Are There Any Shaving Soaps You Could Use Everyday?

When I first started wet shaving, I happened to pick Ray's of Colorado Bay Rum soap as the first soap I tried. I liked it so much, I had no intention of even trying anything else. Unfortunately, they changed the recipe and then it just become mediocre in my view. So I was forced to look elsewhere. I could probably use Ogallala Bay Rum soap every day, but I don't have to!

 

I haven't really used tat many soaps, but I really like the two Mamma Bear's soaps that were PIFd to me. One was Winter Wood, and the other was Vanilla Sandalwood! I really like both of these soaps. I also like C.O. Bigalow's menthol shave cream. Not sure which one wold win if I could only pick one. I am still interested in trying Tabac, Porasso, and the one stick Arko? So many choices, so little time....

 

I'm impressed. I'm sure you won't have much problem becoming proficient in English with your linguistic background, it will just take practice.

 

I was gonna say Tabac, but after Craskstar's post I can only say WOW! I know only French and English, and barely enough to ask for a beer in spanish!

But yeah Tabac. On my first try I didn't like it because of the strong scent (definitely offensive if you don't like it). But it grew on me and is definitely the best performer I own!

 

Thank you - you are very kind.

 

I also wanted to say that a top-favorite soap of mine is TSD Iced Subzero - perfect for a menthol addict like myself!

 

I'm always trying new things and so far I really like these:

Soaps
MWF
RR Mudder Focker
Tabac
Vitos Super Extra
Arko stick

Creams
Palmolive Classic
Speick
Propraso
T&H (any)
Maca Root

 

Jeff:

Do you speak Yiddish fluently?

 

DVH
Tabac
Sara-S's
QED Wild Rose (but it's almost gone!)

 

Vintage Williams
Vintage Colgate
Vintage Old Spice
Vintage Barbershop
Vintage Surrey
Vintage Seaforth
Vintage Rawleigh
Vintage Palmolive

I use all of these, Williams the most, and would be happy to use only one every day, but, I don't have to!

 

Surprised no one said Cella. Well I'll say it then: CELLA!

 

Actually, I use tabac almost every day.

 

Yes, I do - like a putz I forgot to mention it as one of my languages!

 

When I was in graduate school, we had quite a few chinese students who could read and write technical english fluently, but had difficulty in verbal situations. A professor explained to me that was why he always wrote the assignments on the board. I guess they learned the language in chinese schools and colleges that included a lot of academic material in english, but didn't have the opportunity for a lot of english conversation, or verbal instruction.

Even today I sometimes encounter Indians recently arriving in the US who have a very good understanding of the english language, but I have difficulty understanding their spoken words because they speak differently, with different intonations and inflections on different syllables.

There are a lot more nuances to spoken language than written. You can say the same sentence in different ways and give it completely different meanings.

 

Tabac... Proraso... Either of these could be my one and only..

 

This brought to mind a time several years ago when I tried to have a business telephone conversation with a Brit who had a strong Cockney accent. I couldn't understand anything he said, and he couldn't understand my east Texas accent. After about a half hour we both just gave up.

 

I guess I am pretty easy to please in this category.

Inexpensive soap:
VDH Deluxe

Artisan:
TSD
MamaBear
Kell's

French:
Institute Karite
Provence Sante Green Tea
(Have not yet tried MdC)

Italian:
Proraso Sapone
RazoRock (anything from their line)
Cella
TFS

German:
Speick Stick
Tabac

Spanish:
Latoja Soap Stick

All time favorite lather:
MWF!

 

It is so difficult for me to hold a spoken conversation in English sometimes. I can read and write well in English and as long as there isn't too much slang I understand about 90%. When I first arrived here in North America I was able to only say a few words. I could not even really ask for directions because my knowledge of English was so low, and also because French is my preferred language after Hebrew. As a young kid, I was educated in French.