I saw the shaving soaps from SeattleSundries.com mentioned on Wicked Edge and thought I should try them. The first warning was that the company presents their shaving soaps as belonging among their regular soaps—see the page at the link (shaving soaps at the bottom). That suggested that they perhaps took one of their regular soaps, used a different fragrance and added a little clay, and voilà! something that can be sold as a shaving soap.
The soap produces a foamy loose lather. My usual method of loading the brush until the bubbles are microscopic doesn’t work here: the bubbles remain large. I certainly don’t recommend the soap and I don’t quite know what to do with the tubs I bought. I certainly don’t wish to have another shaver judge wetshaving on the basis of these soaps.
That said, the shave was pretty good. I was able to load my Whipped Dog silvertip (22mm knot) and shave, and the Standard Razor (brand name) with a Super Max Titanium blade did a fine job. Three passes, no nicks, smooth face.
I splash on some New York aftershave and prepared to start the day. We are now in Season 2 of The Wire.
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