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Proraso Green soap / C.O.Bigelow creme
B-400 O'Pro98 knot / Omega Pro #98
Dual Suribachi bowl & cool tap water
Schick type J-1 and Chick blade
Osage Rub AS
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Someone asked. Here's my thoughts on Proraso Green soap VS. C.O.Bigelow creme. Attempting to perform a controlled experiment I used two brushes with the same boar knot, similar prep methods, and the same razor. Mitigating factors; The knot in the aluminum handle is newer and stiffer so it loaded from the tub easily, whereas the black plastic handled brush is softer from extensive breakin but not enough to preclude loading hard soaps from a tub. Both were prepared in similar textured ceramic bowls of similar size. The Proraso is a fairly fresh tub, the C.O. B. is nearly empty but showing no signs of deterioration.
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Slightly moistening both brushes, but with no soaking time, easy lather was achieved from both products. The scent appears identical. Shaving first the right side with C.O.B in a W,A,& XTG pattern, followed by a thorough rinse with cool tap water. Second on the left in the same pattern & razor using Proraso.
Finished results feel the same, as was the scent, glide, & residual slickness. No errors from a well known razor, and the Osage gave me that wintery cool that's not happening here on the South Coast right now.
Conclusion; C.O.Bigelow is prehydrated in a squeeze tube. Proraso Green is a soft soap. As far as I can tell without looking at ingredients they are identical soap bases.
Good Shaves Y'all!
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