Reveal your soap and cream stash

What is your opinion on fine shaving creams and hard soaps? Do you like Trumpers, Coates, Taylors, Truefitt & Hill? Post your reviews and opinions here!
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I wished you posted more often. You tell such good stories.

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rustyblade wrote: Soaps:
GFT Rose
GFT Oxford Blue
Mitchell's Wool Fat
All the Harris Flavours
T&H Luxury & Scuttle Soap
Taylor Herbal Sandalwood
Yardley Black Label
Valobra Shave Stick
Knize 10
Tabac? Where's Tabac? I can't see Tabac! Did you forget Tabac? Did you give up Tabac? Are you ignoring Tabac?

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offshoot wrote:
rustyblade wrote: Soaps:
GFT Rose
GFT Oxford Blue
Mitchell's Wool Fat
All the Harris Flavours
T&H Luxury & Scuttle Soap
Taylor Herbal Sandalwood
Yardley Black Label
Valobra Shave Stick
Knize 10
Tabac? Where's Tabac? I can't see Tabac! Did you forget Tabac? Did you give up Tabac? Are you ignoring Tabac?

Vesa
Whooops! I forgot Tabac! (and my three refills!)
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I've given away a lot of supplies recently, so I need to do some restocking. I have the following:

1 cake of T&H Luxury Shaving Soap in the wooden bowl.
2 cakes of Mitchell's Wool Fat. (I couldn't get the ceramic bowl at the time; now I don't miss it.)
2 tubs of QEDman Fresh Lime Shaving Soap + 1 QEDman Fresh Lime shaving stick.
4 tubs of Tryphon Medici shaving soap + 1 Tryphon Cristallo shaving stick.
1 cake of Classic Shaving lime shaving soap.
Several cakes of Williams Mug Shaving Soap.

My mainstays are the T&H, MWF, QEDman Fresh Lime, and Tryphon Medici, in no particular order of preference. I would like to try some DR Harris shaving soap, but I'm allergic to most scents and I'm wary (especially since I ordered a cake of Trumper Limes and it made me nauseous). My impression is that cold-pour soaps have fresher, more natural EO scents.

If the fragrance of the T&H soap were any stronger, I wouldn't be able to use it. As it is, I tolerate it because it makes great lather. The light scent of MWF doesn't bother me, at all. The citrus EO scents of QEDman Fresh Lime and Tryphon Medici absolutely delight me!

I tend to forget it's there, but I also have a tube of Cremo Cream. I have gotten rid of all other creams that I had, mostly unsampled. I don't doubt their superlative performance; I just don't find them to be any "fun." In terms of personal aesthetics, creams seem more "processed" - a step or two in the direction of canned foam, while I derive immense satisfaction from loading a brush from a cake of soap. :D

- Murray
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I was just thinking about this today as I re-organized my stuff. Not near what some of you guys have.

Creams...
1 GFT Rose tube
1 GFT Coconut tube
1 Bigelow(Proraso) green tube
1 Musgo Real tube
1 SCS Bay Rum small jar
2 Nancy Boy Signature tub
1 Nancy Boy Replenishing small tub
2 C&E SAO glass jar
Also have a bunch of cream samples.

Soaps....
1 Col Conk Amber
1 C&E Sandalwood
1 Honeybee Old Spice
1 Honeybee Almond
1 Mamabear Patchouli
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This will be embarrassing:

T&H
Rose tub 1
Grafton tub 3
1805 tub 1
Trafalgar tub 1
Lavender tub 1
Limes tube 1
Shaving soap 1

Trumper
Sandalwood tubs 3, soap 5
Violet tub 1, soap 1
Rose tub 1, soap 4
Coconut tub 1, soap 1
Limes tub 1, soap 1
Almond tube 1, soap 1

Taylor
Rose tubs 5
Lemon & Lime tub 1
Avocado tub 1

Harris
Marlborough tub 1
Arlington tub 1
Almond tub 1, soap 1
Lavender tub 1, soap 1

Green Pond
Sandalwod tub 1

Salter
Wild Rose 2 (one blue and one white tub for all the Salter's)
Indian Sandalwood 2
Sublime Citrus 2
Essential Lime 2
Fresh Mint 2
French Vetiver 2
Classic Almond 2

