I'm all for trying new stuff, so let me know. Got too much stuff to try at the moment, and am "all in" on soap trials right now, but I might go for a spot late on the razor list at some point. Speaking of trying new things, THE BOX IS HERE, THE BOX IS HERE!!!!!! Headed home to open it up, take a few pics, and start sniffing soap until I'm "soap drunk" or "noseblind", whichever comes first. Gonna try to move it along as soon as I can, but may end up take the whole week with it. We'll see.
Congrats on getting The Box! I think in this hobby, getting The Box is one of the great experiences that must be had. Where else will you get to try over 60 soaps!!
Tubs 'O Soap Vendor Soaps Random Patials & Samples Pucks in Bags Not pictured - Kiss My Face Lime, which didn't fit any of the above categories. I forgot that I had promised my 8 year daughter that we would go to Beauty in the Beast together tonight. The sniff-a-thon will have to wait until tomorrow.
There you go! Quality time with your children can never be replaced. Enjoy it! The sniffing can wait.
I like the ever changing nature of The Box. There have been many products added that I'd like to have tried. Even better though, I don't see any of the stuff I added. I hope everyone is enjoying the new*to*them soap!
That's what's so great about this box. Always changing, and everyone is bound to find something they like.
Quick update. With a cold front coming through and bringing some pollen with it I'm struggling with my sense of smell a little bit with my allergies. On top of that after smelling through several tubs, I became virtually noseblind. As a result, I took the approach of taking an almond sized sample out of of each cream/soap that I did not either own a tub or sample of, or haven't already tried. Soaps that I didn't know their performance, I took a tad larger than an almond, soaps that I did I took a tad smaller. All in all, I ended up harvesting about 50 soap samples which took almost all day. I didn't count, but with the samples, tubs, and vendor soaps, there have to be at least 60 or 70 soaps in this box to potentially sample at this point. Unbelievable! By the way, Most of the containers still have enough in them to pull plenty of samples from, but a few of the vendor soaps are getting low. so it's probably a good time to shut down round two and take a breather, Perry. In fact, a few of the route 66 soaps, only had enough remaining to split in half and give @RSHWETSHAVE and I a pea sized amount each, and two of the route 66 samples had only a pea sized amount left, so they are gone. Some of the Sterling samples are also quite low as well. All in all, I think there are several outstanding vendor soaps that I may be interested in purchasing, as well as some others from the ones that were added by folks in the pass around. There are also a few tubs I may like enough to potentially consider swapping out, so I'm going to lather them up and take a test drive with them this week. This may yield a few swaps, or it may not. Either way I've got some stuff to add, and I've already packed most of the outgoing box like a Tetris game, so I've made room to add more to the box no matter what.
Yeah, the box has lots of good stuff. I enjoyed all of it especially: MdC Rt66 Caties Bubbles Saponificio Varesino Stirling RasoRock Crowne & Crane Barrister & Mann Truefitt & Hill To name a few. I am sure there are others as well. As it is, I STILL have over a month of samples from the box to try. Enjoy !!!
To me, I have been fortunate to try the titans of the shaving soap and cream industry due to this pass around box A big thank you to all who partake and to the vendors for offering such wonderful soaps
I have made my decisions for contributions to the box and and takes from it. I checked with Perry on some of it as to make sure putting several partials in place of two slightly more full partials was OK. My philosophy here was to continue the tradition already demonstrated here of leaving the box better than you found it, and contributing more than you take. As others here, I also took samples out of my takes put them into the box to allow others who follow to to try them, and I added a number of samples of good quality soaps/creams etc as well. This is going to be a problem down the road, as I packed this thing out ridiculously efficiently for shipment, and I have absolutely no idea how @rhwetshave is going to get anything else in this thing. Fortunately for me, this is not my problem, but I wouldn't be surprised if Perry gets a PM asking what to do because everything won't fit again in the near future. Contributed to the Box: Razorock Cumba Cheech (partial) Razorock Moroccan Secret (partial) Razorock Nervous Wreck (partial) Razorock Chianti Lavendar (partial) Proraso White (partial) Neutrogena Sensitive Skin (never used) Samples - numerous items Taken from the Box: Razorock XXX (partial) Razorock Classic (partial) Dapper Dragon Signature (partial) Sample - less than 1 oz of Blackbeard Soap By the way, I know the Neutrogena may be available in some retail stores, so this was really an extra bonus give intended for somebody who might like it. I bought it new because it was rated well, but now I have too many creams, and this one doesn't have a strong scent, so I decided not to keep it. Since it's Perry's passaround, check with him, but it's really intended as a bonus for whoever wants it. I also considered tossing in a couple other creams with mild scents, but there are so many soaps & creams in the thing there really is no more room. You guys who follow aren't going to believe it!
I took a little break from samples to revisit my regular soaps. Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber caught my eye, and nose tonight. If I didn't already try a CF soap, this one is now on my 10/10 list. After splashing cool water on my face I rubbed the pea sized bit of soft soap around. Applying slightly moist brush, I almost grabbed more soap. That would have been a mistake. Lather appeared, grew, had to be off loaded from my face to a bowl. Moistened the brush again and it doubled in volume. This stuff likes water! I like a soap that is tolerant of hydration. Slick, great residual glide, and it's Barber Shop scented. The Med Prep blade and '55 Red Tip got to make three passes, lots of slides, & extra chin time. And I still had lather left over. I can see this is an acceptable to desirable value soap for the great quality of lather and quantity produced. It's 90 minutes after I shaved and I'm still feeling well moisturized. I'm curious if the matching aftershave is a close match in scent. Clubman complimented the soap well.
The aftershave is a perfect match and you'll smell it all day. I get 12+ hours of scent from it. Plus it feels great on the face
@RSHWETSHAVE - Looks like your turn is coming up! Thanks to @BaylorGator for some good swaps and additions. The box moves on!
HUGE thanks again to Perry @PLAla for putting together this pass-around. It really is awesome! Between buying new soaps & creams, buying another guy's shave den "clearance", and participating in this box, I won't have to shave with the same soap two days in a row for months right now. (Don't get me wrong, if round 3 comes up -- SAD/CAD lives on, so I'm still in. I just may not want to be the first guy on the list, as I've got a lot of soaps and creams to wade through). Box is going out today. I'll forward the tracking number to @RSHWETSHAVE when I get it. In the meantime, Perry, you may want to think about another "weed out" method soon if too many more guys get this thing, as I'm really not kidding, getting everything back in the box requires some serious spacial engineering. Putting any more in may require some sort of dark magic or something.
You are the second or third guy to mention Ghost Town Barbershop favorably, and I think CF puts some really good scents out there. I may have to break down and get a tub and check it out. Based on the number of soaps I gotta wade through right now, I know that's a really dumb idea, but I'm sticking with it, nonetheless.
Luckily I get to hand deliver it back so making sure the box is closed shut isn't one of my worries Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk
Actually we have added another participant that you'll mail to now. @Stu929 will be after you. He will end up sending to me if no one else is added.
Between the soap pass around, my SAD and CAD issues, and buying out a guys shave den clearance, I've been a bit overwhelmed by the amount of soaps I've now got to wade through. Since this month I'm focused primarily on trying full pucks of soaps and giving away, trading, or adding those I don't absolutely love to the shavy awards, I may be trying and reviewing soaps longer than this thread stays around and active. As such, I'm planning to post any reviews I have in the 30 Day Focus thread instead of here, unless someone requests that I copy and paste those here for some reason. Cheers gentlemen! I will continue to hang out here, enjoy the banter, and will keep my ears open in case Perry starts up round 3 at some point.
