How many soaps in your rotation?

Discussion in 'Shave Soaps' started by Rusty blade, Dec 22, 2016.

  1. Rusty blade

    Rusty blade The Good Humor Man

    Now this is a question that for some reason fascinates me. I flip flop on this and go from have only three soaps in rotation to one to as high as 28 at one time. Currently I am at 14. How about you?
     
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  2. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Right now I am at 32, not counting a handful of samples. A lot of these are at half or less, and as I finish them off I intend to keep a much smaller number.
     
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  3. americanshamrock

    americanshamrock Let's Make a Deal! Staff Member

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    5 soaps and 1 cream in my rotation.
     
  4. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    About 30. Pretty set on the rotation in that next one up gets used. If I don't like a soap, it doesn't go in the rotation.
     
  5. Rusty blade

    Rusty blade The Good Humor Man

    I was up to as high as 28, but some I didn't care for, I PIF'd a few, actually finished a few and a couple were sent to the showers. The 14 I have in rotation now are all very nice performers.
     
  6. Rusty blade

    Rusty blade The Good Humor Man

    Wow...a minimalist!
     
  7. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    I have so many I can't even call it a rotation.
     
  8. bscarpenter

    bscarpenter Well-Known Member

  9. Marc D

    Marc D Well-Known Member

    LOL about 45 plus samples ... and still going up :)
     
  10. John Beeman

    John Beeman Little chicken in hot water

    40 something soaps and probably the same number of creams although I didn't take the time to count those too.
    Plus lots of cream samples and a handful of soap samples.

    I've got two or three I don't use so I didn't count them and I've certainly got favorites that get used more often.

    I'm considering becoming a shaving hedonist.
     
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  11. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    Varies from using one until I get bored, to pulling them all out (around 20, including samples) and using each once. I put the less liked back in storage to await another day.
     
  12. mikewood

    mikewood Well-Known Member

    That's about all I have as well.
    I have had as many as a dozen but weeded thru some bad actors and have quite a few that are for reference and not in rotation. It's kind of nice being able to switch things up and go back to basics or something extraordinary.


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  13. mikewood

    mikewood Well-Known Member

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  14. Kizurra

    Kizurra Well-Known Member

    Whatever strikes my fancy with a sex trillion variables. But the majority of what I have are B&M, mickey lees, chiseled face, fine, Dr jons and ttf in no particular order. Many others as well but the listed I have multitudes.
     
  15. 178-bplatoon

    178-bplatoon Well-Known Member

    I have 5 soaps from different makers and 3 creams in my Den as of right now. I mostly use Arko however and so I have 14 sticks. I'm on a clearing out kick now and so have been using up some other pucks. I've discovered I dislike sandlewood a great deal.:)
     
  16. Sid James

    Sid James Well-Known Member

    4, and haven't used more than 2 lately. I am thinking of pushing the boat out to 6 soaps but I can't quite convince myself to do it.
     
  17. SpeedyPC

    SpeedyPC Well-Known Member

    Currently at the moment I have 9 in my rotation which are below

    Arko Stick Shaving Soap
    Haslinger Schafmilch Sheep Milk & Lanolin (very similar to MWF)
    La Toja Stick Shaving Soap
    Mitchell's Wool Fat
    Pre De Provence No. 63 Shaving Soap
    Stirling Barbershop Shaving Soap
    Stirling Bay Rum Shaving Soap
    Tabac Soap
    The Body Shop Maca Root Shaving Cream

    AND I have another 8 different soaps will be added towards my current rotation very soon which comes to a total of 17, and is going to keep me happy and busy during my whole wet shaving rotation for a very long time.
     
  18. Troy M

    Troy M Prep: Mephitis mephitis musk

    I try to use a soap or cream for at least 2 weeks or 10 shaves consecutively, sometimes longer, before I move on to the next candidate. Here is what I have:
    • Route 66 Lumberjack
    • TSD Old Spice type
    • TSD Wheat Lemon & Cedarwood
    • Dusy Kabinett
    • Maca Root cream (unopened)
    • Haslinger Salbei (unopened)
    • Col. Conk almond (unopened)
    • Dr. Bronner's unscented (unopened)
    • C.O. Bigelow - 2 - 1.7 oz. tubes (1 unopened)
    • Ian S
    • One big tub for leftovers and slivers
    • Derby shaving stick - in my Dopp kit
    • 4 small tubs of the Eli's Extracts head shaving cream
    If I use it all extravagantly, I expect to have a 5 year supply of soaps, however, with normal use, I expect this to last me at least 10 years.
     
  19. SpeedyPC

    SpeedyPC Well-Known Member

    @Troy M I reckon mine would last me at least 15 years or more on normal used for a total of different 17 soaps, and beside does shaving soap last forever without going all bad :eek:
     
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  20. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Paging @crackstar ! Inquiring minds would like to know what the count is up to today. :)
     

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