Charles Tyrrwhitt
Lemon & Cedar tubs 4

Vulfix
Sicilian Limes tub 1
Persian Musk tub 1
Lavender tub 1
Sandalwood tubs 4

Art of Shaving
Lavender tub 1
Lemon tub 1
Sandalwood tub 1, soap 1

J.M.Fraser
Lime tub 1

Castle Forbes
Lavender tub 1
Lime tub 1

Body Shop
Sandalwood tubs 5

Crabtree & Evelyn
Sandalwood tub 1, tube 1, soap 1
Sweet Almond Oil tubs 4

Nancy Boy
Original tubs 3
Replenishing tubs 2

Kiss My Face
Lime pump 1
Mint tube 1
Jasmine pump 1
Forest pump 1
Peach pump 1
Lavender pump 1
Fragrance Free + Violet EO pump 1

Tabac
Soap 4
Tubes 2

Musgo Real
Tubes 7

Palmolive
Lather(US) tubes 23
Cream(UK) tube 1

Ingrams
Tube 1

Kent
Tube 1

Erasmic
Tube 1

Proraso
Green tube 1

Florena
Tubes 3

Haslinger Soaps
Ringelblumen 1
Salbei 1
Honig 1
Sandelholz 1
Aloe Vera 1
Meersalgen 1

Classic Shaving soap
Bay Rum 1

Colonel Conk Soaps
Bay Rum 8
Lime 8

Pecksniff's
Oriental Woody soap (they call it a cream, but it's soap)

That's it, guv, 'onest!

Chris
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Wow Chris :shock: , you will never finish all of that stuff if you live to be 150 years old.
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Chris, you think you're bad, look at this! :lol: :lol:

Soaps:

Erasmic bowls: 5x
Erasmic sticks: 3x
De Vergulde Hand bowls: 5x
Kruidvat: 1x
Arko: 4x
Tabac sticks: 2x
Tabac bowl: 1x
Gold Dachs Spezial 1x
Muhle-Pinsel Aloe
Wilkinson Sword sticks 2x
Wilkinson Sword blue 1x
Wilkinson Sword black 1x
Shavallo 1x
Col. Conk Bay Rum 2x
Col. Conk Almond 1x
Mama Bear Old Spice type 1x
Mama Bear Bay Rum 1x
Mama Bear Lavender 1x
Mama Bear Lime 1x
Sensational Indulgences Bay Rum 1x
Cella Crema da Sapone 1x
Palmolive shaving sticks: 5x
La Toja shaving stick :1x
Boots shaving stick: 1x
Boots shaving bowl: 1x
Boots shaving soap refill: 1x
Will G #37: 1x
Scent from Heaven Peppermint: 1x
Scent from Heaven Maleleuca: 1x
Handmade for You Drakkar Noir Type: 1x
Handmade for You Cool Water type: 1x
Jos. Marvy almond: 1x
Speick stick: 1x

Now for the creams!

Erasmic: 3 tubes
Ingram: 3 tubes
De Vergulde Hand: 2 tubes
Euro Palmolive: 4x
Arko Sensitive: 2x
Arko Cool: 1x
Tamara: 2x
Florena: 2x
US Palmolive: 3x
Palmolive Sensitive: 1x
Palmolive Lemon: 1x
Rilanja: 1x
Wilkinson Aloe: 1x
Wilkinson Sensitive 1x
Arko Commando: 2x
Speick: 1x
Musgo Real: 1x
Proraso green: 1x
Lavendor: 2x
Boots Cool Cologne: 1x
Mem Olive: 1x
Ahram: 1x
Gillette Sensitive: 1x
Nivea: 1x
Kruidvat: 1x
Kaloderma: 1x
La Toja Classic: 1x
Fax Sensitive: 1x
Fax Sport: 1x
How's that? I may have missed a couple! :)
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damn! you Canadians are obsessed! hey :lol:
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half tube of Proraso
half Musgo Real
KMF Virgin Forest
C&E Almond Oil
Will G Peppermint Emerald
Will G Bay Rum shea
Will G Lime and Ginger shea
Surrey soap (with extra glycerin)

My collection has really slimmed down since I quit buying new stuff over a year ago.

