Soaps on your "to try" list

Acca Kappa in the Wenge bowl. Just pulled the plug on that one

 

ooh, that one's worth it just for the cool bowl. Man that stuffs expensive though, isn't it?

Roger & Gallet are in the same ballpark for me, meaning the bowl is freakin' cool.

 

Very, very nice Klaus! I'll have to settle for reading your review though, pricy!

 

Thanks, guys!

Yeah, the bowl is pretty expensive... pretty darn expensive to be exact :rofl

But, if you're quick, you can order it at the gentlemans-shop for 40 quid (Pounds), that's 25 quid off the regular price. Taking into account that the old price of 65 quid was on the lower end of what the bowl goes for, you might just pay half the price of what you pay elsewhere

But you have to be quick as it's their "January sale"

 

I'm sorry but I have to ask: Who is that as your avatar?

 

I oogled one of those today :drool

 

Let's see, $98 for a bowl and soap or $12 for the same soap without the bowl (at menessentials).

How does it shave? If it's a good soap, I'll spring $12 for the soap, but not the extra $86 for the wood bowl.

...$86 can buy a lot of shave stuff.

 

Thanks.

 

+1 on that




@Joshua: It's not just a bowl, it's Wenge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wengé) and looks absolutely adorable. Normally I'd also buy "just" the refill but sometimes the price ain't everything

 

Ahhhhhhh, Wenge--like ebony, yes?

 

Thanks Jeff! I have the soft menthol version of the Valobra....I am thinking I would like to try the the shave stick version though

 

I'm not sure, Jeff, about the looks, but Wenge is far more expensive

 

Neale, does that soap give a good cooling effect?

 

Hi Jeff, to me the menthol effect is Very mild.......I was hoping it was somewhat intense, it does make a nice lather, and provides a nice shave but doesn't have the menthol kick I was hoping for.

Still a nice soap, I bought it on sale for I believe about $8.00

 

I really want to try Proraso
Arko
Valobra
There's a cremo...kinda like Valobra, I've read.
Floris Elite, JF, Santal
Institute Karite
ANd so many others I don't remember off top of my mind
Tom
Add Old Spice soap

 

Now that's quite some list :drool

 

Ahhhh, ok, Neale, I know what you mean--it's like a subdued kind of menthol feeling.

 

THere are times that I want to shave twice a day. NOT cause I need it...Just to make some more lather
hahahaha
Tom

 

Making lather is fun