Lea shaving soap

Hey, has anyone tried Lea Classic Shaving Soap? Not in the stick, but in the puck/bowl.

http://bullgooseshaving.com/lea-classic-shave-soap-in-wood-bowl/

Just picked it up on Amazon for 17.99. Seems to be little to no info on internet about this.

 

I have this. Not a big fan of the scent although its not horrible. Very clean scent but kind of boring for me personally.
In a world where we have amazing artisan soap makers that keep our expectations high the performance is not the greatest either but it will definitely get you by. I can get a decent lather with it and I use it from time to time.

 

Maybe what I'll do is use it up, and save the bowl, haha. I wanted it mostly for the wooden bowl .

 

Hahaha the bowl is nice. You could press some cella or something just as soft into it.

 

For sure, haha. We'll see how it is. I'll legitimately try it. I've never tried a lanolin soap.

 

If it counts for anything, this soap has become my #1, ahead of MWF (no other soap has ever overtaken MWF!).

It's the perfect combination of everything but the ability for me to get the closest shaves with zero irritation and a post-shave that no other soap can match is truly what makes it my #1.

 

I have read (!) that this newly formulated Lea is amazing - if you can get it to lather. They (people online) describe it as finicky as MWF.

 

Kinda like Heath Bars. They aren't "new and improved ", they just quit lousing it up.

 

Yeah. I've let it hydrate using Plan of Man's method. It's grown so much that the lid barely fits now, haha. Still hard to lather. I think I need to start off really dry and just get it pasty. I don't know. I haven't gotten that nice, thick white cloud of lather yet, but it shaves great. Every shave with it has been fantastic with pretty good post-shave.

 

I have no issues lathering this soap as I use much drier methods. It's a great shave soap.

 

Hard to lather? Uh oh, I think I'd better not buy this soap. I have the cream version which I think is excellent.

 

I had serious issues with MWF (couldn't get anything but poor bad airy lather), so when I read people comparing LEA's latherability with MWF I instantly cleared it from my WANTED-list. I have no desire in another soap that makes me hotheaded, trying to get it to work.

 

This soap doesn't interest me at all. I do however have the Lea Menthol cream (sent to me by the one and only crackstar) and really like that stuff.