As a matter of fact, when I get around to getting my razors cleaned up, I am going to sell them all except for my Futur. I'm ready to be a one razor, one cream guy now. The "new" of this shaving game has worn off quite some time ago :) No need to experiment, I have found perfection and it is the Futur and KMF cream.
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Post by CMur12 »

Chris, what about that stash of Williams Mug Soap that you showed in a recent photo? Did you get rid of it, or does it just "not count?":lol:

- Murray
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CMur12 wrote:Chris, what about that stash of Williams Mug Soap that you showed in a recent photo? Did you get rid of it, or does it just "not count?":lol:

- Murray
Oops! I forgot it!

Chris
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well, Chris, I win by default! 8) :wink:
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One 3/4 used 3.5 oz puck of Pirates Cove Lime Shaving Soap.
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CREAMS:

Proraso Red
Proraso Green
Speick
Tabac
Nancy Boy Signature
Nanacy Boy Replenishing
Musgo-Regal
Annamarie Borlind
Mann
Akro Citrus
T&H Trafalgar
T&H Almond
Prep
Palmolive
Ingrams
Erasmic
AOS Lemon
Omega
Jack Black Supreme Cream
Gentelmens Refinery Back Ice
Gentlemens Refinery Standard
Trumper Limes
Trumper Violet
Muhls
(I just know I'm leaving something out...these aren't in any particular order btw.)

SOAPS:
Arko
Valobra stick
Valobra Almond

OILS:
T&H
Musgo Regal
Robert
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Razors: Cobra, Futur, '59 Fatboy,Gem G-bar,Slant
Blades: Feather ProGuard/Polsilver/Trig Silver Edge
Brush: Merkur Silver Tip
Shaving Creams: Proraso Red and 50+ others
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1 Tube Proarso Green
1 Tube Trumper Violet
.5 Tub Trumper Violet
1 Tube Trumper Limes
1 Tub Trumper Coconut
1 Tub T&H Lavender
4.5 Tubs Coate's Rose
2 Tubs Coate's Tea Tree
1 Tub Coate's Limes
2 Tubs Coate's Almond
.5 Tubs Coate's Lavender
1 Tub Tyrwhitt Lemon Cedar
1 puck Trumper Rose
1 puck D.H. Harris Lavender
1 Puck trumper Sandalwood
.1 tub Castle Forbes Lavender
2 Erasmic Shave sticks

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Arright, here goes (small samples not included):

Creams:
Arko Regular (1/2 tube)
Arko Citrus (1/2 tube)
Coates Lavender (1/2 tube)
Kiss My Face Patchouli (tube)
Kiss My Face Vanilla (tube)
Palmolive (6 tubes)
Proraso green (2 tubes)
Taylor Lemon & Lime (1/2 tub)
Taylor Almond (1/2 tub)
Trumper Violet (1/4 tube)
Vulfix Sandalwood (1/4 tub)
Vulfix Lavender (1/2 tub)

Soaps:
Surrey Deluxe (2 cakes)
Proraso (2 sm. tubs)
Clear glycerin shave soap (2 lbs. generic bulk)

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I knew I was forgetting something:

SOAP:
Floris No. 89

(And I just realized it's Musgo Real not Regal. Oh, well, was never great with foreign languages...) :oops:
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Brush: Merkur Silver Tip
Shaving Creams: Proraso Red and 50+ others
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After two months of wetshaving:

Creams:
Truefitt & Hill 1805 (tub)
AOS Lavender (tub)
Trumpers Sandalwood (tub)
Trumpers Lime (tub)
Trumpers Coconut (tub)
Trumpers Violet (tub on the way)
Taylor Rose (tub)
Taylor Avocado (tub)
Nancy Boy Orginal (tub)
Nancy Boy Replenishing (small tub)
Kiss My Face Lime (tube)
Kiss My Face Lavender (tube)
Kiss My Face Peach (tube)
Lush Razorantium
Caswell-Massey Almond
Jack Black Shave Conditioner
Zirh Shave Cream

Soaps:
Proraso (in little green bowl)
Williams (3)
Honeybee Lime
Honeybee Vanilla Oak
Honeybee Lemon
Honeybee Mocha
Honeybee Peppermint
Col. Conk Amber

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