D.R. Harris is the only big-name English shaving soap company that continues to make its own soap: the others contracted out soap production and accepted the reformulation that the soap producer imposed. As a result, D.R. Harris is the only big-name English shaving soap company to preserve quality and reputation.
When I was in the early days of my return to DE shaving I would occasionally think, “Wow! Excellent lather today,” and look to see what soap I was using. Virtually always, it was D.R. Harris, and once again today I had the “Wow!” experience. The lather was thick, creamy, and dense, just like the lathers I get from Mama Bear soaps, though the two differ considerably in their formulation—D.R. Harris is a tallow-based soap, Mama Bear’s is a glycerin-based soap. But the lather from both is, if I may be technical, scrumptious.
My little Whipped Dog silvertip did a fine job, and the Baili 171 was its usual wonderful self, delivering a BBS result in three passes with total comfort. A splash of Marlborough aftershave, with its wonderful woody fragrance, finished the job and left me feeling ready for the day and what it might bring.