How many soaps do you have?

Doing this from memory - since I am not currently @ home:
CREAMS
2 tubes C.E. Bigelow shave cream
2 tubes Shave My Face cream
1 tube Axe Denim shave cream
1 tube of The Real Shave Co cream
1 tube All About Men shave cream
1 tub Art of Shaving cream

SOAPS
1 stick Arco
6 pucks Williams Mug
3 pucks Col. Conk
4 pucks Van Der Hagen

GELS / CAN
1 can Nivea shave gel
3 cans Aveeno shave gel
2 cans Barbasol shave cream
4 cans Gillette Fusion shave cream
2 cans Edge shave gel

I got the creams initially thinking that bowel lathering produces a richer thicker lather.
That may be so, but I have found that I much prefer to face lather with soaps.

Looks like I have more than I need.

 

MWF
L'Occitane Cade Puck
MdC Orginal
MdC Fougere
Tabac
Mike's Barbershop

First 3 will always have, other 3 work great, but minimizing....

 

6 Creams
18 Soaps
5 types of shaving sticks (25 total sticks)

I've been No-Buying since September of this past year, so I've been working on finishing product lately rather than acquiring more.

 

Sooooo...your saying you like Stirling?

 

I LOVE Stirling shaving soaps without menthol, why? because I'm allergic to menthol

 

Mystic Water Irish Traveller​

Mystic Water Lime
Mystic Water Lavender
Mystic Water Vetiver & Oakmoss
I Coloniali Mango Oil
Mike's Natural Vetiver
Mike's Natural Peppermint & Rosemary
Mike's Natural Bay Rum
Mike's Natural Lavender
Mike's Natural Pine & Cedarwood
Mike's Natural Barbershop
Wet Shaving Obsession "Signature"
Art of Shaving Unscented (Tallow)
Art of Shaving Sandalwood (Tallow)
Art of Shaving Lemon (Tallow)
Czech & Speake Oxford & Cambridge
Dusy Kabinett
Klar Kabinett
Martin de Candre Fougère
Route 66 A Perfect Gent
Kent Luxury Shave Soap (MWF)
Tabac
Vintage Williams
Catie's Bubbles Tonsorial Parlour
Jabonman Vetiver de Haiti
Proraso Green Cream
Mystic Water Lilac
D. R. Harris Arlington Cream
Simpsons Unscented Cream
Czech & Speake No. 88
RazoRock XXX
Cyril R. Salter Indian Sandalwood
Tabula Rasa Steam Punk
Martin de Candre Original
Fine American Blend
MWF Captain Black/Vanilla
Reef Point Barbershop​

 

@Primotenore where on earth did you get this product of Mitchell's Wool Fat of Captain Black/Vanilla because I'm bloody lost right out the door, or is this your typo error by mistake unless your drinking too much.

 

OK, here we go. These are your ingredients:
1) Puck MWF

2) 1oz Captain Black Pipe Tobacco

I was a bit intimidated by the plain Captain Black tobacco. Last time I did this I used Captain Black Cavendish, noticeably sweeter. So I added:
3) 1 Vanilla Bean

First thing, cut the MWF into 4 pie slices:
Next, cut each pie slice in half:

Now, I chopped the vanilla bean and mixed it into the tobacco:

Now, I prepared the vacuum bag.
First, one layer of tobacco:

Next, four "pie" pieces of soap with more tobacco:

Next layer of soap:

More tobacco:

Now, sealed and labeled.

I will update when I break the seal.
Thanks for reading.[/I][/B]

 

Currently I have: Aramis Shaving Soap(ca. 1980's), Route 66 "Rum Runner"and according to the USPS tracking thingie, by the end of the day I'll have Razorock XXX. That's all for now, but the year is yet young!
Update 3/9/17: A tub of Cella is inbound. Should be here tomorrow afternoon.

 

Doesn't it get a little lumpy to shave with?

Couldn't you take your tobacco and vanilla and mix it in some alcohol(enough to cover) and let it sit for some time. Then filter out the solids and use the alcohol as an essential oil. I did this with the needles from a Frasier Fur tree from Christmas to pull out some of the pine scent.

 

Let's see....

Soaps:
Arko Stick (2) (for travel)
Proraso Green (travel size)
Proraso Red
Proraso White
Figaro Monsieur
RazoRock American Barber
RazoRock Puros
Williams (didn't work out for me, use it for hand soap in the shop)

Creams:
Proraso Green
Proraso Red
Proraso Blue
Proraso White

I'll keep the Arko sticks for travel as well as the 1/2 tub sized Proraso Green soap. I'm using up the others as I find I like creams over soaps. All of the Proraso creams hit the spot with me and I can pair the colors with a matching (color) after shave splash.

In the past, I have tried Speick cream and soap stick. Wonderful lather and scent. Same goes for the Palmolive stick I tried. I did use up a tub of RazoRock Classic soap which like the other Italian croaps I've used is easy to lather with good cushion and glide.

Just trying to simplify a bit. I'll probably try some other soaps down the road if I get bored.

 

Not necessary. When I unpack it (I have done this before) I will brush as much of the tobacco/vanilla off of the wedges. Remaining debris removed under a fine stream of water, into my vessel and with my 58mm espresso tamper (protected with plastic wrap) I will press it into a perfect puck. No chunks allowed.

 

Too many.

and besides...

 

I think I found where all the Stirling soap stock went!!!
Is there any Stirling you don't have/like??? OK, not including the menthol ones (I saw, you're allergic)

Nice collection. I'm jealous.

 

Yeah, she had a pretty sweet deal. I didnt really intend to buy so many but it was one of those deals where I kind of got sucked into trying a bunch of her different stuff and next thing I knew, I had bought 20 pucks of shave soap. She has some pretty interesting fragrances.

 

I have hundreds - literally hundreds.

 

I don't want to count but Barrister and Mann alone I have at least 25

 

Sorry @Primotenore I've quit smoking 8 months ago.

 

I'm very intrigued by this...genius sir!

 

Just 2- Mine- Lavender/eucalyptus/spearmint
Hubby's- lavender