What is the problem?

I am a weirdo - I know; I have been told this quite often during my life.

We like you as you are Larry

That is good to know Dave. Thanks

I no longer have a wife, but I do have too much stuff!

I want to buy some new things, but I have told myself I can't have anything new until I use up what I have (my training was effective). I do three straight razor shaves per week, with maybe one safety razor shave if I am going out in the evening.

Anyway, here is what I have:

Shave Soaps:

Two half tubs of winter/spring croap (Cella Red and Fleur de France)-maybe six months worth of shaving.
Two full tubs of summer/fall croap (Omega and Cella Green)-maybe one year of shaving.
About 1/3 of a puck of Lea-maybe two months of shaving-(could relegate to shower duty if necessary).
A little left over Gillette Pure creme and some Cremo for travel/gym.

So about 20 months worth of shave soaps.

Aftershaves:

Four ounces left of VIBR/Brandy Spice Bootleg mix-my winter aftershave (I like to use this as an after bath splash too).
Six ounces of Clubman Classic-spring/summer aftershave.
Only Two ounces of Whiskey Woods-fall aftershave (love that stuff).
A new four ounce bottle of Cella Red aftershave-summer aftershave.
Two ounces of Fleur de France aftershave-spring only.

A few mostly used two ounce bottles of Pinaud aftershaves that I use for travel.

So maybe 18 ounces of aftershave-probably two years worth?

Some Omega shave balm that I never use-I don't like balms-I have no idea why I bought it.


I guess I have at least two years worth of shaving supplies I will have to use up before I can buy anything else.

How many months/years of shaving supplies do you have?

Do you have a self-imposed stocking limit that prohibits buying anything else until you get back down to the limit?

I would be too ashamed to say and have no time to try and type the size list it would be.....but I ENJOY it all. Happy Shaves to you !

Two half tubs of winter/spring croap (Cella Red and Fleur de France)-maybe six months worth of shaving.

Two full tubs of summer/fall croap (Omega and Cella Green)-maybe one year of shaving.

About 1/3 of a puck of Lea-maybe two months of shaving-(could relegate to shower duty if necessary).

A little left over Gillette Pure creme and some Cremo for travel/gym.

So about 20 months worth of shave soaps.

I'm shocked by your soap estimate... I have been using Macduffs, which is 4.25 oz according to my maths (120g). It lasts me approximately 2 months when I shave every other day. The harder soap, Zingari Man (at 5oz), is in the realm of 3 months life span, again every other day shaving. This is with tub lathering and usually a 26mm synthetic brush. How you can get ~6 months from a tub of soap is amazing. Is it a weekly shave? Every two weeks?

I'm stunned (and a bit peeved with MacDuffs / Zingari, lol).

Two half tubs of winter/spring croap (Cella Red and Fleur de France)-maybe six months worth of shaving.

Two full tubs of summer/fall croap (Omega and Cella Green)-maybe one year of shaving.

About 1/3 of a puck of Lea-maybe two months of shaving-(could relegate to shower duty if necessary).

A little left over Gillette Pure creme and some Cremo for travel/gym.

So about 20 months worth of shave soaps.

I'm shocked by your soap estimate... I have been using Macduffs, which is 4.25 oz according to my maths (120g). It lasts me approximately 2 months when I shave every other day. The harder soap, Zingari Man (at 5oz), is in the realm of 3 months life span, again every other day shaving. This is with tub lathering and usually a 26mm synthetic brush. How you can get ~6 months from a tub of soap is amazing. Is it a weekly shave? Every two weeks?

I'm stunned (and a bit peeved with MacDuffs / Zingari, lol).

A full tub (5.5 oz.) lasts me almost one year of two and a half pass shaves, three times per week. I load for about 20 sec. with a soaked boar brush and I use all of the soap in the brush (squeeze it out) so I never have any soap left over to throw away. I face lather and I think that this economizes on soap. When I bowl lathered, I think I probably used up the soap 20% faster. Makes sense when you consider that when you are done there is still some soap left in the bowl which you rinse out. I have used some very, very soft croaps in the past, almost bordering on creme, which only lasted maybe 4 mos. with bowl lathering.

I think that I could probably make a kilo of Cella last 6-8 years.

Two half tubs of winter/spring croap (Cella Red and Fleur de France)-maybe six months worth of shaving.

Two full tubs of summer/fall croap (Omega and Cella Green)-maybe one year of shaving.

About 1/3 of a puck of Lea-maybe two months of shaving-(could relegate to shower duty if necessary).

A little left over Gillette Pure creme and some Cremo for travel/gym.

So about 20 months worth of shave soaps.

I'm shocked by your soap estimate... I have been using Macduffs, which is 4.25 oz according to my maths (120g). It lasts me approximately 2 months when I shave every other day. The harder soap, Zingari Man (at 5oz), is in the realm of 3 months life span, again every other day shaving. This is with tub lathering and usually a 26mm synthetic brush. How you can get ~6 months from a tub of soap is amazing. Is it a weekly shave? Every two weeks?

I'm stunned (and a bit peeved with MacDuffs / Zingari, lol).

A full tub (5.5 oz.) lasts me almost one year of two and a half pass shaves, three times per week. I load for about 20 sec. with a soaked boar brush and I use all of the soap in the brush (squeeze it out) so I never have any soap left over to throw away. I face lather and I think that this economizes on soap. When I bowl lathered, I think I probably used up the soap 20% faster. Makes sense when you consider that when you are done there is still some soap left in the bowl which you rinse out. I have used some very, very soft croaps in the past, almost bordering on creme, which only lasted maybe 4 mos. with bowl lathering.

I think that I could probably make a kilo of Cella last 6-8 years.

Fwiw, I face lather too (that's what I meant by tub - load right from the soap tub, no bowl).

I must load a lot heavier. I do three passes, and most times I can definitely do another pass or three with the brush. I may have to try reeling in my heavy hand at loading. It's obviously costing me a lot of soap.

Thanks for sharing. I'm definitely going to adjust in the coming shaves and see how it works.

Inevitably, when you convert  to the metric system. You can expect a loss of product. 
Something similar In the distilling world this is known as the “angels share”.  Which is usually a 3-5% loss. 

But when attempting to convert products, from American standard forms of measurement. To the Metric system. The loss can be much greater. In the realm of 32-212%.
Myself and many Americans. Refer to this avoidable problem as the “ Devils Share”.  Which is why I suggest this new fangled trend be avoided at all cost. My $.02

Inevitably, when you convert  to the metric system. You can expect a loss of product. 
In the distilling world this is known as the “angels share”.  Which is usually a 3-5% loss. 

But when attempting to convert some products, from American standard forms of measurement. The loss can be much greater. In the realm of 32-212%.
Myself and many Americans. Refer to this avoidable problem as the “ Devils Share”.  Which is why I suggest this new fangled trend be avoided at all cost. My $.02

32-212% ... Wow, that's highway robbery there. Devil's Share indeed!