard soap as bone dry as MdC?
Is the hard soap as bone dry as MdC?
Possibly. Someone said something about the reason they said their supply was so low was they were waiting on it to dry. But perhaps that was a rumor?
Yes, that's the rumor I started. But it is true. Their soft soaps are packed shortly after production, the hard soaps have to dry for about two weeks. They just don't have the space to dry that many. With more demand, they will change that ofcourse.
I have been waiting all week like a date with Cindy Crawford for this morning's shave with the Tabacco Verde when disaster struck. After my 5 road miles i hopped into the shower and had nothing but cold water. Dead water heater. California's central valley was 106 degrees yesterday so I had some benefit from that vs. cold well water but the shower was brisk and quick. To make my lemonade out of this deal, I went full hot towel on the face with a pot of water from the stove. The TFS lathered magnificently on my face after loading the pure badger brush from the puck in my hand. I had ample creamy, thick and slick lather for three passes with plenty in the brush for probably too many touchups. The face lathering was the second most pleasant self manipulation I've performed in quite awhile. I had a fresh Gillette Russian Blue in my newly plated OC Aristocrat and I couldn't stop finding new little areas around my neck and jaw that were not perfectly smooth. A little dab and smear of the lather and flick of the OC and those pesky areas have been mowed smooth. The handful of Floid Blue gave me a reminder that there was a blade in the razor for all the touching up I did but that was my fault for getting carried away. This soap is great.
On another note... stop making me want this soap more than I already do.
Ok, so I broke down and ordered a bunch of this stuff... The scents all sound unique and interesting, so I chose most of them 
I have the soft soap in Neroli and Tobacco and they are great products...will have to try the hard soap next time.
May I ask where you got these bowls for the TFS?
My guess is Connaught shaving dot com.
I have the 'zagara gelsomini', I think that's spelled almost correct. It the only one I have now but its one of my favorites. The lather is great. I plan on getting another one. Probably the 'bergomet neroli''.
I will have to break out the lime & spezie sometime this week and break my soft soap run and go try a hard soap again. It has been a while but I have had so much Italian soft soap coming in the last couple months that I have neglected the good old standard hard puck. 
Funny this conversation should be resuscitated on the day I get my puck of TFS Neroli Bergametto (and an aluminum tin to store it in) from WCS.
I'm a midnight shaver, so I just had my first shave using the soap. I have been using creams (3-Ts and Harris rose, a few others) and Italian almond soaps like Cella, Valobra, etc. And Klar Kabinett.
This is new; for over fifty years, I used hard soaps, Floris Lemon Verbena, vintage Yardley Lavender, Trumper Rose more recently. That GFT rose and D. R. Harris almond are my only hard pucks in the den. But now I add this TFS to the mix.
Fantastic soap, great shave. The puck is in nice understated packaging. Dragon embossed on the top. Hard and white, a little chalky perhaps, different than the British soaps.
The aroma is unbelievably pleasing. Neroli is distilled from the flowers of a bitter orange; bergamot comes from another inedible orange. Bergamot oil is the aroma of Earl Grey tea. The combination is not too floral, not too citrus-y, very refreshing. Intenso, not too.
Lathered very well with my silvertip, picked up enough to build a nice mound in my bowl. The lather went on a little thinner than my usual hard-soap lather, but was smooth and cushiony enough for my usual 2-pass-and-clean-up shave with a Fatboy set at 5, and a Kai blade. Which is not my favorite blade, but I wanted to try the TFS soap with the same blade I used yesterday. GTF Coral Skin Food before and after, Imperial Bergamot AS.
Performance and aroma: top-notch. Totally in the rotation. Sorry to the length of this post.
I'm a midnight shaver, so I just had my first shave using the soap. I have been using creams (3-Ts and Harris rose, a few others) and Italian almond soaps like Cella, Valobra, etc. And Klar Kabinett.
This is new; for over fifty years, I used hard soaps, Floris Lemon Verbena, vintage Yardley Lavender, Trumper Rose more recently. That GFT rose and D. R. Harris almond are my only hard pucks in the den. But now I add this TFS to the mix.
Fantastic soap, great shave. The puck is in nice understated packaging. Dragon embossed on the top. Hard and white, a little chalky perhaps, different than the British soaps.
The aroma is unbelievably pleasing. Neroli is distilled from the flowers of a bitter orange; bergamot comes from another inedible orange. Bergamot oil is the aroma of Earl Grey tea. The combination is not too floral, not too citrus-y, very refreshing. Intenso, not too.
Lathered very well with my silvertip, picked up enough to build a nice mound in my bowl. The lather went on a little thinner than my usual hard-soap lather, but was smooth and cushiony enough for my usual 2-pass-and-clean-up shave with a Fatboy set at 5, and a Kai blade. Which is not my favorite blade, but I wanted to try the TFS soap with the same blade I used yesterday. GTF Coral Skin Food before and after, Imperial Bergamot AS.
Performance and aroma: top-notch. Totally in the rotation. Sorry to the length of this post.
I also have the Zagara Gelsomino hard soap ("Duro"), and I tried it this morning. Strong jasmine scent, very good performance. I think that I prefer their more subtle scents, like Tobacco Verde.
Does anyone in the US besides Bull Goose stock the Zagara e Gelsomino hard soap?
I typed in "Tcheon Fung Sing ingredients" in my browser and this is what I found:
Ingredients: Stearic Acid, Aqua, Cocos Nucifera, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Parfum, Potassium Carbonate, Benzyl Benzoate, Tricyclodecandimethanol, Hexylcinnamal, Cendrenyl Acetate, Bois Cedre Texas Rect, Alpha-Iso-Methylionone, Hydroxycitronellal, Coumarin, Buthyphenyl Methylpropional, Para-Tert-Buthylcyolohexyl Acetate.
Ingredients: Stearic Acid, Aqua, Cocos Nucifera, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Parfum, Potassium Carbonate, Benzyl Benzoate, Tricyclodecandimethanol, Hexylcinnamal, Cendrenyl Acetate, Bois Cedre Texas Rect, Alpha-Iso-Methylionone, Hydroxycitronellal, Coumarin, Buthyphenyl Methylpropional, Para-Tert-Buthylcyolohexyl Acetate.
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