#311

Maker of Soaps and Shaver of Men
Cooperstown, NY, USA
(10-09-2015, 01:07 PM)brothers Wrote: I have mine in hand, and I am just a few days away from finishing up the last few grams of a pot of Castle Forbes Lime before I break out the B&M DFS LE. Slickness, ease, and quality of lather are high on my list of expectations.

Remember to give it plenty of water! Smile
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#312

Vintage Razor Fan
Southwestern NY
I received my B&M DFS soap on Monday and have shaved with it every night this week.  This is my first Barrister & Mann shaving soap (I don't know how that happened!) and I'm very happy and impressed with the performance and scent!  

I have to admit that I was a little worried about the cinnamon used in this soap, but I did not experience any irritation from this soap.  I even way overloaded the brush on the first outing and still no irritation.

B&M DFS LE Shaving Soap is top notch all the way around!  Thank you DFS and Barrister & Mann for making this acquisition possible!  (Even though I needed another soap like I needed another hole in my head! Big Grin) I'm sure more B&M soaps will be finding their way into my rotation in the near future.

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#313

Member
East Texas
(10-10-2015, 03:57 AM)Blade4vor Wrote: ...I have to admit that I was a little worried about the cinnamon used in this soap, but I did not experience any irritation from this soap...
Exactly. This may have been blown a bit out of proportion. However, I understand those that have had issues with reactions to cinnamon before. There have been some soaps with cinnamon that light me up, so I used it with trepidation. I didn't experience so much as a tingle with this. While the scent is not what I look for in a shaving soap, I can't knock the performance.
#314

Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
(10-10-2015, 02:07 AM)Barrister_N_Mann Wrote:
(10-09-2015, 01:07 PM)brothers Wrote: I have mine in hand, and I am just a few days away from finishing up the last few grams of a pot of Castle Forbes Lime before I break out the B&M DFS LE. Slickness, ease, and quality of lather are high on my list of expectations.

Remember to give it plenty of water! Smile

aside from blooming it for like 10 minutes while in the shower, my lather needed almost 0 added water.
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#315

Maker of Soaps and Shaver of Men
Cooperstown, NY, USA
(10-10-2015, 06:32 AM)andrewjs18 Wrote:
(10-10-2015, 02:07 AM)Barrister_N_Mann Wrote:
(10-09-2015, 01:07 PM)brothers Wrote: I have mine in hand, and I am just a few days away from finishing up the last few grams of a pot of Castle Forbes Lime before I break out the B&M DFS LE. Slickness, ease, and quality of lather are high on my list of expectations.

Remember to give it plenty of water! Smile

aside from blooming it for like 10 minutes while in the shower, my lather needed almost 0 added water.

That's why: you bloomed it and saturated the top layer.
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#316

Super Moderator
San Diego, Cal., USA
(10-10-2015, 02:57 PM)Barrister_N_Mann Wrote:
(10-10-2015, 06:32 AM)andrewjs18 Wrote:
(10-10-2015, 02:07 AM)Barrister_N_Mann Wrote:
(10-09-2015, 01:07 PM)brothers Wrote: I have mine in hand, and I am just a few days away from finishing up the last few grams of a pot of Castle Forbes Lime before I break out the B&M DFS LE. Slickness, ease, and quality of lather are high on my list of expectations.

Remember to give it plenty of water! Smile

aside from blooming it for like 10 minutes while in the shower, my lather needed almost 0 added water.

That's why: you bloomed it and saturated the top layer.

That's what I do Barrister_N_Mann and I don't let mine bloom anywhere near the 10 minutes that andrewjs18 does.  Even so, the soap almost lathers itself. All three of my B&M soaps (Cheshire,  Rhapsody, and DFS L.E.) lather easily with no extra effort.  Thanks for excellent products, service, and shipping.

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#317

Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
Freddy, tell Mike Perry to come chat with us on the forum. Tongue
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#318
(10-10-2015, 02:07 AM)Barrister_N_Mann Wrote:
(10-09-2015, 01:07 PM)brothers Wrote: I have mine in hand, and I am just a few days away from finishing up the last few grams of a pot of Castle Forbes Lime before I break out the B&M DFS LE. Slickness, ease, and quality of lather are high on my list of expectations.

Remember to give it plenty of water! Smile

Thanks for the tip! My water's hard, and I use very hot water when I load the brush. It usually takes me two or three latherings to dial in a soap I'm not familiar with. I'm sure it'll be great.

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#319

Member
Austin, TX
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2015, 09:54 PM by kwsher. Edit Reason: spelling )
Took mine for a spin this morning- the performance, as expected, was top notch with great slickness and cushion. Post shave excellent. The scent, very much opened up and I found the cinnamon to be more of a cinnamon stick scent; more "woody" which I very much enjoyed. The berries were present, sweet offset to the other richer scents for a well balanced soap. I was wondering if and how much I would enjoy this one as I don't typically gravitate to these sorts of scents but it was great!

Well done team.

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#320
(10-11-2015, 04:52 PM)kwsher Wrote: Took mine for a spin this morning- the performance, as expected, was top notc with great slickness and cushion. Post shave excellent. The scent, very much opened up and I found the cinnamon to be more of a cinnamon stick scent; more "woody" which I very much enjoyed. The berries were present, sweet offset to the other richer scents for a well balanced soap. I was wondering if and how much I would enjoy this one as I don't typically gravitate to these sorts of scents but it was great!

Well done team.

I agree with your review! The scent is just amazing & the performance is top notch!

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