I just started on my first sample puck (Stirling Gin & Tonic) and was just wonder how long they last. It seems like they would last a long time.
Depends on: How hard or soft your water is The size of your brush The type of brush you have How you lather - face or bowl How much lather you like to whip up How you like to prep your soap - soak it beforehand or not You'll get a variety of answers. The right one for you will only be discovered when you whip up the last batch from your sample.
1 week minimum and maybe 2-3. Now if you store the soap in a screw top bowl and bowl lather, squeegee the remaining soap from the brush and bowl back into a storage bowl it will turn into cream or croap and then last a very long time. Several months maybe. You will have soap at the end but it won't be able to lubricate well.
So you're looking at anywhere from 7 - 21 shaves if you shave every day as I do. Quite the range. Not saying your wrong with your guesstimate, it just shows there is no real way of knowing how many shaves a person will get from their sample for reason I mention above.
Yeah, all we need now are some witty responses! Actually, I was chuckling so much I almost missed a newbie opportunity to learn something... (below) I get that it is almost impossible to gauge an answer to the question because of variables (including the size of a sample - are they always the same?) But just from a perspective of the most economic use of soap, and using those variables as listed by @swarden43 , what option for each variable would best minimize soap usage? my newbie assumptions: How hard or soft your water is - Soft is best - since hard water requires more soap to create lather The size of your brush - Shorter is better? Less soap needed to cover the brush? If so, is it more a case of how much soap you need for the face size? The type of brush you have - Badger? (something tells me there is serious debate on this one) How you lather - face or bowl - Face - since all the lather goes on the face with no leftover in bowl How much lather you like to whip up - subjective perhaps? the minimum amount necessary for a shave is most economical? How you like to prep your soap - soak it beforehand or not - hmmm, unsoaked? I'm probably really overthinking this. Thanks for humoring me. Cheers! RT
Off topic a little, but I bet that everyone's water will vary a little (be harder/softer) during the different seasons.
Too many variables to make an educated guess. I would say 8,4 shaves with badger brush, 9,3 with boar and 232 shaves with synthetic. This should be about right. Oh, also depends on your face. My estimation is for "normal face". Jerry Mouse would use 63,5% less product, Tom Cat would use the estimated quantities, while Mammy Two Shoes would use 84,7% more product.
ok, ok UNCLE!!! i see i fell right into that newbie trap! i get it - its an art not a science! i'll take my engineer hat off now. (sheesh, thousands of comics out of work and we're stuck with you guys!) Cheers! - RT
